The global plastic pollution pact negotiations have reached a critical point in Canada.
To draft a pact to halt the fast-worsening issue of plastic pollution, thousands of observers and negotiators from most of the world's countries are assembling in Ottawa, Canada, this week.
Biden threatens Israel's weapons supply if it begins an assault on Rafah.
US President Joe Biden has threatened to cut off Israel's supply of weaponry if it launches a large-scale attack on Rafah. For weeks, Washington has pressed Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to send troops into the city in Gaza's south, where more than one and a half million displaced Palestinians have sought sanctuary.
Xenophobia is quietly making its way back to South Africa.
Up to 18,000 people per day, including shoppers and daily workers, pass through the official Betbridge crossing point between Zimbabwe and South Africa...but now there is a new headache: since the South African government initiated a crackdown, many Zimbabweans are opting for the perilous Limpopo river crossing, where they encounter smugglers and thieves as well.
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