Plastic waste leakage in Asia could rise 70% by 2050: OECD
Plastic waste leakage in Southeast Asia, plus China, Japan and South Korea, could rise by nearly 70% by 2050 without stronger policies, according to a...
Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Canberra supports the U.S. strike on Iran and calls for de-escalation and diplomacy.
Speaking to reporters in Canberra on Monday, Albanese stated: “The world has long agreed that Iran cannot be allowed to get a nuclear weapon, and we support action to prevent that.”
He stressed that Iran’s enrichment of uranium to 60 percent was clear evidence of a program beyond civilian use.
The International Atomic Energy Agency reported on 31 May that Iran had enough 60% enriched uranium for nine nuclear weapons if further enriched.
Australia closed its embassy in Tehran on Friday after Foreign Minister Penny Wong consulted with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Following the U.S. strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, Australia suspended bus evacuations from Israel but is preparing for possible evacuations if airspace reopens.
Two Australian defence planes have been deployed to the Middle East in non-combat roles to assist with civilian evacuations.
The world’s biggest dance music festival faces an unexpected setback as a fire destroys its main stage, prompting a last-minute response from organisers determined to keep the party alive in Boom, Belgium.
According to the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), a magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck the Oaxaca region of Mexico on Saturday.
China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will send an upgraded ‘version 3.0’ free-trade agreement to their heads of government for approval in October, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Saturday after regional talks in Kuala Lumpur.
A resumption of Iraq’s Kurdish oil exports is not expected in the near term, sources familiar with the matter said on Friday, despite an announcement by Iraq’s federal government a day earlier stating that shipments would resume immediately.
Chinese automaker Chery has denied an industry-ministry audit that disqualified more than $53 million in state incentives for thousands of its electric and hybrid vehicles, insisting it followed official guidance and committed no fraud.
One person was killed and homes and an industrial site were damaged in an overnight Ukrainian drone attack on Russia’s Saratov region, the governor said. Moscow reported 121 drones downed nationwide and briefly halted flights in Saratov.
In a joint statement, the UK, France, Italy, Germany, Poland, Finland and the European Commission said Ukraine alone must decide its future. Their declaration came ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday.
Two wildfires in Türkiye’s northwestern Canakkale province destroyed dozens of homes and forced around 1,000 people to evacuate, officials said.
A powerful eruption at Japan’s Shinmoedake volcano sent an ash plume more than 3,000 metres high on Sunday morning, prompting safety warnings from authorities.
Tonight, the Sturgeon Moon illuminated the night sky, casting a magical glow over landmarks worldwide.
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