UN adopts pact promising to build 'brighter future' for humanity

United Nations, United States - The United Nations on Sunday adopted a 'Pact for the Future' aimed at addressing sprawling 21st-century challenges ranging from conflict to climate change and human rights, despite last-minute objections from a group of countries led by Russia.

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who organized the 'Summit of the Future,' had billed it as a 'once-in-a-generation opportunity' to resh