UN chief fears world is heading toward a wider war; calls for peace efforts in military-ruled Myanmar

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres looks on during a session of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 18, 2023. - AFP

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 7 (AP): The United Nations chief warned Monday that the world is facing a convergence of challenges "unlike any in our lifetimes” and expressed fear of a wider war as the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine approaches.

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said experts who surveyed the state of the world in 2023 set the Doomsday Clock at 90 seconds to midnight - the closest ever to "total global catastrophe,”