PARIS: The fashion industry's enormous waste problem is pushing governments, particularly in Europe, towards ambitious recycling targets. The problem is that recycling textiles is a highly complex task and technical solutions are still in their infancy. NGOs warn the real problem is over-production, and that tech innovations
SYDNEY: Australia will introduce laws giving workers the right to ignore unreasonable calls and messages from their bosses outside of work hours without penalty, with potential fines for employers that breach the rule. The "right to disconnect" is part of a raft of changes to industrial
LONDON: Britain's King Charles has been diagnosed with a form of cancer and will postpone public-facing duties, Buckingham Palace said in a statement on Monday. Charles, 75, who became king in September 2022 following the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth, is "wholly positive" about his
NAIROBI: Europe may have to deal with a new flow of Sudanese migrants if a ceasefire agreement isn’t signed soon between Sudan’s warring sides and relief efforts aren’t strengthened, the head of the United Nations refugee agency said Tuesday. “The Europeans are always so worried about
MALE: The small but strategically placed Maldives will strengthen its military to defend its vast maritime territory, the new president vowed on Monday after ordering Indian troops to withdraw from the archipelago. Mohamed Muizzu said in his first address to parliament he would turn the modest
LONDON: New estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) predict a 77% increase in cancer cases globally by 2050. The report points to air pollution as one of the factors driving the expected increase in cancer rates, even though it does not have the same
LONDON: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg looked back on his Facebook journey, as one of the world's leading social networks marked 20 years since its launch in 2004. Following its launch on February 4, 2004, the platform has become one of the most popular social media apps
NEW YORK: A coalition of students at Brown University in Rhode Island has initiated a hunger strike, urging the university to divest from companies profiting from the ongoing conflict in Gaza. The group, consisting of 19 students, including Palestinians, Jews, and others, is committed to the
BARCELONA: Kashmiris from the liberated part of AJ&K (AJK), people of Pakistan and their allies across the world observe Feb. 05 as Kashmir Solidarity Day to reiterate and renew support to popular struggle for right to self-determination of Kashmiris. Held annually since early 1990s, it was
JAKARTA: Arriving on a rickety boat in western Indonesia from squalid Bangladesh camps after weeks at sea late last year, hundreds of Rohingya refugees came to shore only to be turned around and pushed back. The persecuted Myanmar minority were previously welcomed in the ultra-conservative Aceh