Plastic pollution treaty talks end without an agreement

Geneva, Aug. 16: Talks on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution in Geneva ended without an agreement Friday as the session was adjourned with plans to resume at a later date. Nations were meeting for an 11th day at the United...

Failed plastics negotiations leave few options to confront pollution crisis

Negotiations to reach a major treaty to end growing plastic pollution around the world fell apart on Friday, with delegates in Switzerland adjourning with no immediate plans to resume. The consequence of the failed talks is devastating, as it...

Tonga ends dengue outbreak as Sāmoa faces surge in cases

Tonga’s Ministry of Health has declared the end of the dengue fever outbreak, which started six months ago. Since the outbreak, a total of 907 cases were recorded, along with three dengue-related deaths. Thankfully, no new cases have been reported...

Trump's US travel ban 2.0: 36 more countries face potential entry restrictions; here’s the list

Trump's US travel ban 2.0: 36 more countries face potential entry restrictions; here’s the list In a dramatic escalation of its immigration and national security agenda, the administration of the US President Donald Trump is weighing an expansion...

South Sudan among 36 nations at risk of partial or full US entry ban

Author: Lasuba Memo | Published: 7 hours ago President Trump- credit | Alex Wong/Getty Images Thirty-six countries, including South Sudan, Uganda, and Tanzania, have been given 60 days by the United States government to meet immigration benchmarks...

New U.S travel ban threat looms over Zimbabwe… dodgy passports cited

HARARE – The United States government is reportedly considering a significant expansion of its travel restrictions, potentially impacting 36 additional countries, including Zimbabwe, as part of a heightened focus on national security and...

No end in sight to plastic pollution crisis as treaty negotiations fail in Geneva

GENEVA (AP) -- Negotiations to reach a major treaty to end growing plastic pollution around the world fell apart on Friday, with delegates in Switzerland adjourning with no immediate plans to resume. The consequence of the failed talks is...

Central Asian nation among 36 countries facing possible U.S. travel restrictions under Trump

The United States is weighing the introduction of entry restrictions for citizens of 36 countries, according to internal State Department documents reported by The Washington Post. The move is part of President Donald Trump's continued push to...

World plastic pollution treaty globally ends with no deal

Countries have failed to find consensus on how the world should tackle the ever-growing scourge on plastic pollution globally. Negotiators from 185 nations worked beyond Thursday’s deadline and through the night in an ultimately futile search for...

UN Plastics Treaty Talks Once Again End in Failure

Despite Friday’s outcome, the plastics treaty does not yet appear to be dead. Virtually all countries expressed an interest in continued negotiations—the European Union delegate Jessika Roswall said she would not accept “a stillborn treaty”—and...

Not only are rising seas causing people to leave, but warming waters are forcing out tuna

By morning’s end, the pair had caught eight tuna - a haul far smaller than when Petaia’s father taught him to fish 30 years earlier. “We have to spend longer and go farther to get them,” the 48-year-old said as the fishermen unloaded their catch....

Landmark plastics treaty falls apart as nations fail to find consensus for pollution

Talks aimed at striking a landmark global treaty on plastic pollution have ended without agreement as countries failed to find consensus on how the world should tackle the ever-growing scourge. Negotiators from 185 nations worked beyond Thursday's...

World plastic pollution treaty talks end with no deal 減塑無共識 全球塑膠公約談判破局

Talks aimed at striking a landmark global treaty on plastic pollution fell apart Friday last week as countries failed to find consensus on how the world should tackle the ever-growing scourge. The talks in Geneva — called after the collapse of the...

Plastic pollution treaty talks in Geneva end without a deal

Talks on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution in Geneva ended without an agreement Friday as the session was adjourned with plans to resume at a later date. Nations were meeting for an 11th day at the United Nations office to...

Bid to reach world's first plastic pollution treaty ends in failure after 10-day UN conference

Negotiations to reach a major treaty to end growing plastic pollution around the world fell apart on Friday, with delegates in Switzerland adjourning with no immediate plans to resume. The consequence of the failed talks is devastating, as it...

Geneva plastics negotiations fall apart, leaving few avenues to tackle the pollution crisis

GENEVA (AP) — Negotiations to reach a major treaty to end growing plastic pollution around the world fell apart on Friday, with delegates in Switzerland adjourning with no immediate plans to resume. The consequence of the failed talks is...

Talks on global plastic pollution treaty end with no agreement

Talks on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution in Geneva ended without an agreement Friday as the session was adjourned with plans to resume at a later date. Nations were meeting for an 11th day at the United Nations office to...

Failed plastics negotiations in Geneva highlight pollution crisis

GENEVA (AP) — Negotiations to reach a major treaty to end growing plastic pollution around the world fell apart on Friday, with delegates in Switzerland adjourning with no immediate plans to resume. The consequence of the failed talks is...

Failed plastics negotiations in Geneva leave world few options to confront growing...

“Consensus is dead,” Bjorn Beeler, international coordinator for the International Pollutants Elimination Network, upon adjournment. Every year, the world makes more than 400 million tons of new plastic, and that could grow by about 70% by 2040...

Failed plastics negotiations in Geneva leave world few options to confront growing pollution crisis

GENEVA (AP) — Negotiations to reach a major treaty to end growing plastic pollution around the world fell apart on Friday, with delegates in Switzerland adjourning with no immediate plans to resume. The consequence of the failed talks is...