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Who’s Up, Who’s Down in the Race for UN Secretary-General?

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By Mark Leon Goldberg Verified, Anjali Kaushlesh Dayal
| Global Dispatches -- World News That Matters Verified
The race to become the next United Nations Secretary-General reached a pivotal moment on Thursday, when the Security Council held its first straw poll of the seven declared candidates. The results sharply narrowed the field: only four candidates now appear viable, with one clear frontrunner and three others close behind.
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UN Secretary-General Candidate María Fernanda Espinosa: The Interview

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By Mark Leon Goldberg Verified
| Global Dispatches -- World News That Matters Verified
The race for UN Secretary-General is heating up. At the end of the month, the Security Council will hold its first straw polls to test the viability of the candidates. Later today, the candidates will participate in a town hall at the UN, where they will be pressed on their views of the organization’s role in the world. You’ll get sound bites from that forum.
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How the Civil War in Myanmar Became the Deadliest Conflict in Asia

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By Mark Leon Goldberg Verified
| Global Dispatches -- World News That Matters Verified
The civil war in Myanmar recently passed a grim milestone. According to the conflict-monitoring NGO ACLED, an estimated 100,000 people have been killed since the war broke out in 2021. Seventy percent of them were civilians. This civil war rarely makes headlines in the West. It erupted after Myanmar’s democratic transition collapsed and the military seized power in February 2021. The junta then violently suppressed peaceful protests, prompting many demonstrators to take up arms.
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