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Organization · 162 stories · 1,273 articles · earliest story we hold Oct 2, 2023

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  • The 2026 warnings over AI's risks and calls to slow it down

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    Apr 6week of Sep 28

    Sep 28 Florida attorney general asks judge to halt new OpenAI model development

    85 stories · earliest story we hold Apr 8

  • The Russia-Ukraine war: the peace talks

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    Jan 8, 2024week of Sep 21, 2026

    Sep 25 Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says he urged Trump to enlist China’s help in ending Russia’s invasion

    297 stories · earliest story we hold Jan 10, 2024

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The Russia-Ukraine war: the peace talks

25 of 297 stories this December · 2 about United Nations Security Council

US Envoy Witkoff Will Meet Putin in Moscow While Zelenskyy Tours Europe as Peace Efforts Press Ahead · 37 articles, Dec 1Europeans accuse Putin of feigning interest in peace after talks with US envoys · 18 articles, Dec 2Putin Says There Are Points He Can't Agree To in the US Proposal to End Russia's War in Ukraine · 10 articles, Dec 3Russia-US talks on Ukraine peace deal end without breakthrough, Putin aide says · 10 articles, Dec 3Ukraine to give new peace plans · 12 articles, Dec 6Russia unleashes massive drone and missile attack on Ukraine as talks to end war continue · 17 articles, Dec 6Zelensky to huddle with European leaders in London as Kremlin praises Trump’s new security strategy · 19 articles, Dec 8Zelenskyy will hold urgent talks with 30 countries as Trump pushes for swift peace deal with Russia · 17 articles, Dec 8Pope Leo meets Zelenskyy, calls for 'just and lasting' peace in Ukraine · 20 articles, Dec 8Ukraine’s Zelensky refuses to give up land to Russia: ‘Precisely what we are fighting for’ · 11 articles, Dec 9US proposes ‘free economic zone’ in parts of Donbas after Ukrainian pullback, Zelensky says · 6 articles, Dec 11Ukraine war briefing: US envoy to meet Zelenskyy, Europe leaders in Berlin · 10 articles, Dec 122 killed in Russia while Ukraine’s energy infrastructure is targeted as peace talks press on · 6 articles, Dec 13Zelenskyy offers to drop NATO bid for security guarantees · 12 articles, Dec 14US officials say Washington has agreed to give Ukraine security guarantees in peace talks - Boston News, Weather, Sports · 5 articles, Dec 15Russia Indicates It’s Open to Ukraine Joining EU as Part of Peace Deal to End War, US Officials Say · 7 articles, Dec 15Zelensky says peace proposals to end the war in Ukraine could be presented to Russia within days · 19 articles, Dec 16Trump says Ukraine peace deal is ‘closer than ever’ after Berlin talks, but is it? Here are the key sticking points · 12 articles, Dec 16U.S. to meet with Russian and Ukrainian teams in Miami for new peace talks · 9 articles, Dec 18Russia says talks on U.S. peace plan for Ukraine 'are proceeding constructively' · 22 articles, Dec 21Zelenskyy says he’s open to creating demilitarized zone in Ukraine’s industrial heartland - Boston News, Weather, Sports · 10 articles, Dec 24U.S. and Ukraine reach consensus on key issues aimed at ending the war · 7 articles, Dec 24Zelenskyy says he will meet with Trump in Florida on Sunday for talks on Ukraine security guarantees · 58 articles, Dec 26Trump says Ukraine and Russia are 'closer than ever' to peace after talks with Zelenskyy · 84 articles, Dec 26Zelensky says US offering Ukraine 15-year security guarantee in latest peace plan · 33 articles, Dec 29

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Jan 22, 20242121791
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Mar 18, 2024143111187
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Feb 16, 20261015
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Apr 6, 20261238
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Sep 28, 20261102

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Everything else21 stories in 2025 not part of any arc, newest first

Stories about United Nations Security Council that are not part of any arc yet

  1. Dec 26– 30At UN, Somalia slams Israel’s Somaliland recognition as ‘threat’ to peace14 articles · 8 independent sources
    4 left, 2 center, 0 right
  2. Nov 14– 18U.N. Security Council approves Trump's Gaza peace plan60 articles · 40 independent sources
    8 left, 13 center, 9 right
  3. Oct 10Venezuela asks UN Security Council for emergency session over US military actions in the Caribbean7 articles · 7 independent sources
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  4. Sep 30– Oct 1UN Security Council approves new military force to fight Haiti gangs8 articles · 8 independent sources
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  5. Sep 22UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting on Russian jet incursions over Estonia9 articles · 8 independent sources
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  6. Sep 19UN Security Council votes to reimpose Iran nuclear sanctions6 articles · 6 independent sources
    2 left, 2 center, 1 right
  7. Sep 18– 19US casts 6th veto at United Nations over war in Gaza7 articles · 7 independent sources
    2 left, 2 center, 1 right
  8. Aug 28– 29UN Security Council to vote on ending peacekeeping mission in Lebanon on Dec. 31, 202620 articles · 13 independent sources
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  1. Dec 17– 18Trump orders blockade of 'sanctioned oil tankers' entering and leaving Venezuela81 articles · 53 independent sources
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  2. Dec 8– 14Fighting rages on Thai-Cambodian border despite Trump's ceasefire claim54 articles · 31 independent sources
    7 left, 11 center, 5 right
  3. Nov 18At least one killed and three injured after attack at West Bank junction14 articles · 12 independent sources
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  4. Nov 16– 17Netanyahu insists there can be no Palestinian state, ahead of U.N. vote leaving door open10 articles · 10 independent sources
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  5. Nov 1– 4Trump administration advancing UN resolution for Gaza security force, source says12 articles · 8 independent sources
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  6. Oct 30– Nov 6Putin tells officials to submit plans for possibly resuming nuclear tests after Trump's remarks32 articles · 24 independent sources
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  7. Sep 24– 29UN imposes 'snapback' sanctions on a hungrier, poorer and more anxious Iran22 articles · 16 independent sources
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  8. Aug 28– 29France, Germany and UK begin process of reimposing UN sanctions on Iran over nuclear program39 articles · 28 independent sources
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  9. Aug 1– 4Trump is moving nuclear submarines following remarks by an ex-Russian president. Here are the subs in the American fleet43 articles · 35 independent sources
    4 left, 12 center, 6 right
  10. Jul 24– 26Deadly border clashes between Thailand and Cambodia continue as countries trade accusations82 articles · 41 independent sources
    9 left, 17 center, 7 right
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