Four UN secretary-general candidates pledged reforms to restore trust in the organization during hearings with member states and civil society.

https://worldbriefly.news/un-secretary-general-candidates-pledge-reforms-to-restore-global-bodys-credibili

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UN secretary-general candidates pledge reforms to restore global body's credibility

Four candidates to lead the United Nations pledged reforms to restore trust in the organisation during hearings with member states and civil society, as they compete to succeed Secretary-General António Guterres.

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A California billionaire is proposing a new tax on AI tokens to fund a sovereign wealth fund. The proposal aims to capture value generated by AI systems and redistribute it for public benefit. The plan mirrors how oil-producing states use natural resource funds, applying similar logic to the AI economy.

https://gizmodo.com/this-california-billionaire-wants-to-tax-ai-tokens-to-create-a-sovereign-wealth-fund-2000741036

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This California Billionaire Wants to Tax AI Tokens to Create a Sovereign Wealth Fund

"We cannot have 12 trillionaires and 40 million people who can't make rent," says Tom Steyer.

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Does Web3 really decentralize power — or simply shift it to a new digital elite?

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Africa: Somali President Urges UN Security Council Reform At AU Summit: [Shabelle] Addis Ababa -- Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud called for an urgent overhaul of global governance on Monday, demanding a permanent seat for Africa on the UN Security Council during a high-level forum in the Ethiopian capital. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TQzlH9 #Africa #UNReform #GlobalGovernance #Somalia #HassanSheikhMohamud
Africa: General Assembly President Urges Europeans to 'Stand Up' for the UN: [UN News] The President of the United Nations General Assembly appealed on Tuesday for Europe to protect the international rules-based system, defend the truth in the face of fake news and other falsehoods, and support UN reform. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TQtgM8 #UN #UnitedNations #InternationalCooperation #GlobalGovernance #FakeNews

Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney’s speech at World Economic Forum in Davos

At Davos, Mark Carney warns the rules-based order has ruptured, urges middle powers to stop pretending, build shared resilience, and wield values-based realism to confront great-power coercion.

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