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FILE - In this frame from video, Vladyslav Heraskevych, of Ukraine, holds a sign that reads "No War in Ukraine" after finishing a run at the men's skeleton competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (NBC via AP, File)
Ukraine athletes defend country, demand sanctions for Russia

By Eddie Pells Feb. 27, 2022 01:13 PM EST

In this photo provided by Delta Air Lines, Delta Air Lines unveils its custom Team USA aircraft livery Friday, Dec. 17, 2021, at Delta TechOps facilities in Atlanta. This year, Delta began its sponsorship of the U.S. team that will make it the team's official airline through the LA Olympics in 2028. (Chris Rank/Delta Air Lines via AP)
Away we go: Delta to charter U.S. Olympians to Beijing

Dec. 17, 2021 05:32 PM EST

A voter casts his ballot in the Constitutional Convention election to select assembly members that will draft a new constitution, in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, May 15, 2021. The face of a new Chile begins taking shape this weekend as the South American country elects 155 people to draft a constitution to replace one that has governed it since being imposed during a military dictatorship. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
Chileans choose assembly to draft a new constitution

By Eva Vergara And Patricia Luna May. 15, 2021 12:00 AM EDT

A man wearing a protective mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walks past a banner for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo Tuesday, May 11, 2021. The Japanese capital confirmed more than 920 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Japan ruling party renews charter change drive amid pandemic

By Mari Yamaguchi May. 11, 2021 08:57 AM EDT

An anti-government protester runs from police water cannons, on the day Chileans vote in a referendum to decide whether the country should replace its 40-year-old constitution, written during the dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet, in Santiago, Chile, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Luis Hidalgo)
Eager for change, Chile faces long road to new constitution

By Eva Vergara And Christopher Torchia Oct. 27, 2020 05:20 PM EDT

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres listens during an interview, Wednesday Oct. 21, 2020, at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
UN chief appeals for cease-fires, warns pandemic wins wars

By Edith M. Lederer Oct. 22, 2020 03:25 PM EDT

26 countries urge Western sanctions lifting to tackle virus

By Edith M. Lederer Oct. 05, 2020 11:17 PM EDT
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — China and 25 other nations on Monday called for the immediate lifting of sanctions by the United States and Western countries to ensure...

In this handout photo released by Russian Presidential Press Service via Sputnik, Russian President makes a televised address at the 75th session of United Nations General Assembly in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Russia's Putin urges end to sanctions to boost world economy

By Daria Litvinova And Angela Charlton Sep. 22, 2020 08:24 AM EDT

FILE - In this Aug. 7, 2017, file photo, Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers greet migrants as they enter into Canada at an unofficial border crossing at the end of Roxham Road in Champlain, N.Y. A Canadian court on Wednesday, July 22, 2020, invalidated the country's Safe Third Country Agreement with the United States. Under the agreement, immigrants who want to seek asylum in Canada at ground ports of entry from the United States are returned to the U.S. and told to seek asylum there. But if they request asylum on Canadian soil at a location other than an official crossing, the process is allowed to go forward. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
Canadian court invalidates asylum agreement with the US

By Wilson Ring Jul. 22, 2020 01:50 PM EDT

In this picture made available Friday, June 26, 2020 an aerial view shows a giant ephemeral landart painting by Swiss French artist Saype entitled "World in Progress" representing two children drawing their ideal world, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, June 24, 2020. The artwork covering 6000 square meters was produced with biodegradable paints made from natural pigments such as coal and chalk. The fresco, offered by Switzerland, for the the 75th anniversary of the signing of the United Nations Charter in San Francisco on 26.6.1945 will be inaugurated by Swiss Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis, in the presence of the Director-General of the United Nations Office in Geneva, Tatiana Valovaya. (Valentin Flauraud/Keystone via AP)
Low-key 75th anniversary of UN's birth because of pandemic

By Edith M. Lederer Jun. 26, 2020 05:57 PM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2020, file photo, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Lahore, Pakistan. Guterres expressed hope Tuesday, June 23, 2020 that Israel will hear global calls and will not go ahead with annexation of parts of the West Bank, which would undermine a two-state solution to the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudhry, File)
UN chief: Major UN achievement at 75 is no big power war

By Edith M. Lederer Jun. 24, 2020 09:30 PM EDT

In this photo taken Tuesday, June 2, 2020, migrants dry their clothes aboard a tourist boats some 20 kilometers from Malta, . More than 400 migrants are living aboard pleasure cruise vessels, bobbing in the sea off Malta, many of them for weeks now. Rescued from human traffickers’ unseaworthy boats in several operations in the central Mediterranean since late April, the migrants, along with the Maltese government, are waiting for European Union countries to offer to take them. (AP Photo/Rene' Rossignaud)
Rescued migrants stranded on chartered Maltese tourist boats

By Frances D'emilio And Rene Rossignaud Jun. 03, 2020 09:03 AM EDT