US Leads Boycott Of Talks Aimed At Nuclear Weapons Ban
United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, center, speaks to reporters outside the General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Monday, March 27, 2017. (AP/Seth Wenig)
UNITED NATIONS — U.N. talks aimed at banning nuclear weapons began Monday, but the United States, Russia, China and other nuclear-armed nations are sitting out a discussion they see as impractical.