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First draft of plastics treaty to be done by year's end: UN 02 Jun 2023 - 10:43 pm
This picture shows plastic bottles at a Recycle Factory in the city of Megara near Athens, on May 26, 2023. (Photo by Angelos Tzortzinis / AFP)
India rail crash toll jumps to at least 120 dead, 850 injured 02 Jun 2023 - 09:54 pm
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Former Greek PM positive for Covid, suspends election campaign 02 Jun 2023 - 07:49 pm
Former Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. (Reuters file photo)
Heavy security presence in Senegal after deadly clashes 02 Jun 2023 - 07:29 pm
Students carry their luggage as they leave the Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, on June 2, 2023 after being closed due to the violent protests that broke out on University grounds. (Photo by John Wessels / AFP)
Kremlin foe Navalny's demands in prison: a balalaika and a pet kangaroo -- all denied 02 Jun 2023 - 07:11 pm
Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is seen on a screen during a court hearing in Moscow. (Reuters file photo)
King Charles III arrives in Romania for first visit after coronation 02 Jun 2023 - 06:33 pm
Britain's King Charles III (right) speaks with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis during a press conference at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace in Bucharest, on June 2, 2023. (Photo by MIHAI BARBU / AFP)
Tropical Storm Mawar intensifies rains for Japan, threatens floods and mudslides 02 Jun 2023 - 06:13 pm
A monitor reports the suspension of operation of the Tokaido Shinkansen, or bullet trains services the route between Tokyo and Osaka, at Tokyo Station on June 2, 2023, after service was stopped due to heavy rains caused by passing Tropical Storm Mawar. (Photo by JIJI Press / AFP)
Kenya court orders suspension of mass layoff of Facebook moderators 02 Jun 2023 - 05:55 pm
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Russia accuses US of hacking thousands of Apple devices 02 Jun 2023 - 04:22 pm
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Tanzania declares end of deadly Marburg virus outbreak: WHO 02 Jun 2023 - 02:20 pm
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Addressing Russia, Blinken says only strong Ukraine can bring peace 02 Jun 2023 - 01:21 pm
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken gives a speech at the Helsinki City Hall in Helsinki, Finland, on June 2, 2023. Photo by Emmi Korhonen / Lehtikuva / AFP
Heavy rain triggers evacuation warnings in Japan 02 Jun 2023 - 12:55 pm
A man uses an umbrella to shelter from the rain at the Ginza district in Tokyo on June 2, 2023. Photo by Philip FONG / AFP
Two dead in shelling in Russian border region near Ukraine: governor 02 Jun 2023 - 12:10 pm
This handout picture posted on June 1, 2023 on the official Telegram account of Vyacheslav Gladkov, governor of the Belgorod region, shows what is presented as a part of an unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) on a street in the region capital of Belgorod. Photo by Handout / TELEGRAM / VVGLADKOV / AFP
'Swimming in plastic': Greek fishermen fight pollution 02 Jun 2023 - 11:48 am
This picture shows marine litter that divers and fishermen collected, at Keratsini's sea food market, in Keratsini, on May 26, 2023. (Photo by Angelos Tzortzinis / AFP)
Morocco to teach Berber language in more schools 01 Jun 2023 - 09:48 pm
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US and Taiwan ink trade deal as China issues warning 01 Jun 2023 - 09:14 pm
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Famed Australian soldier loses war crimes defamation case 01 Jun 2023 - 08:53 pm
Journalists Chris Masters (L) and Nick McKenzie (R) talk to the media outside the Federal Court of Australia in Sydney on June 1, 2023. (Photo by SAEED KHAN / AFP)
Billboard collapse kills one, injures five during Egypt sandstorm 01 Jun 2023 - 08:44 pm
TOPSHOT - Police and civil defence gather as a collapsed billboard is removed from the October 6 overpass bridge in the Ghamra neighbourhood in central Cairo on June 1, 2023 during a sandstorm. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)