What to know

• The UN has warned that progress on its sustainable development goals — lofty targets to reduce poverty, improve health and protect the environment by 2030 — is “slow and uneven.”S1
• Bill Gates told his foundation’s Goalkeepers gathering that “increased generosity” and “the smart use of AI” together could accelerate the fight against inequality, urging the world’s richest countries to expand international aid and apply artificial intellige...S2