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Rubbish dump trucks, green and yellow in colour, queue up laden with rubbish in a tip. To the left and right are high piles of degrading plastic and rubbish. In the background the skyline of Nairobi can be seen
Global plastic talks collapse as countries remain deeply divided
GENEVA — Global talks to develop a landmark treaty to end plastic pollution have once again failed.The UN negotiations, the sixth round of talks in just under three years, were due to end on Thursday but countries continued to negotiate into the night in the hopes of breaking a deadlock.There remained a split between a group of about 100 nations calling for curbs on production of plastic, and oil states pushing for a focus on recycling.Speaking in the early hours, Cuban delegates said that countries had "missed a historic opportunity but we have to keep going".The talks were convened in 2022 in response to the mounting scientific evidence of the risks of plastic pollution to human health and the environment.Despite the benefits of plastic to almost every sector, scientists are...
August 15, 2025

Global plastic talks collapse as countries remain deeply divided

Prabowo's flagship free meals programme has become the target of food safety concerns and heated anti-government protests
More than 300 ill in Indonesia after eating free school lunches
JAKARTA -- Some 365 people have fallen ill in an Indonesian town after eating school lunches, the largest spate of food poisonings to hit President Prabowo Subianto's free meals program so far.The meals have temporarily been suspended in Sragen, in central Java, as food samples are being tested for contamination, local authorities said.The program - which costs an estimated $28bn (£21bn) - delivers on a campaign promise by the president to combat stunting in the country.But it has been plagued by a string of food poisonings, as well as criticisms that its high price tag has put considerable strain on the government's finances - with several ministries having their budgets cut as a result.Wizdan Ridho Abimanyu, a ninth-grader in Sragen, told Reuters he was awakened in the middle of...
August 15, 2025

More than 300 ill in Indonesia after eating free school lunches

Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump have not met in person for six years (file picture)
Trump set to meet Putin in push for Ukraine peace
WASHINGTON – US and Russian officials will converge on the state of Alaska ahead of a highly anticipated Friday meeting between Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.The pair will meet for the first time in six years, as Trump tries to enact a key campaign pledge to end Russia's war in Ukraine.The US president, who has portrayed himself as a global peacemaker, hopes to leverage his personal relationship with Putin to achieve a ceasefire breakthrough where others have failed.On Thursday he assessed there was a "25% chance" the meeting would not be successful.Ukraine's leader Volodymyr Zelensky has been excluded from the talks, and warned that any resolutions made in his absence will be meaningless.In Anchorage there are few signs of the impending high-stakes...
August 15, 2025

Trump set to meet Putin in push for Ukraine peace

California Governor Gavin Newsom shouts behind a podium that bears a sign that says Election Rigging Response Act. A crowd of supporters holds signs behind him
California governor unveils voting lines plan to counter Texas Republicans
LOS ANGELES – California's Democratic governor has unveiled a high-stakes plan to redraw voting lines in America's most populous state, in order to counter similar efforts by Republicans in Texas.Gavin Newsom called for a special election to be held in November, in which voters would be asked to approve lawmakers redrawing congressional districts before national midterms in 2026.He billed the move as an emergency measure in response to a Donald Trump-backed plan in Texas, which could see the Republicans pick up five more seats in the finely-balanced House.It is the latest development in a gerrymandering fight that runs the risk of setting off a political arms race for control of the US Congress.The governor – whose term in office ends next year and is rumoured to have...
August 15, 2025

California governor unveils voting lines plan to counter Texas Republicans

Rescuers at the site of the flash flood in Indian-administered Kashmir
Dozens dead in flash floods on popular Himalayas pilgrimage route
DELHI – Flash floods have killed 46 people in a village hosting Hindu pilgrims in Indian-administered Kashmir.The flooding took place in the remote village of Chositi in Kishtwar district, which is on a busy pilgrimage route to a famous shrine in the Himalayas.Videos shared online showed dramatic flood waters, vehicles being washed away and rescuers searching for survivors in damaged homes, as people cried in the streets – some caked in mud.Dozens of pilgrims have been evacuated to safety, but at least 50 people are feared missing, and a rescue operation is still under way.The floods were triggered by a cloudburst, officials said, with Federal Minister Jitendra Singh, who is also an MP from Jammu and Kashmir, saying it was on a "massive scale" and rescue teams were finding it...
August 15, 2025

Dozens dead in flash floods on popular Himalayas pilgrimage route

Nanjing massacre was the darkest chapter of the years-long Sino-Japanese war
A massacre on the eve of WW2 still haunts China-Japan relations
TOKYO – Japanese vlogger Hayato Kato's 1.9 million followers are used to his funny clips about exploring China, where he has been living for several years.But on 26 July he surprised them with a sombre one."I just watched a movie about the Nanjing Massacre," he said, referring to the Japanese army's six-week rampage through Nanjing in late 1937, which, by some estimates, killed more than 300,000 civilians and Chinese soldiers. Around 20,000 women were reportedly raped.Dead To Rights, or Nanjing Photo Studio, is a star-studded tale about a group of civilians who hide from Japanese troops in a photo studio. Already a box office hit, it is the first of a wave of Chinese movies about the horrors of Japanese occupation that are being released to mark the 80th anniversary of...
August 15, 2025

A massacre on the eve of WW2 still haunts China-Japan relations

Ukrainians are still training to fight Russia - few expect the war will end soon
Left out of Alaska talks, exhausted Ukrainians fear an unjust peace
KYIV – They call it "dronocide": new training to deal with what is now the greatest threat to a Ukrainian soldier's life on the battlefield – drones.These machines saturate the front line and cause the largest number of casualties, according to Ukraine. If Donald Trump can't make Vladimir Putin agree to a ceasefire at their meeting in Alaska on Friday, then this training in eastern Ukraine might be essential to saving lives on the front.The continuing preparation for battle suggests few in Ukraine are expecting this war to stop any time soon. The training is not especially sophisticated: their defence is a shotgun. The soldiers go through drills to hit fast-moving targets – shooting first from the ground, and then while on the move. Ihor, their experienced...
August 15, 2025

Left out of Alaska talks, exhausted Ukrainians fear an unjust peace

An Israeli flag flies along a highway near the settlement of Carmel in the South Hebron Hills of the West Bank on August 4.
Israel advances controversial settlement plan, aiming to ‘bury the idea of a Palestinian state’
TEL AVIV — Israel is moving forward with controversial plans to build thousands of new housing units in the occupied West Bank, splitting the territory in two, a scheme far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said would “permanently bury the idea of a Palestinian state.”The E1 settlement project, frozen for decades because of vociferous international opposition, would connect Jerusalem to the settlement of Maale Adumim, making a future Palestinian capital in East Jerusalem virtually impossible. It would also split the West Bank in half, preventing the establishment of a contiguous Palestinian state.Smotrich announced the pending approval of 3,401 new housing units on Thursday in a press conference held on the site of the planned construction.“They will talk about a Palestinian...
August 14, 2025

Israel advances controversial settlement plan, aiming to ‘bury the idea of a Palestinian state’

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting of Russia's top leadership at the Kremlin in Moscow on Thursday.
Putin praises Trump’s peace efforts and floats potential nuclear deal at Alaska summit
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin praised the Trump administration’s “energetic” efforts to stop the war in Ukraine and hinted that Moscow and Washington could strike a deal on nuclear arms control during their summit on Friday in Alaska.In his first public comments since US President Donald Trump announced the Alaska summit, Putin on Thursday chaired a meeting of senior Russian officials at the Kremlin to brief them on the state of play in negotiations with the US on Ukraine.“The current American administration... is making, in my opinion, quite energetic and sincere efforts to stop the hostilities, stop the crisis and reach agreements that are of interest to all parties involved in this conflict,” Putin said.In his brief remarks, Putin said the summit with the US aims...
August 14, 2025

Putin praises Trump’s peace efforts and floats potential nuclear deal at Alaska summit

Thirteen dead, dozens injured in Kuwait alcohol poisoning linked to methanol
KUWAIT CITY — Thirteen Asian nationals have died in Kuwait since Saturday from alcohol poisoning caused by methanol-tainted drinks, the Ministry of Health announced Wednesday.The ministry said hospitals treated 63 people for alcohol poisoning over the same period, including 31 patients who required artificial respiration, 51 who underwent urgent dialysis, and 21 who suffered permanent blindness or severe visual impairment.Methanol is a highly toxic industrial alcohol used in chemical manufacturing and paints. The ministry warned that even small amounts can cause blindness or death and urged the public never to consume it.Alcohol imports have been banned in Kuwait since 1964, and consumption was criminalized in the 1980s. Authorities say this has led to a black market in illegal alcoholic...
August 14, 2025

Thirteen dead, dozens injured in Kuwait alcohol poisoning linked to methanol

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