Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent pledged to provide “all options for stabilization” to Argentine President Javier Milei as the South American country faces a market selloff in recent weeks, Bloomberg reports.

“Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that he was ready to extend by one year the last arms control treaty between Washington and Moscow that limits the number of nuclear weapons each side has if U.S. President Donald Trump does the same,” Reuters reports.

Gallup: “Americans remain broadly supportive of the United Nations as an institution, with solid majorities calling it necessary as well as favoring U.S. involvement and funding, although that support is down slightly from recent measures.”

“At the same time, only about one in three — on the lower end of the trend dating back to 1953 — think the U.N. is doing a good job of solving the problems it has had to face.”

“I have a clear message for you. It won’t happen. A Palestinian state will not be established west of the Jordan River. We will continue on this path.”

— Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, quoted by the Wall Street Journal, on countries formally recognizing a Palestinian state.

“The widening rift between the U.S. and a coalition of European and Arab countries over Israel will be on full display next week during the United Nations General Assembly, where a growing number of nations are bucking the Trump administration to recognize a Palestinian state,” Politico reports.

“But the diplomatic gambit is highlighting the limited options available to countries that want to break with Washington on Israel. It also shows the delicate balancing act some are doing to express their displeasure with Israel’s conduct in the Gaza war while staying in the Trump administration’s good graces.”

“It’s that time of year when Midtown East in Manhattan both brims with action and comes to a standstill,” the New York Times reports.

“The 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, starting Monday, will bring together more than 140 world leaders to discuss contentious issues like the war in Ukraine and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. It is known by many diplomats as the World Cup of diplomacy.”

“But it is known by many New Yorkers as a pain in the neck.”

“North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un suggested his country can resume dialogue with the U.S. if Washington drops calls for Pyongyang to denuclearize,“ Axios reports.

Said Kim: “If the United States shuts down its hollow denuclearization ideology and wants a true peaceful coexistence with us based on acceptance of reality, then we have no reason not to sit down with the United States.”

He added: “Personally, I still have fond memories of the current President of the United States, Trump.”