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[ad_1] OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Nations made progress on a treaty to end plastic pollution, finishing the latest round of negotiations in Canada early Tuesday amid sharp disagreements about whether to put global limits on plastic production. For the first time in the process, negotiators discussed the text of what is supposed to become a […]

[ad_1] Riyadh and Jerusalem CNN  —  Hamas is considering a new framework proposed by Egypt that calls for the group to release as many as 33 hostages kidnapped from Israel in exchange for a pause in hostilities in Gaza, an Israeli source familiar with the negotiations and a foreign diplomatic source told CNN. The latest proposal, which Israel helped craft but has not fully agreed to,

[ad_1] Larry Madowo/CNN A CNN team on the ground in Kenya’s Rift Valley town Mai Mahiu has seen overturned vehicles, uprooted trees and homes which had been swept away in mass flooding. Nairobi, Kenya CNN  —  At least 35 people have been killed and dozens of others are missing after a dam burst in southern Kenya, sweeping

[ad_1] VENICE, Italy (AP) — Venice has always been a place of contrasts, of breathtaking beauty and devastating fragility, where history, religion, art and nature have collided over the centuries to produce an otherworldly gem of a city. But even for a place that prides itself on its culture of unusual encounters, Pope Francis’ visit

[ad_1] U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is calling for “urgent de-escalation” of hostilities in the Middle East. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Tuesday that Guterres made the comments during a phone conversation with Iran’s foreign minister following Tehran’s weekend attack on Israel. Dujarric said Guterres spoke to Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian on Monday. During an emergency

[ad_1] The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has subsidized the manufacturing and export of materials used to make fentanyl through tax rebates, a House select committee alleged in a report. A months-long investigation into Chinese websites, government documents and data points for narcotics companies has led the House Select Committee on China’s Communist Party to believe

[ad_1] Emergency services respond after multiple people stabbed at Sydney shopping centre For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails The attack on a bishop at a church in Sydney on Monday has been declared an

[ad_1] 4:10 a.m. ET, April 16, 2024 Hamas slashes number of hostages it is willing to release in ceasefire deal, Israeli source says From CNN’s Jeremy Diamond in Tel Aviv The families of hostages and their supporters participate in the ‘United for the Release the Hostages’ Rally in Paris Square after completing the four day

[ad_1] Iran’s weekend drone and missile attack on Israel was an “embarrassing failure,” the US said, stressing that it highlighted the IDF’s defensive prowess as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his war cabinet weighed reprisal actions. “I’ve seen reporting that the Iranians meant to fail that this spectacular and embarrassing failure was all by

[ad_1] 15 April 2024 Updated 6 hours ago Image source, Israeli government handout Image caption, The war cabinet also met on Sunday, as seen in this Israeli government handout Israel’s war cabinet has met to discuss its response to Iran’s unprecedented drone and missile attack. Israel did not make public whether a decision had been