The UN Chief Says We Are Dangerously Close to ‘Nuclear Annihilation’
The United Nations chief warned that “humanity is just one misunderstanding, one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation” at a high-level meeting to review the landmark 50-year-old treaty to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said divisions worldwide since the last review conference in 2015 have become more remarkable. Russia’s threat to use nuclear weapons in the Ukraine war has contributed to worldwide concern. Anthony Blinken said Russia uses Europe’s largest …