In a doom-laden speech, Guterres pointed to worsening crises in a growing number of countries and warned of the risk of nuclear proliferation

In a doom-laden speech, Guterres pointed to worsening crises in a growing number of countries and warned of the risk of nuclear proliferation

 TIMOTHY A. CLARY

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday that cuts to aid budgets were "wreaking havoc" as he opened the organization's annual meeting of world leaders, painting a dark picture of the world order.

"But development aid cuts are wreaking havoc. They are a death sentence for many. A stolen future for many more," he said without mentioning the United States, responsible for many of the cuts, whose president will speak shortly after Guterres.

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