
UN chief defends plastic pollution talks
Busan, South Korea (AFP) — The UN environment chief insisted Monday that talks on a landmark plastic pollution treaty were not a failure, saying important…
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Busan, South Korea (AFP) — The UN environment chief insisted Monday that talks on a landmark plastic pollution treaty were not a failure, saying important…
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Romania’s ruling Social Democrats (PSD) were set to win Sunday’s parliamentary elections while the far right secured big gains, partial results showed,…
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Deeply divided negotiators failed on Sunday to reach a landmark global treaty to curb plastic pollution, missing a self-imposed deadline, and agreed to extend…
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Parties have not reached an agreement on a landmark treaty to curb plastic pollution and more time for negotiations is needed, the talks' chair Luis Vayas…
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The Philippines will host in 2025 the first International Atomic Energy Agency International Conference on the Nuclear Technology for Controlling Plastic…
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‘We are only in the first few hours,’ she said. ‘We have to get something with targets and we’re not going to wait 21 years for it’
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The treaty comes at an ‘opportune’ time when the Philippines, under the leadership of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., is investing significantly in its…
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Ending 20 years of multilateral negotiations, the Philippines, along with 193 member states under the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), has…
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A final round of talks on a treaty to end plastic pollution opens on Monday, with the diplomat chairing the difficult negotiations warning nations not to miss…
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Serious differences remain, more convergence urged.
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Confined to her family's ramshackle shanty by the toxic smog choking India's capital, Harshita Gautam strained to hear her teacher's instructions over a cheap…
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The United States government has deployed American servicemen to operate a new task force aimed at assisting the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in…
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The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) Director General Atty. Rowel Barba has been recognized by the World Intellectual Property…
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The Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) with the United States will be tapped by Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla to obtain further…
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Health and daily life disrupted as smog blankets major cities in South Asia
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Plastic Odyssey, a seaborne global initiative dedicated to combating plastic pollution, will dock in the Philippines for its OnBoard Laboratory program,…
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The incoming US president could push Europe to get serious about protecting itself
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Ayala Land's Plastic to Pavers Project was selected from a competitive pool of 139 applications submitted by 122 for-profit organizations across 25 countries
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