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The 75th UN General Assembly

The 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly opens this September, marking three quarters of a century of the Organization’s existence. Against the backdrop of a global pandemic, climate crisis and rising inequality, world leaders convene to tackle the most pressing issues of the day. The 75h General Assembly session will be like none before it as countries aim to rise to unprecedented challenges and forge lasting solutions.

Coronavirus second wave

Countries across Europe are seeing a resurgence in COVID-19 cases after successfully slowing outbreaks early in the year. Some countries — such as Albania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Montenegro, North Macedonia — are seeing higher case numbers in August than they did earlier in the year. Belgium, Italy and the UK — among Europe's worst-hit countries — are seeing a resurgence but, so far at least, nothing like March and April. Of the three, the UK's figures look the most worrying. It registered 2,919 cases on September 10.

Erdogan to Macron: ‘You cannot lecture us on humanity’

In a direct reference to President Emmanuel Macron, Erdogan said “You [Macron] have no knowledge of history. You do not know the history of France.” “You cannot lecture us on humanity,” he added, recalling the massacres in Algeria where some 1 million people were killed and in Rwanda where 800,000 people were murdered.