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“I can tell you that we took additional measures in order to make sure that whoever goes around does not interact negatively with the escalator”— António Guterres, Outgoing UN Secretary-General · CNN via KEYT-TV · full quotes →

“Abolishing the Security Council veto would do wonders for international cooperation.”— Bloomberg, Opinion publisher · Press · full quotes →

“Russia’s elections were a staged affair, designed to legitimise Putin’s war on Ukraine. But elections have never decided Russia’s future.”— RUSI · full quotes →

“a divided world will struggle in the face of wars, inequality, climate change and the rise of A.I.”— António Guterres, Departing U.N. secretary general · full quotes →

“Kashmir issue should be addressed through dialogue”— Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish President · UNGA speech · full quotes →

“Putin is a dickhead”— Stanislav Morozov, blogger · Reddit · full quotes →

“the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, on the other hand, says peaceful protest is their constitutional right; they want the release of their leader Imran Khan from…”— Kamal Hyder · full quotes →

“Putin's outrageously rigged election infuriates Russians”— jayinkyiv.bsky.social · full quotes →

“We condemned the barbaric attacks of Hamas on the 7th of October, and we condemn what has been the highest level of death and destruction that we have…”— António Guterres · full quotes →

“Lithuania must not create obstacles to NATO's nuclear deterrence.”— Remigijus Motuzas · full quotes →

“'One after another, they started dying'”— Survivors of Nigerian detention, Detainees · full quotes →

“I was so scared and hungry. I thought I will also die. My school bag, which had biscuits and a lunchbox, was also gone [in the flood].”— Ram Thakur · full quotes →

“As a result of this inaction, Christopher Poulter has lived the majority of his life as a convicted criminal. Kevin Biggs died as one.”— Jenny Wiltshire, Hickman & Rose · full quotes →

“Our country is respected again. We're respected like never before. I go to meetings and everyone stands up. They didn't stand up for our last president; they…”— Donald Trump, US President · Hacker News · full quotes →

“Kyiv was ready for any form of an energy ceasefire with Russia, but that there had been no discussion of Ukraine unilaterally halting its attacks on Russian…”— President Volodymyr Zelenskiy · full quotes →

“The family has been travelling for a few years now. For the moment they're basing themselves out of Australia – they have work there, and it brings the added…”— Ardern's office spokesperson, Official statement · full quotes →

“A long trial would mean that the man was 'again a victim of this tragedy'.”— Alexandros Alexandrou · full quotes →

“is alleged to have directed and incited acts of murder and genocide carried out by others”— Frank Ferguson, Head, CPS Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division · Mastodon · full quotes →

“Beijing is courting Taiwan's opposition—and quietly helped stage its leader's landmark visit to the mainland—to pull the island into its orbit.”— Wall Street Journal, news outlet, report summary · full quotes →

“World leaders gather at the U.N. General Assembly to address wars in Iran, Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan, Congo and Myanmar, along with climate change, inequality…”— Associated Press · full quotes →

“A year ago, when I addressed the great leaders in this hall, the war in Gaza was still raging brutally. A few weeks later, we ended the war in Gaza, saving…”— Donald Trump, President of the United States · Straits Times World · full quotes →

“If only we had some kind of cooperative arrangement with them and other European countries. We could call it the UE, or Union of Europe.”— Gimpchump, Reddit commenter · Reddit · full quotes →

“I wake up every morning at 6.30am. Sometimes, the heat wakes me up, and sometimes it is the sound of the birds, which are everywhere because we live near the…”— Ramadan Yaqoub Ghaban · full quotes →

“Proving that we can seamlessly launch a U.S. heavyweight torpedo from a Royal Navy autonomous underwater vehicle validates our shared vision for true…”— Adm. Daryl Caudle, Chief of Naval Operations · full quotes →

“Intensifying fighting in Yemen could drive more mass displacement.”— Babar Baloch · full quotes →

“The greatest power is not the power to dominate. It is the power to build a future that works for everyone.”— António Guterres, UN Secretary-General · Hacker News · full quotes →

“I bet this really burns Trump's shitty ass”— insideukraine.bsky.social, Bluesky poster · Bluesky · full quotes →

“At the same time, we believe that the institution of permanent members of the Security Council, as well as the right of veto, are very important elements of…”— Dmitry Peskov · full quotes →

“We reject the idea that young people simply want an easy life”— PAM's campaign manifesto, Authenticity and Modernity Party · Straits Times / Al-Monitor · full quotes →

“The fishing vessel took on water during the incident but remained afloat and stable, with the crew taking measures to manage the situation onboard.”— Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore · full quotes →

“Seyyed Abbas Araghchi, Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran, arrived in New York, the headquarters of the United Nations, this afternoon Monday at…”— Esmail Baghaei, Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson · full quotes →

“The rest of the world needs to contribute more and share the burden.”— U.S. State Department · full quotes →

“a recognition, especially by superpowers, that their power isn't so super. Their power has limits.”— António Guterres · full quotes →