Climate activists from around the world held up coloured papers forming a giant human sign to 'end plastic' in South Korea's port city of Busan on Sunday (November 24) ahead of UN plastic talks.
About 500 activists, including members from the Korea Federation for Environmental Movements in South Korea and Friends of the Earth in 10 countries, joined the forming of the sign on Haeundae beach.
Activists also marched down beach area with pickets containing slogans such as "no plastic" and "life in plastic, not fantastic!"
The Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) on Plastic Pollution will meet from November 25 to December 1 in Busan to work on a legally binding treaty that addresses plastic pollution including in the marine environment.
Negotiators are working towards the first-ever global plastics treaty, that addresses not just how plastics are discarded, but also how much plastic is produced and how it is used. The treaty could become the most significant pact to address global climate-warming emissions since the 2015 Paris Agreement.
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A man fatally stabbed two teenagers and seriously injured a third before falling from a motel window to his death in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, local authorities reported.
South Korean prosecutors have requested a 15-year prison sentence for former First Lady Kim Keon Hee, who is on trial for bribery, stock manipulation and fundraising offences, with a verdict due on 28 January.
The United States will reduce import duties on South Korean automobiles to 15%, effective retroactively from 1 November, according to an announcement by U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Tuesday.
Han Hak-ja, who is accused of bribing former First Lady Kim Keon Hee with luxury gifts including Chanel handbags and a diamond necklace, went on trial in South Korea on Monday.
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reiterated his offer to host Ukraine-Russia peace talks in Ankara, at his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The talks took place on the sidelines of the international Forum for Peace and Trust in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, on Friday (12 December).
Russia’s Human Rights Commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova says the Kyiv authorities have still not provided Moscow with a list of thousands of Ukrainian children it claims were illegally taken to Russia, despite the issue being raised during talks in Istanbul.
Iranian authorities have seized a foreign tanker carrying more than 6 million litres of smuggled fuel in the Sea of Oman, detaining all 18 crew members on board.
An explosive device found in a vehicle linked to one of the alleged attackers in Bondi shooting has been secured and removed according to Police. The incident left 12 people dead.
The Hollywood film community has reacted with shock to reports that two bodies found at the Los Angeles home of director Rob Reiner are being treated as the victims of an apparent homicide.
Hong Kong’s High Court on Monday found pro-democracy campaigner and media tycoon Jimmy Lai guilty of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and to publish seditious material under a China-imposed national security law, a ruling that could see the 78-year-old jailed for life.
At least 16 people, including students, were killed and 20 others injured after a school bus carrying students from Antioqueño High School crashed and fell off a cliff in northern Colombia on Sunday, local authorities said.
The U.S. condemned a drone strike on a United Nations base in Kadugli, on Saturday that killed six Bangladeshi peacekeepers and injured eight others in the disputed Abyei region between Sudan and South Sudan.
France has called on the European Union to postpone a planned vote on the long-negotiated trade agreement with the South American Mercosur bloc, citing insufficient safeguards for European farmers.
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