Canada to ban some single-use plastics by 2021: Trudeau

Canadian prime minister says a science-based review will determine which products to ban.

Plastic bags, straws, cutlery, plates and stir sticks are all thought to be on the list.

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Canada to ban single-use plastics as early as 2021

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  PM Trudeau urged Canadians to reflect on memories of camping, cottaging, canoeing or fishing and then imagine those activities littered by dead birds and fish, shopping bags and coffee cup lids.

  "That's the fate of our kids if we don't act."

  

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  Canada moving on single-use plastics ban but will determine products later

  
  

SUDAN

TMC: Inquiry into sit-in violence to be published soon

Sudan opposition members 'deported' on 2nd day of general strike Deputy head of Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North rebel group says he and colleagues were forcibly sent to Juba.

Sudan: Crackdown on protests, clampdown on media

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Strike paralyses Haiti, protesters demand president resign

Schools, businesses and government offices are closed as protesters block roads across the capital Port-au-Prince.

Violent anti-government demonstrations rock Haitian capital

HONG KONG BATTLE AGAINST CHINA EXTRADITION LAW UPDATED

China says it will support Hong Kong to pass extradition law

China said on Monday it will continue to support the Hong Kong government to pass an extradition law, after more than one million people protested in the city to thwart a proposal that would allow suspects to be sent to mainland China to face trial.

Chinese paper says 'foreign forces' trying to create havoc in Hong...
“Foreign forces” are trying to hurt China by creating chaos in Hong Kong over an extradition bill that has prompted mass protests in the former British colony, an official Chinese newspaper said on Monday. https://reut.rs/2I73rSX

"Foreign forces" are trying to hurt China by creating chaos in Hong Ko...

Hong Kong vows to press ahead with extradition bill despite huge protest
Riot police surrounded Hong Kong's parliament on Monday after authorities said they would go ahead with a proposed extradition law, which would allow suspects to be sent to mainland China, despite protests from an estimated crowd of more than a million

Hong Kong plunged into political crisis after huge protest against extradition law

Riot police surrounded Hong Kong's parliament early on Monday after what had been a peaceful million-strong protest against an extradition bill descended into running clashes between police and protesters. For more daily stories, subscribe to our new Messenger morning briefing: m.me/reuters

Hong Kong police force back protesters trying to storm parliament

A peaceful mass protest in Hong Kong over an extradition bill descended into violence in the early hours of Monday as several hundred protesters clashed with a similar number of police outside the city's parliament

Hong Kong: Clashes after massive protest against extradition law ...

19 hours ago - Chinese state media says 'foreign forces' trying to hurt Beijing by ... block a proposed law that would allow suspects to be sent to China to face trial. ... Police estimated the crowd at 240,000, but organisers said more than one million took ... The Hong Kong government has the majority in the city's parliament ...

Factbox: What Hong Kong people are saying about controversial China extradition bill

Organisers say more than a million protested over a plan to allow extradition to mainland China.

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Hong Kong leader defiant after massive protest

BBC News Hong Kong-China extradition plans explained https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-47810723

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Hong Kong-China extradition plans explained

SEE  More than a million people took part in the Sunday march, the largest protest since Hong Kong's 1997 handover to China.

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Qatar says U.S. needs Palestinians on board for Middle East peace plan

Qatar said on Sunday that there was a disconnect between the Palestinians and the United States over a U.S. blueprint aimed at ending the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, warning that a solution could not be imposed on Palestinians.

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Qatar urges de-escalation in U.S.-Iran row
Qatar and other countries have been talking to both Iran and the United States about de-escalation, Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani said on Sunday, urging both sides to meet and find a compromise.

SEE https://plawiuk.blogspot.com/search?q=IRAN

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Venezuelan exodus tops 12% of population as U.S. sanctions strangle…