Paris (AFP) June 28, 2024
Plastic bottle-tops on drinks sold in the European Union from next Wednesday will have to be attached to their container under new rules aiming to stem harmful pollution.
A range of products from bottles of water and fizzy drinks to cartons of milk and juice must have a cap that stays attached to the vessel once part of a 2019 EU directive comes into force on July 3.
Bottle caps and lids
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) June 28, 2024
The EU on Friday demanded wildly popular shopping platforms Shein and Temu explain what action they are taking to protect consumers, including children.
The query was made under the EU's breakthrough law known as the Digital Services Act (DSA) that forces platforms to do more to tackle the sale of illegal and harmful goods.
The European Commission said it wants to know what action the Ch
La Paz (AFP) June 28, 2024
Bolivia's President Luis Arce triumphed after a failed coup attempt this week, but the country has entered a new period of instability during a severe economic crisis.
This is what you need to know about the fallout of the botched uprising in the small Andean nation, rich in natural gas and lithium reserves:
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It was a brief but dramatic series of events: Soldiers and tank
Beijing (AFP) June 30, 2024
Factory activity in China shrank for a second straight month in June, data showed Sunday, underscoring the country's shaky economic recovery ahead of a key political gathering expected to focus on deepening reform.
The manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) - a key measure of factory output - registered at 49.5 in June, identical to May's figure, according to the National Bureau of
Dubai (AFP) June 28, 2024
The United Arab Emirates has shortened Friday sermons at mosques to protect worshippers from severe heat, amid rising summer temperatures linked to climate change.
The General Authority of Islamic Affairs, in a statement on Thursday, ordered preachers to limit Friday sermons to 10 minutes from June to October, when temperatures cool.
The sermons usually last for 20 minutes for the main w
Washington (AFP) June 28, 2024
The Biden administration blocked a major roadway project in the northwest state of Alaska and advanced protections for swaths of Alaskan land from being exploited for natural resources, it announced Friday.
The decision will conserve 28 million acres (11 million hectares) in western Alaska from oil, gas and mining projects, protections the Trump administration had previously tried to withdra
Washington (AFP) June 27, 2024
The US Supreme Court on Thursday temporarily blocked the implementation of an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) measure aimed at curbing air pollution that drifts across state lines from facilities like power plants.
The "good neighbor" plan would not have taken effect until 2026, but a series of states and companies requested that it be blocked now while litigation against it plays out
Madrid (AFP) June 27, 2024
Olive oil producers are improving irrigation and seeking new varieties of olives to safeguard production as climate change upends harvests, causing prices of the staple of the Mediterranean diet to soar.
"Climate change is already a reality and we need to adapt to it," according to the executive director of the International Olive Council (IOC) Jaime Lillo.
He spoke at the opening of the
London (AFP) June 27, 2024
Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has been hosting executives and entrepreneurs in London this week to boost investment in cutting-edge technologies promising big breakthroughs in tackling climate change.
Among those attending is Arvin Ganesan, who worked in the Obama administration and at Apple before joining the race to develop the next generation of long-stor
Oslo (AFP) June 27, 2024
Norway's government has taken another step toward its controversial plan to open its seabed to deep-sea mining, proposing areas suitable for exploration.
Already Western Europe's largest oil and gas producer, Norway could become one of the first countries to authorise seabed mining, insisting on the importance of not relying on China or authoritarian countries for minerals essential for rene
London, UK (SPX) Jul 01, 2024
Techniques designed to analyze the ripples in spacetime detected by one of the most sensitive pieces of scientific equipment in the 21st century have shed new light on the function of the oldest known analogue computer.
Astronomers from the University of Glasgow utilized statistical modeling techniques developed for gravitational wave analysis to determine the probable number of holes in o
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 01, 2024
NASA's longest-lived Mars robot is about to mark a new milestone on June 30: 100,000 trips around the Red Planet since launching 23 years ago. During that time, the 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter has been mapping minerals and ice across the Martian surface, identifying landing sites for future missions, and relaying data to Earth from NASA's rovers and landers.
Scientists recently used the orbi
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Jul 01, 2024
PLD Space has presented its MIURA 5 SPARK Programme, offering educational centres, universities, institutions, and companies worldwide access to the first two MIURA 5 launches free of charge. The company will cover mission costs to promote scientific and technological innovation aimed at improving life on Earth from space.
This initiative is supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science, In
Paris (AFP) June 28, 2024
Europe's weather satellite operator has cancelled plans to use the European rocket Ariane 6 less than two weeks before its first-ever launch, opting to go with US firm SpaceX instead, the French newspaper Le Monde has reported.
The latest blow to European space efforts comes after four years of delays to the Ariane 6, which is scheduled to finally blast off for the first time on July 9.
Washington (AFP) June 28, 2024
The first astronauts to fly Boeing's troubled Starliner are definitely not "stranded" at the International Space Station, NASA insisted Friday despite having no clear timeframe for bringing them home.
In an unusually defensive press call, officials attempted to put a positive spin on where things currently stood after weeks of negative headlines due to the spaceship's delayed return.
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A Texas man was arrested after allegedly attacking another man with a machete-type knife. He was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
TEHRAN, Jun. 30 (MNA) – Iran’s special envoy to Afghanistan Hassan Kazemi Qomi says the complicated situation in Afghanistan and the region requires comprehensive consultations with all parties.
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Sharad Pawar said the Opposition will keep a collective face before the people of Maharashtra.
Independent Senator says the government must close a loophole in laws protecting children from alcohol advertising on free-to-air television.
In its efforts to sustain the on-going infrastructural developments drive in line with its Renewed Hope Agenda, the Federal Government has announced plans to inaugurate the next phase of Lagos- Calabar Coastal highway from Cross River to Akwa Ibom. The Minister of Works, David Umahi, disclosed this at the stakeholders engagement meeting held at Ibom
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