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Trump Meets Zelenskyy on Cease-Fire, Energy Security

By Drooid · Sep 22, 2026, 4:25 PM UTC · How we work

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Trump Opens UNGA

U.S. President Donald Trump opens the 81st UN General Assembly session in New York.
South Africa, Norway, Spain and Brazil launch an International Panel on Inequality at the UN.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets Trump to talk energy security and cease-fire options.
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres urges global coordination on artificial-intelligence governance.
Denmark and Greenland sign a security pact with Trump, expanding U.S. Arctic control.

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Kenya Launches Refinery

Kenya’s East Africa Refinery in Lamu will create over 60,000 jobs.
National Infrastructure Fund aims to mobilise up to $40 billion without adding public debt.
AI 10 Billion Initiative seeks to raise $10 billion by 2035 for AI investments in Africa.
Kenya moved KSh41.68 trillion through M-Pay’s mobile money platform in a single year.
Kenya will co-lead the AI Middle Powers Initiative with Finland’s Alexander Stubb to pool computing power.

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Historical Context

In September 2000 the United Nations Millennium Summit adopted the Millennium Declaration, establishing eight Millennium Development Goals that 191 member states pledged to achieve by 2015. Today, Kenya and Finland co-lead an AI Middle Powers Initiative as President Donald Trump opens the UN General Assembly, echoing the earlier partnership spirit of the MDGs.

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Trump Opens UNGA

U.S. President Donald Trump opens the 81st UN General Assembly session in New York.
South Africa, Norway, Spain and Brazil launch an International Panel on Inequality at the UN.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets Trump to talk energy security and cease-fire options.
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres urges global coordination on artificial-intelligence governance.
Denmark and Greenland sign a security pact with Trump, expanding U.S. Arctic control.

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