1. The United Nations says the United States has notified UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres of its withdrawal from the Paris Agreement – an international framework to fight global warming. 2. Members of a US nonprofit group warn that humanity is edging closer to catastrophe from dangers that include nuclear weapons and climate change. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists told reporters in Washington on Tuesday that its Doomsday Clock was set at 89 seconds to midnight, one second forward from the previous two years and the closest it has ever been to catastrophe. The group has been using the clock since 1947 to symbolize how close the world is to destruction.
3. The head of the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs has expressed a strong sense of crisis over US President Donald Trump’s “America First” policy and similar moves spreading across the globe. UN Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Nakamitsu Izumi made the remarks in an interview with NHK in Tokyo on Tuesday. She expressed concern that such a trend could result in the collapse of the international order.
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