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Who are the candidates running for U.N. secretary-general?

The United Nations headquarters before a meeting on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in New York on April 27

The United Nations headquarters before a meeting on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in New York on April 27 | REUTERS

REUTERS

May 13, 2026

GENEVA – The 10th United Nations secretary-general will be elected this year for a five-year term starting on Jan. 1, 2027.

Here are the candidates so far running to take over ?from outgoing U.N. chief Antonio Guterres.

Rafael Grossi, a 65-year-old career diplomat from Argentina, has been an omnipresent, hyperactive director general of the U.N. nuclear watchdog for the past six years.

Amid the heat and humidity in Japan, a good night’s sleep is growing increasingly elusive without the heavy use of air conditioning.

Summer has arrived in Japan and so have hot sleepless nights

By Tomoko Otake

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

For many people, utility poles and power lines have become such a familiar part of Japan’s landscape that they often go unnoticed.

Why Japan’s utility poles won’t be disappearing anytime soon

By Alex K.T. Martin

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