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UN chief warns of a world divided between U.S. and China

By EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press
Published: September 24, 2019, 9:01am
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) Photo Gallery

UNITED NATIONS — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned global leaders Tuesday of the looming risk of the world splitting in two, with the United States and China creating rival internets, currency, trade, financial rules “and their own zero sum geopolitical and military strategies.”

In his annual “state of the world address” to the General Assembly’s gathering of heads of state and government, Guterres said the risk “may not yet be large, but it is real.”

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