Plastic treaty a rare, historic feat for planet–UNEP chief
The world has a rare opportunity to clean up the planet for future generations by uniting behind an ambitious treaty ...
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UN: World must brace for more extreme, devastating wildfires
The number of major wildfires worldwide will rise sharply in coming decades due to global warming, and governments are ill-prepared ...
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Improvements to Boeing jet ordered
Washington"•US regulators have ordered Boeing to make urgent improvements to its popular 737 Max 8 aircraft after the second deadly ...
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Ethiopian jet crashes, killing 157 on board
Bishoftu, Ethiopia—An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 crashed Sunday morning en route from Addis Ababa to Nairobi, killing all 149 passengers ...
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Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.