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Plastic pollution talks fail to reach landmark deal 01 Dec 2024 - 08:37 pm
An art installation depicting a whale with an interior lined with plastic waste is displayed near the entrance of Bexco in Busan on November 30, 2024, the venue of the fifth meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution (INC-5). (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP)
More time needed for plastic pollution treaty: chair 01 Dec 2024 - 04:05 pm
INC-5 Chair Luis Vayas Valdivieso brings down a gavel, made using recycled plastic bottle tops from the Dandora landfill in Nairobi, during the start of a plenary of the fifth session of the UN Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC-5) in Busan on December 1, 2024. (Photo by Anthony WALLACE / AFP)
Glittering dreams: India's big push for solar power 01 Dec 2024 - 02:34 pm
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Crypto boss eats banana art he bought for $6.2 million 01 Dec 2024 - 01:58 pm
Chinese-born crypto founder Justin Sun eats banana artwork, in Hong Kong on November 29, 2024. (Photo by Peter Parks / AFP)
Philippine Eagle hatchling dies in conservation setback 01 Dec 2024 - 01:39 pm
This handout photo taken on November 10, 2024 and released by the Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF) on November 20 shows a Philippine Eagle chick, known as
Three killed as Cyclone Fengal pummels India's south 01 Dec 2024 - 01:18 pm
A man pulls his three-wheeler cart amid heavy wind and rainfall at the Marina Beach in Chennai on November 30, 2024, ahead of the landfall of cyclone Fengal in India's state of Tamil Nadu. Photo by R.Satish BABU / AFP
Cyclone Fengal makes landfall in India's south 30 Nov 2024 - 07:05 pm
People stand ashore as they observe waves amidst heavy winds and rainfall at Marina Beach in Chennai on November 30, 2024, ahead of the landfall of cyclone Fengal in India's state of Tamil Nadu. (Photo by R. Satish BABU / AFP)
Researchers analyse DNA from dung to save Laos elephants 30 Nov 2024 - 01:06 pm
This photo taken on October 13, 2024 shows elephants walking by a pond at the Elephant Conservation Center (ECC) in Sainyabuli province in Laos. (Photo by Tang Chhin Sothy / AFP)
Schools shut as heavy storm approaches India coast 30 Nov 2024 - 11:01 am
People walk along a street at a neighborhood partially submerged in floodwater as cyclone Fengal is forecasted to make landfall in Puttalam on November 29, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Greenpeace activists board tanker in plastic protest 30 Nov 2024 - 10:36 am
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US approves $320 mn sale of F-16, radar parts to Taiwan 30 Nov 2024 - 09:10 am
Guards raise Taiwan's national flag on the Democracy Boulevard at the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei on November 29, 2024. (Photo by I-Hwa Cheng / AFP)
Thailand flooding kills nine, displaces thousands 30 Nov 2024 - 09:05 am
People use a boat through a flooded street during heavy rain in Pasir Puteh, in Malaysia's Kelantan state on November 30, 2024. (Photo by Mohd Rasfan / AFP)
Teen news boss criticises Australian social media ban 29 Nov 2024 - 04:50 pm
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Nepal PM to make official visit to China 29 Nov 2024 - 03:15 pm
A file photo of Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli
Crane collapse in Thailand kills three, injures 10 29 Nov 2024 - 02:27 pm
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Floods kill 8, tens of thousands evacuate in Malaysia, Thailand 29 Nov 2024 - 02:00 pm
People through flood waters along a street following heavy rain in Thailand's southern province of Narathiwat on November 28, 2024. Photo by Madaree TOHLALA / AFP
Japan government approves $92 bn extra budget 29 Nov 2024 - 01:33 pm
A train of Yurikamome railway line, the city's first fully automated train system, travels past the Shiodome business area in Tokyo on November 29, 2024. Photo by Philip FONG / AFP
Pakistan journalist probing protest deaths arrested: lawyer 28 Nov 2024 - 04:01 pm
Policemen stand guard at the Red Zone area, early in Islamabad on November 27, 2024. (Photo by Aamir Qureshi / AFP)