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Tiny plastic packets known as sachets have allowed companies to tap millions of low-income customers in the developing world but also unleashed a global pollution crisis. A Reuters investigation has found that London-listed Unilever plc ULVR.L , a pioneer in selling sachets, has privately fought to derail bans on the problematic packaging despite saying publicly it wants to … [Read more...] about EXPLAINER-Plastic sachets: As big brands cashed in, a waste crisis spiraled

The sun appears behind the clouds 7 minutes after midnight, in Longyearbyen, on May 9, 2022, on Spitsbergen island, in Svalbard Archipelago, northern Norway. AFP LOOGYEARBYEN, Norway –Tor Selnes owes his life to a lamp. He miraculously survived a fatal avalanche that shed light on the vulnerability of Svalbard, a region warming faster than anywhere else, to human-caused … [Read more...] about Warming climate upends Arctic mining town

An Afghan child is treated inside a hospital in the city of Sharan after getting injured in an earthquake in Gayan district, Paktika province on June 22, 2022. AFP SHARAN , Afghanistan— Bibi Hawa’s face is distorted by tears as she tries to grasp her predicament from a hospital bed in Sharan, capital of Afghanistan’s Paktika province. At least a dozen members of her … [Read more...] about Heartbreak and shock at Afghan quake hospital

Entire villages have been levelled in some of the worst affected districts SHARAN (AFGHANISTAN) - Many survivors of Afghanistan's deadliest earthquake in more than two decades were on Friday without food, shelter and water as they waited in devastated villages for relief workers to reach them, with rain compounding their misery. Wednesday's 5.9-magnitude quake struck … [Read more...] about Afghan quake survivors without food and shelter as floods hamper relief effort

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has brushed aside speculation that a cabinet reshuffle may take place after the upcoming no-confidence debate. "I'm the one who will make a decision. There is no need to talk about this," he said yesterday when asked by reporters about the matter. Speculation has been rife that a cabinet shake-up may be on the cards after the censure debate … [Read more...] about Prayut dismisses talk of reshuffle after censure bid