Environmentalists said they were disappointed the treaty talks did not address plastic production measures.
The fourth round of U.N.-led talks on a proposed Global Plastics Treaty ended with negotiators skirting commitments to curb production but for the first time wading into details of the text, in a mixed sign of progress.
Before the talks finished early Tuesday in Ottawa, Canada, negotiators agreed to keep working on the text ahead of the fifth and final round of talks to clinch a treaty starting in late November at Busan, South Korea.
Migrants are sending home a record amount of money, boosting the economies of the countries they left behind.
Some pointed to a recent landmark human rights ruling on climate change as a potential use for a Global Plastics Treaty.
The chair of the talks called for optimism despite divisions among plastic-producing nations and those urging restraints.
The wars in Europe and the Middle East, climate change and soaring national debts hung over the annual talks.
The top prosecutor's action drew immediate and fierce reaction, with U.S. President Biden calling it 'outrageous.'
ICJ justices heard arguments from South Africa calling on Israel to immediately withdraw its army from Gaza.
From Gaza to the Philippines, unseasonal temps in parts of Asia shut schools, hurt crops and challenged refugee camps.
Food and fuel stocks will run out within days, WFP officials said, and "the threat of famine in Gaza never loomed larger.”
