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U.N. cancels usual summit of world leaders

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the United Nations will not summon world leaders to its annual gathering for the first time in its 75-year history.

By Arete News - June 8, 2020

The U.N. General Assembly's main chamber in New York (AN/Ron Cogswell)

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