Negotiators from 184 countries remained riven yesterday on how to curb plastic pollution, less than 36 hours before they were slated to deliver a binding global treaty.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said yesterday that Ukraine and its allies must work together to pressure Russia into ending its invasion, ahead of talks in Berlin with European leaders and US leader Donald Trump.

Swiss pilot Raphael Domjan beat the altitude record for a solar-powered electric plane in a flight that took him soaring to 9,521 metres, his team announced yesterday.

The disaster, in this case involving people travelling from Libya, is the latest to befall migrants making the perilous Mediterranean crossing from Africa to Europe.

India aims to allow private firms to mine, import and process uranium as part of plans to end a decades-old state monopoly over the nuclear sector and bring in billions of dollars to boost the industry, two government sources said.

The 24-hour death toll was the worst in a week and added to the massive fatalities from the nearly two-year war

Between 70 and 80 people were believed to have survived

Nepal has waived climbing fees for 97 mountains, officials said yesterday, hoping to steer people to its lesser-known peaks and boost local economies.

Taiwan is regularly hit by typhoons, generally along its mountainous east coast facing the Pacific.

Heat alerts were issued in Italy, France, Spain, Portugal and the Balkans, with temperatures expected to soar above 40C.

Israel has since said it will launch a new offensive and seize control of Gaza City, which it captured shortly after the war's outbreak in October 2023 before pulling out.

Apple is behaving in a manner that makes it impossible for any AI company besides OpenAI to reach #1 in the App Store, Musk says

A man died after suffering burns and thousands fled their homes in Spain yesterday as wildfires fuelled by a heatwave scorched southern Europe.

England’s water shortfall was classed as “nationally significant” as it experienced its driest first six months of the year since 1976, the Environment Agency said yesterday.

Nearly 2,000 people in Taiwan were evacuated from their homes yesterday as Typhoon Podul approaches the island, with storm-hit central and southern regions likely to be pounded again, authorities said.

Israeli planes and tanks bombarded eastern areas of Gaza City yesterday, killing at least 20 people, witnesses and medics said, with Hamas leader Khalil Al-Hayya arrived in Cairo for talks to revive a US-backed ceasefire plan.

A landmine blast on Thailand’s border wounded a soldier yesterday, the military said, accusing Cambodia of planting new explosives in breach of a truce between the countries.

An international court ruling that said India must adhere to the Indus Waters Treaty in the design of new hydro-electric power stations on rivers that flow west to Pakistan endorses Islamabad’s position, a senior Pakistani official said yesterday.

China’s President Xi Jinping yesterday told his Brazilian counterpart the two countries could set an example of “self-reliance” for emerging powers, as trade and geopolitical challenges mount.

United Nations investigators said yesterday they have found evidence of systematic torture by Myanmar security forces and identified some of the most senior perpetrators.