UN chief warns that the world is ‘on edge of an abyss’

UN chief warns that the world is ‘on edge of an abyss’
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres addresses the 76th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York. ( Eduardo Munoz/Pool Photo via AP)

The United Nations chief has warned global leaders that the world has never been more threatened and divided and “we face the greatest cascade of crises in our lifetime”.

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres rang the alarm in his annual state of the world speech at the opening of the UN General Assembly’s annual high-level meeting for leaders of its 193 member nations.

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