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The international community’s efforts in tackling the global plastics crisis have reached a pivotal moment, leading up to the fifth and last scheduled intergovernmental negotiating committee (INC-5) to take place in Busan, South Korea starting on November 25. If countries agree to an international framework to reduce the production and consumption of plastics, the world […]
This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration Two years in, delegates from more than 175 countries working to craft a global plastics pollution treaty remain widely divided. Whether an agreement emerges from a final scheduled round of negotiations this month is anyone’s guess. […]
North Korea has ratified a mutual defense treaty with Russia, state media reported on Tuesday. The deal calls for each side to assist the other in case of an armed attack. The announcement comes days after Ukraine’s Defense Ministry reported its forces clashed with North Korean units stationed in the Russian border region of Kursk. What […]