Record 120 countries, regions to attend Hiroshima A-bomb ceremony

A record 120 countries and regions, along with the European Union, plan to attend the ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Wednesday, according to the western Japanese city.While Russia is expected to again be absent this year, its close ally, Belarus, is set to attend for the first time in four years, the Hiroshima city government said, after the municipality effectively lifted the attendance ban on the two countries due to Moscow's war on Ukraine.Among nuclear-armed states, representatives from the United States, Britain, France are expected to …READ FULL ARTICLE