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With the cost of managing waste expected to rise by half within a generation, the UN hopes to highlight the benefit of reduction programmes

On the second annual Zero Waste Day, find out how to Beat Waste Pollution.  

When considering the Project Zone and the Project Area together, the Southern Cardamom REDD+ Project overlaps with all or parts of six protected areas under the purview of the MOE: parts of the Botum Sakor National Park, the Central Cardamom National Park, the Peam Krasop Wildlife Sanctuary, the Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary, the Southern Cardamom National Park, and the Tatai Wildlife Sanctuary (see Map 2). The REDD+ project encompasses more than half a million hectares of land. Click to

The royal, 46, was joined by the President of Gentinge, a global medical technology company founded in Sweden in 1904, and the CEO Mattias Perjos.

On 5 November, the heads of 18 United Nations agencies and NGOs issued a joint statement calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, saying that ‘an entire population is besieged and under attack’. On 5 November, the heads of 18 United Nations agencies and NGOs issued a joint statement calling...

First Lady Sibel Tatar has signed the “Global Zero Waste Goodwill Declaration” that has been developed by the Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye and UN Secretary-General António Guterres last year. First Lady Tatar, who attended the “World Cities Day” event held this year under the auspices of the Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye…

The royal, 46, was positively glowing in a bright orange Zara blazer, layered over a black blouse and flared trousers, at the Royal Palace in Stockholm.

Peace is ‘reachable,’ says Ilham Aliyev, urging Armenia to make choice

By Kang Jae-eun SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Yonhap) -- The ruling People Power Party (PPP) claimed W...