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LONDON — “The situation is dire,” said John Read of Clean Up Britain. “We have a serious problem with litter in the UK. I’d go so far as to say it’s an epidemic.”Drive along Britain’s roads recently and you’ll probably have noticed something: Litter. And lots of it.Cigarette butts, beer bottles, cans, fast food wrappers, bin bags, plastic sheeting and white goods — to name just a few — are strewn in verges and laybys up and down the country.“Britain is a naturally beautiful country, but right now it looks like a landfill,” said Read, who has campaigned on the issue for more than 12 years. “It’s shameful for international visitors to come here and see how filthy our country is.”“The rubbish is a terrible statement about a country in decline,” he added.In...
March 15, 2023
‘Welcome to a filthy, littered dump called Britain’
March 15, 2023
‘The race is on’ to ensure EU is competitive in crucial clean tech sector: Von Der Leyen
March 15, 2023
WWF strives to bring back Lynx to Bulgarian forests
March 15, 2023
Stock markets hit again by banking worries
March 15, 2023
55 countries face a health worker crunch linked to COVID-19: WHO
BRUSSELS — Washington has summoned Russia's ambassador to the US to the State Department to express its "strong objection" after a Russian fighter jet struck an American surveillance drone over the Black Sea on Tuesday, causing US forces to bring the drone down in international waters."What we saw, again, were fighter aircraft dumping fuel in front of this UAV and then getting so close to the aircraft that it actually damaged the propeller on the MQ-9," said Pentagon Press Secretary, Pat Ryder."Because of the damage, we were in a position to have to essentially crash it into the Black Sea," he added.In a statement, the US military described Russia's intercept as "reckless, environmentally unsound, and unprofessional," adding that...
March 15, 2023
Tensions mount after Russian jet struck US drone over Black Sea
March 15, 2023
British and German jets intercept Russian aircraft near Estonian airspace
March 14, 2023
Turkey poll: Opposition gains ground against current government
March 14, 2023
Paris holds its nose as waste piles up
March 14, 2023
Sticking to ‘cold, hard’ climate facts can end global warming: Guterres
