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Countries fail to reach agreement in UN plastic talks

Countries negotiating global treaty to curb plastic pollution failed to reach agreement, with more than 100 nations wanting to cap production while handful of oil-producers were prepared only to target plastic waste

Feces and vomit fossils offer evidence explaining dinosaur supremacy

Studying fossils of undigested food helps scientists discern feeding patterns and ecosystem's food webs

Trump set to nominate former prosecutor to head FBI

Hamas releases video of US-Israeli hostage in Gaza

The footage 'gives us hope, but it also shows how difficult it is for Edan and for the other hostages,' says the mother of a 20-year-old captive

Kosovo arrests 8 linked to canal explosion, tensions with Serbia rise

Ukraine says war has damaged most of its civilian airports

Ukraine's airspace has been closed to civilian flights since the start of the war

Kenya, Uganda to mediate Ethiopia-Somalia dispute

Landlocked Ethiopia has fallen out with Somalia over its plans to build a port in the breakaway region of Somaliland

Chinese scientists rush to climate-proof potatoes

Potatoes are crucial to global food security because of their high yield relative to other staple crops

Explosion damages canal feeding Kosovo's main power plants

Plants generate nearly all of the country's electricity

Israeli strikes kill dozens in Gaza; Egypt to host Hamas leaders for ceasefire talks

There was no fresh statement by Israel's military, but a day earlier it said its forces were continuing to strike terror targets in the Gaza Strip

Canada's Trudeau meets with Trump after tariffs threat

A person familiar with the details called it a 'positive wide-ranging dinner that lasted three hours'

North Korea: Russia has right to exercise self-defense against Ukraine 

'The US and the West made Kyiv authorities attack Russia's territory with their own long-range strike weapons,' North Korea's Kim Jong Un is quoted as saying

Ukraine asks NATO for membership invite next week, letter shows

'With a clear understanding that Ukraine's membership in NATO is inevitable, Russia will lose one of its main arguments for continuing this unjustified war,' the foreign minister wrote.

China court jails journalist for 7 years on spy charges, family says

Media rights group urges reversal of verdict

Chad ends defense cooperation agreement with France

Chad's foreign ministry says nation wants to fully assert its sovereignty after more than six decades of independence  

One of two damaged Baltic Sea cables back online, operator says

Protesters Georgian police clash over government's EU application delay

Opinion polls show that around 80% of Georgians support EU membership

Senior Chinese military official Miao Hua under investigation, defense ministry says

Defense ministry official dismisses reports that defense minister also sidelined

Israel says ceasefire with Hezbollah violated, fires on south Lebanon

Tank fire hits 3 Lebanese towns one day after truce

Palestinian president names interim successor if he has to leave post

The current chairman of the Palestinians' top decision-making body is Rawhi Fattouh, 75, who also served briefly as a stop-gap leader following the death of Yasser Arafat in 2004