‘Crucial week’: make-or-break plastic pollution treaty talks begin
A final round of talks on a treaty to end plastic pollution opens on Monday,…
Category: Regional
Israel, Hezbollah in heavy exchanges of fire despite EU ceasefire call
Israel struck Hezbollah’s south Beirut stronghold on Sunday as Lebanese state media reported intense fighting…
Basel backs splashing the cash to host Eurovision
Basel voters on Sunday overwhelmingly approved the city putting up nearly $40 million towards hosting…
Petrol industry embraces plastics while navigating energy shift
Amid the inexorable shift toward more electric vehicles, oil and gas producers are looking increasingly…
Romania PM fends off far-right challenge in presidential first round
Romania’s pro-European Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu was leading in the first round of presidential elections…
Iran says will hold nuclear talks with France, Germany, UK on Friday
Iran said on Sunday that it would hold nuclear talks in the coming days with…
Israel records 250 launches from Lebanon as Hezbollah targets Tel Aviv, south
Israel’s military said Hezbollah fired around 250 projectiles into its territory from Lebanon on Sunday,…
Climate finance’s ‘new era’ shows new political realities
Rich countries’ promise of $300 billion a year in climate finance brought fury at talks…
AP Top 25: Alabama, Mississippi out of top 10 and Miami, SMU are in; Oregon remains unanimous No. 1
Alabama and Mississippi tumbled out of the top 10 of The Associated Press Top 25…
‘Gladiator II’, ‘Wicked’ battle for N. American box office honors
Hollywood got respite from a slack few months as two much-anticipated new films — Universal’s…