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Microplastics, microbeads and single-use plastics poisoning sea life and affecting humans

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Trash at a beach in Bali where the UN Environment Programme launched the Clean Seas Campaign...

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Governments should repatriate foreign children stranded in Syria before it’s too late

“The latest escalation in northeast Syria brings a renewed urgency for governments to repatriate foreign children stranded in the area before it is too late. National governments have the responsibility and opportunity now to do the right thing and...

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Far more needed to ‘confront the world’s climate emergency’, UN chief tells ASEAN Summit

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Secretary-General António Guterres speaks to the press after addressing the ASEAN Summit in...

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Mask Ban in Halloween Rally

Hong Kong Police fired tear gas Thursday on masked pro-democracy protesters and Halloween revelers in the territory's nightlife district.

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