IOC's Bach calls for solidarity in Hiroshima 1 week before Olympics

The head of the International Olympic Committee traveled to Hiroshima on Friday and called for global solidarity in building a more peaceful future, amid opposition from some survivors of the 1945 atomic bombing on the city who say the visit ahead of the Tokyo Games beginning next week is politically motivated.Thomas Bach's one-day trip from Tokyo to the western Japan city, which has been at the vanguard of the global campaign to abolish nuclear weapons, comes as public frustration persists over the IOC pushing ahead with the Olympics despite the coronavirus pandemic."Today, I am here to pa…READ FULL ARTICLE