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As the World Health Assembly prepares to vote on nuclear war, US allies are forced to choose

A resolution led by the small island nations of Samoa, Vanuatu and the Marshall Islands seeks to revive the World Health Organisation’s role on nuclear weapons—and puts U.S. allies in an awkward bind.
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