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Plastics: navigating the maze of dizzying acronyms
Plastics are all around us -- from food packaging and drinking bottles to the insulation in our homes. Expanded, it is used to package fish or for insulation in construction.
Environment takes centre stage as global summits loom
Global warming. The summit, known as COP29, is expected to land a new agreement on "climate finance": money from rich nations most responsible for global warming to developing countries vulnerable to climate change.
Mexico president enacts contested law to elect all judges
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Sunday signed into law controversial judicial reforms making Mexico the world's only country to elect all its judges by popular vote.
TikTok's US future hangs in balance at federal court
TikTok will attempt to convince a federal court on Monday that a law requiring the video-sharing app to divest from its Chinese ownership or face a ban in the United States is unconstitutional. Democratic President Joe Biden, whose vice president Kamala Harris is running against Trump, signed the law that gives TikTok until January to shed its Chinese ownership or be expelled from the US market.
Mini dresses and the 'great British prom': LFW revisits the classics
From leather tutus to unstructured knitwear, the mini dress is the centrepiece of the spring-summer 2025 collection by JW Anderson, Jonathan Anderson's label, presented Sunday at London Fashion Week.
Union says talks with Boeing to resume Tuesday
Talks between Boeing and striking US factory workers will resume Tuesday under a federal mediator, the union said, after workers voted overwhelmingly to reject a proposal from the embattled aviation giant. Federal mediators had said Friday evening the talks would resume early next week but did not specify a date.
Deal with pilots averts strike at Air Canada
Flagship carrier Air Canada said Sunday it has reached a last-minute tentative deal with its pilots, averting a crippling strike that would have grounded flights and risked devastating the economy.
US Fed expected to announce its first interest rate cut since 2020
The Federal Reserve is gearing up to announce its first interest rate cut for more than four years on Wednesday, with policymakers expected to debate how big a move to make less than two months before the US presidential election. - The debate among policymakers on Tuesday and Wednesday this week will likely center on whether to move by 25 or 50 basis points.
Pennsylvania's fracking industry plans to continue, whoever wins White House
Pennsylvanians working in the controversial fracking industry are confident that the sector will endure, whoever wins the White House in November's presidential election. Asked whom he supports in the 2024 presidential election, the 40-year-old, who grew up nearby, said he backs "whoever is going to be driving our business."
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