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This picture shows plastic bottles at a Recycle Factory in the city of Megara near Athens, on May 26, 2023.

UN aims to deliver draft plastics treaty by year's end
PARIS: Guests stand next to Canadian artist and activist Benjamin Von Wong’s 5-meter tall art installation the “Perpetual Plastic Machine” during its unveiling ceremony on the banks of the Seine River in Paris for the Global Plastics Treaty to stop runaway plastic and use. – AFP

Plastic pollution: Treaty talks get into nitty-gritty
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia: University students clean up plastics and other debris washed ashore at a port on May 21, 2023. – AFP

And now the weather: Cloudy with scattered showers of plastic
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Raft of single-use plastic items to be banned in England: govt
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In risky recycling venture, Gazans burn plastic for fuel
GRESIK, Indonesia: In this file photo taken on September 17, 2021 an Indonesian activist from ECOTON (ecological observation and wetland conservation) prepares an installation made with used plastic, including 4,444 bottles, collected from the river in Gresik. — AFP

Plastic, chemical pollution beyond planet’s safe limit
The United States is by far the world's biggest plastic polluter, according to a study released Wednesday.n

Texas bears brunt of US plastic pollution
NAIROBI: A trash barrel with a painting of plastic trash in the ocean is displayed as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends an oceans plastics event at the United Nations Environment Programme headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, yesterday. – AFPnnnn

US throws support behind treaty to curb plastic
This picture shows a doctor marking scientific researcher Xia Shurong’s face before getting plastic surgery at a clinic in Beijing.—AFP photosn

Men in China go under the knife to boost life chances
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New Chief of Kuwait National Guard Sheikh Mubarak Homoud Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Cabinet OKs draft residency law, new National Guard chief
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KUWAIT: Minister of Electricity, Water, and Renewable Energy Dr Mahmoud Boushehri signs a contract for the expansion project of Al-Subiya Power Plant with Alghanim International Company. - KUNA
Electricity Minister signs contract for Al-Subiya station’s expansion project
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RIYADH: Representative of HH the Amir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, attends the OIC and the Arab League summit on Nov 11, 2024. - KUNA
Kuwait urges truce, protection of civilians in Gaza, Lebanon
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KUWAIT: Acting Prime Minister, Defense Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Fahad Yousef Saud Al-Sabah receives Secretary of Defense Industries of the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey Prof Dr Haluk Gorgun. During the meeting, cooperation and topics of common interest were touched discussed. – KUNA
Turkey’s Secretary of Defense Industries visits Kuwait
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RIYADH: The Representative of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman, on the sidelines of the extraordinary Arab-Islamic summit in Riyadh. – KUNA photos
Extraordinary summit seeks unified Arab-Islamic stance as Mideast boils