UN chief says global finance system fragmenting; Myanmar crisis worsens

[1/4] UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks during his bilateral meeting with Indonesian President Joko Widodo on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. Tatan Syuflana/Pool via REUTERS Acquire Licensing Rights JAKARTA, Sept 7 (Reuters) – The world risks a “great fracture” of its economic and financial systems, U.N. Secretary-General Antà³nio Guterres said on Thursday at a summit with Southeast Asia’s ASEAN bloc, China, the United States and others in Indonesia. In a wide-ranging speech that touched on geopolitical tension, multilateral development finance and climate change, Guterres called on…