Can countries agree to “end the global plastic pollution crisis”? Blogging Sole

Delegates from 175 countries gathered this week in Busan, South Korea, to try to negotiate a legally binding treaty to combat global plastic pollution. This gathering marks the fifth and final phase of the multi-year negotiations of the United Nations Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC-5), with a decision expected on a treaty at … Read more

Macron sees the restoration of Notre-Dame Cathedral more than 5 years after its fire Blogging Sole

Paris — After more than five years of frantic reconstruction work, Notre-Dame Cathedral showed itself to the world on Friday, with high, rebuilt ceilings and creamy, like-new stone erasing dark memories of its devastating 2019 fire. French television broadcast live footage of President Emmanuel Macron visiting the iconic cathedral, which looked like one worshipers might … Read more

Israel and Hezbollah both claim to have violated ceasefire on second day Blogging Sole

Beirut — Israel carried out its first airstrike on Lebanon on Thursday since a truce with Hezbollah announced this week, claiming to have targeted the militant group’s activity at a rocket storage facility in southern Lebanon that violated the ceasefire. Lebanese authorities reported scattered incidents of Israeli mortar attacks, strikes and gunfire that injured two … Read more

Five-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek receives one-month suspension after failing doping test Blogging Sole

Five-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek has accepted a one-month suspension after testing positive for the banned substance trimetazidine, a heart medication known as TMZ, the International Tennis Integrity Agency announced Thursday. Swiatek failed an out-of-competition doping test in August, and the ITIA accepted his explanation that the result was unintentional and was due to … Read more

Australia: ban on social networks for under-16s approved by both houses of Parliament Blogging Sole

The Australian Senate on Wednesday adopted a law which, once signed by the leader of the country who strongly supported it, will ban children under 16s to use most social media platforms. The new law will impose the toughest restrictions on children’s use of hugely popular social media apps of any democracy in the world. … Read more

Lebanese return to rubble, Israelis focus on Gaza as Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire holds Blogging Sole

Lebanese return to rubble, Israelis focus on Gaza as Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire holds

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Lebanese return to rubble, Israelis focus on Gaza as Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire holds – CBS News Watch CBS News The truce between Israel and Hezbollah appears to last for a second day as Lebanese civilians return to their destroyed homes and many Israelis turn their attention to the remaining hostages in Gaza. CBS News foreign correspondent … Read more

Massive drug smuggling operation leads to discovery of new Pacific trafficking route with sophisticated ‘narco submarines’ Blogging Sole

Authorities in dozens of countries seized 225 tons of cocaine during a six-week mega-operation in which they uncovered a new trafficking route across the Pacific, from South America to Australia, the Colombian Navy announced on Wednesday. Authorities said they also seized “increasingly sophisticated” drug-laden semi-submersibles – better known as “narco submarines” – which can go … Read more

3 detained Americans released by China Blogging Sole

3 detained Americans released by China

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3 detained Americans released by China – CBS News Watch CBS News The White House announced Wednesday that three Americans wrongly detained for years in China on what the United States considered trumped-up espionage and drug charges had been released. There was no immediate announcement on what the United States offered China in return. Scott … Read more

Stowaway arrested after boarding Delta flight from New York to Paris Blogging Sole

A stowaway managed to board a Delta Air Lines flight from New York to Paris without a boarding pass on Tuesday, officials confirmed. The woman boarded Delta Flight No. 264 from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, CBS News has learned. She was discovered while the plane was in flight … Read more

White House responds to ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon Blogging Sole

White House responds to ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon

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White House responds to ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon – CBS News Watch CBS News U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan speaks to “CBS Mornings” about the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, the U.S. role in reaching the deal and communicating with the news Trump administration. Be the first to know Get browser … Read more

Police arrest 11 people linked to Balkan cocaine ring, including suspected member of ‘Pink Panthers’ jewelry heist gang Blogging Sole

Balkan police have arrested 11 suspected members of a criminal syndicate responsible for trafficking cocaine from South America to Europe, Croatia said on Wednesday, in its latest move to crack down on traffickers. Among those arrested was a suspect also wanted for his alleged membership of the famous “Pink Panthers“Jewelry robbery gang. The arrests took … Read more

As ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah takes hold, Biden announces new push for truce with Hamas in Gaza Blogging Sole

Inasmuch as ceasefire that the United States helped negotiate between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah group took effect Wednesday, President Biden said his administration would quickly launch “another push” with international partners to reach an agreement to end the conflict even further murderer. war in the Gaza Strip. Mr. Biden, who has less than two … Read more