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In his first address to the U.N. General Assembly, President Biden emphasized the importance of global cooperation to combat the coronavirus and climate change. And he not so subtly critiqued China and authoritarianism.

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A major new United Nations scientific report has concluded that countries and corporations have delayed curbing fossil-fuel emissions for so long that we can no longer stop the impact of climate change from intensifying over the coming decades. In short, the climate crisis has arrived, and it’s going to get worse before it can get better.

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Just a few years ago, Ethiopia’s leader was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Now, the nation is in the grips of a civil war, with widespread reports of massacres and human rights abuses, and a looming famine that could strike millions in the northern region of Tigray.

How did Ethiopia get here?

Guest: Declan Walsh, the chief...

President-elect Joe Biden has begun to make his selections for key roles in his cabinet. He announced his picks for secretary of state and the ambassador to the United Nations. And he chose the first Latino to head the Department of Homeland Security.

Nikki Haley is resigning as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Brett Kavanaugh takes the bench for his first arguments since a contentious Senate voted narrowly to confirm him.

The First Lady heads to the U.S.-Mexico border to visit children who have been separated from their parents. The Supreme Court reshapes how Americans shop online. The United States withdraws from the United Nations Human Rights Council.

President Trump has chosen John R. Bolton to be his new national security adviser. In 2005, a Republican-controlled Senate committee refused to confirm Mr. Bolton as President George W. Bush’s ambassador to the United Nations. We look back at those confirmation hearings, which portrayed Mr. Bolton as a threat to national security. Guest: Elizabeth Williamson, who writes about Washington in the Trump era for...

The plot to take down the Trump presidency thickens. This piece exposes more troubling connections between the Clintons, and the fake Trump dossier. This explosive rebuttal to the Democrats’ lies about the memo is a must-read. The next shoe to drop in the investigation into the Obama administration’s spying operation on Trump is going to be the connection to the State Department. Is the...

President Trump addresses the United Nations General Assembly for the first time, and says it’s every nation for itself. We look at the speech, and the people who crafted its message. Guests: Mark Landler, who covered the president’s speech; Maggie Haberman, a White House correspondent. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. You can support "The Daily" by subscribing to The Times. We're...

President Trump gives a major speech at the United Nations General Assembly. Republicans in the Senate battle a deadline to pass a new Obamacare replacement. Email the show at [email protected].