Plastics only began to be produced in large quantities following the second world war – but plastic pollution has since become one of the most serious threats humanity faces. By 2015, 60% of all ...

Many nations hope to reduce the half a billion tons of plastic made each year. But pushback from plastic and oil producers, and Donald Trump’s election, could scuttle an agreement. By Hiroko ...

Starting Monday, more than 170 countries will converge in Busan, Republic of Korea, to negotiate a new legally binding global treaty to end plastic pollution, including marine pollution. This is the ...

South Korea is hosting the fifth and ostensibly final U.N. Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5) meeting this week, after the previous round of talks in Ottawa in April ended without a ...

The talks are a reflection of growing alarm around the world over the plastic waste filling landfills, gutters, beachfronts and oceans.

Deal Could End Israel-Hezbollah Conflict That Has Lasted Over a Year Lebanon’s caretaker cabinet is expected to meet to formally approve the deal, in which it would play an essential role. Maps ...

Bakerloo Line: Service resumes later this morning.