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Nipah Dennis/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesPlastic production has exploded in the last century – to some it has been a miracle product while to others it is a pollution nightmare.
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Climate and science reporter, BBC News
Nipah Dennis/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesPlastic production has exploded in the last century – to some it has been a miracle product while to others it is a pollution nightmare.
Scientists have…

Following the Onet report, a member of parliament for Civic Coalition appeared on television to vouch for it. “I have knowledge that all the information presented … in the Onet article is simply true,” Agnieszka Pomaska, a member of…

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Ukrainian drones targeted the Tatsinskaya railway station in Russia’s Rostov Oblast overnight on Aug. 5, local media reported.
The railway station acts as a logistics hub for nearby…

Australia will upgrade its navy with 11 frigates from Japan, Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles said on Tuesday.
“This is clearly the biggest defense-industry agreement that has ever been struck between Japan and Australia,” Marles…

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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has been selected as the preferred bidder to build a new fleet of Australian frigates, beating…

An Australian politician convicted of rape is fighting – from his jail cell – to remain a member of the New South Wales (NSW) state parliament.
Gareth Ward was last month found guilty of sexually assaulting two young men, aged 18 and 24, at his…