Hiroshima marks 77th anniv. of atomic bombing amid nuclear threat

Hiroshima on Saturday marked the 77th anniversary of its atomic bombing by the United States, amid heightened concern in Japan and elsewhere over repeated Russian threats to resort to nuclear weapons amid the war in Ukraine.Mayor Kazumi Matsui cautioned in a Peace Declaration at a memorial ceremony in the western city that even as civilian lives are being lost in the Russian aggression, reliance on nuclear deterrence is gaining momentum around the world."We must immediately render all nuclear buttons meaningless," he said.U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres was also present at the annua…READ FULL ARTICLE