A ban on single-use plastic cutlery and utensils in England will be announced this week, the Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs said.
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Ukraine’s fight against Russia. Climate catastrophe. International news to watch in 2023
Predictions, forecasts, future-gazing: A selection of major international storylines to watch in 2023.
Biden is in Mexico City. His first action? Asking the Mexican president for help with fentanyl
Joe Biden kicks off the North American Leaders’ Summit asking Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador for help tackling the fentanyl crisis.
Kremlin claim of deadly retaliatory strike criticized in Russia; rich, famous dissenters face crackdown: Ukraine updates
Kremlin’s apparently false claim that its forces killed 600 Ukrainian troops in a strike is generating discontent among Russian bloggers. Updates.
Probe begins after pro-Bolsonaro rioters storm Congress, government buildings
Authorities are investigating after thousands of former President Jair Bolsonaro supporters stormed Congress in Brazil.
Brazil investigates after storming of Congress by backers of Bolsonaro, known as ‘Trump of Tropics’
Brazilian authorities were investigating after thousands of Bolsonaro supporters stormed Congress, the Supreme Court and presidential palace.
Biden, visiting Mexico, will highlight rising fentanyl deaths and record migrant crossings
President Joe Biden is meeting with Mexico and Canada as the U.S. faces record levels of migrants and rising fentanyl overdoses.
In echo of Jan. 6 attack in U.S., Brazilian protesters storm their Congress, high court and palace
The uprising comes after supporters of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro wouldn’t accept his defeat by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
Bolsonaro supporters storm Brazil’s congress in support of the former president
Protesters, supporters of Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023.
Passages 2023: Those we’ve lost through the year
Those we’ve lost through the year.