If world handles climate like COVID-19, UN chief says: 'I fear the worst'

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NEW YORK: The United States, China and Russia fought on Thursday (Sep 24) during a United Nations Security Council meeting on the coronavirus ...

during a United Nations Security Council meeting on the coronavirus pandemic after UN chief Antonio Guterres had warned the body that if the climate crisis was approached with the"same disunity and disarray" of COVID-19, then:"I fear the worst".

"I am astonished and I am disgusted by the content of today's discussion ... members of the council who took this opportunity to focus on political grudges rather than the critical issue at hand," she said. US President Donald Trump is facing a Nov 3 re-election battle as the United States is dealing with the world's highest official number of deaths and infections from the coronavirus. Washington accuses Beijing of a lack of transparency that it says worsened the outbreak. China denies the US assertions.

 

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I agree with you in not naming the UN chief in news headlines. He is such a disgrace to world peace and humanity.

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