One of the world’s most polluted cities has banned single-use plastics. It’s not so easy
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian shop manager Olarewanju Ogunbona says he uses Styrofoam and plastic packs at least…
Cambodian migrant workers face an uncertain future as Thai border conflict drives them home
KAMRIENG, Cambodia (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Cambodian migrant workers have been heading home from Thailand as…
Groups seek to influence plastic pollution treaty talks at the UN as negotiations wind down
GENEVA (AP) — Environmentalists and Indigenous leaders held signs Tuesday in front of the United Nations buildings in…
Vietnam aims to become the next Asian tiger economy
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Beneath red banners and a gold bust of revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh in…
Tuesday is World Elephant Day. 5 things to know about the world’s largest land mammals
BELA-BELA, South Africa (AP) — Tuesday is World Elephant Day. Here are five things to know about the…
Residents urged to evacuate as Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier releases floodwater
Officials on Tuesday urged residents in some parts of Juneau to evacuate ahead of what could be a…
France swelters under a heat wave as fire crews guard smoldering vineyards
PARIS — A blistering heatwave gripped southwest France on Monday, sending thermometers soaring to 43 degrees Celsius (109.4…
Artist drowns sculpture in plastic waste in front of the UN during plastic pollution treaty talks
GENEVA (AP) — As nations began a second week of negotiations Monday for a global accord to end…
Heavy rain slams Japan, causing floods and mudslides
TOKYO (AP) — Downpours on Japan’s southern main island of Kyushu caused flooding and mudslides on Monday, injuring…
Judge halts commercial fishing in a Pacific nature area, blocking Trump order
HONOLULU (AP) — Commercial fishing that recently resumed in a vast protected area of the Pacific Ocean must…
Fishing in vast Pacific nature area halted after judge blocks Trump order
HONOLULU — Commercial fishing that recently resumed in a vast protected area of the Pacific Ocean must halt…
Magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes Turkey, causing about a dozen buildings to collapse
ISTANBUL (AP) — A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Turkey’s northwestern province of Balikesir on Sunday, causing about a…