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United Nations member countries are considering proposals for a binding global treaty to curb plastic pollution.

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Delegates from United Nations member countries are considering proposals for a binding global treaty to curb plastic pollution. The U.N. Environment Assembly, meeting Feb.

The U.N. Environment Assembly, meeting Feb. 28 to March 2 in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, is expected to propose an international framework to address the growing problem of plastic waste in the world’s oceans, rivers and landscape.

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Delegates from United Nations member countries are considering proposals for a binding global treaty to curb plastic pollution.

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Delegates from United Nations member countries are considering proposals for a binding global treaty to curb plastic pollution. The

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Delegates from United Nations member countries are considering...

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In our news wrap Wednesday, two drugmakers, Sanofi and Glaxo-Smith-Kline, say they hope to get another COVID vaccine on the market soon as they seek regulatory approval in the U.S. and Europe. Also, new government data shows deaths of pregnant women rose during the pandemic, a pair of prosecutors investigating former President Trump resigned, and a new tropical cyclone battered Madagascar.

Paraxylene Market Size Forecast to Reach US$68.5 Billion by 2026

A warming planet and changes to land use patterns mean more wildfires will scorch large parts of the globe in coming decades, causing spikes in unhealthy smoke pollution and other problems that governments are ill prepared to confront, according to a U.N. report being released Wednesday. The western U.S., northern Siberia, central India, and eastern…