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☆ Countries fail to reach consensus on plastic pollution treaty
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-02 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

BUSAN, South Korea — Countries negotiating a global treaty to curb plastic pollution failed to reach agreement on Monday, with more than 100 nations wanting to cap production while a handful of oil producers were prepared only to target plastic waste. The fifth U.N. Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5) meeting intended to yield a legally binding global treaty in Busan, South Korea, was meant to be the final one. The most divisive issues included capping plastic production, managing plastic products and chemicals of concern, and financing to help developing countries implement the treaty. An option proposed by Panama, backed by more than 100 countries, would have created a path for a global plastic production reduction target, while another proposal did not include production caps. Plastic production is on track to triple by 2050, and microplastics have been found in the air, fresh produce and even human breast milk.

Persons: ”, Inger Andersen, Luis Vayas Valdivieso, Juliet Kabera, Al Gwaiz, Cheikh Ndiaye Sylla, Chris Jahn, GAIA, “, Juan Carlos Monterrey Gomez Organizations: South Korea —, Intergovernmental, Environment, Rwanda’s Environment Management Authority, Saudi Arabian, International Council of Chemical Associations Locations: BUSAN, South Korea, Busan, Panama, Saudi Arabia, China, United States, India, Paris, Baku, Azerbaijan

☆ Countries fail to reach agreement in UN plastic talks
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-01 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

BUSAN, South Korea Reuters —Countries negotiating a global treaty to curb plastic pollution have failed to reach agreement, with more than 100 nations wanting to cap production while a handful of oil-producers were prepared only to target plastic waste. The most divisive issues included capping plastic production, managing plastic products and chemicals of concern, and financing to help developing countries implement the treaty. An option proposed by Panama, backed by more than 100 countries, would have created a path for a global plastic production reduction target, while another proposal did not include production caps. At Baku, countries set a new global target for mobilizing $300 billion annually in climate finance, a deal deemed woefully insufficient by small island states and many developing countries. Plastic production is on track to triple by 2050, and microplastics have been found in the air, fresh produce and even human breast milk.

Persons: ”, Inger Andersen, Luis Vayas Valdivieso, Anthony Wallace, Juliet Kabera, Al Gwaiz, Saudi Arabia –, Cheikh Ndiaye Sylla, Chris Jahn, GAIA, “, Juan Carlos Monterrey Gomez Organizations: South Korea Reuters, UN Intergovernmental, UN, Getty, Rwanda’s Environment Management Authority, Saudi Arabian, Pollution, International Council of Chemical Associations, Panama’s Locations: BUSAN, South Korea, Busan, Panama, Nairobi, AFP, Saudi Arabia, China, United States, India, Paris, Baku, Azerbaijan

☆ France holds trial over the beheading of a teacher who showed prophet cartoons to his class
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-04 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

Paty’s shocking death left an imprint on France, and several schools are now named after him. He referred to the teacher as a “thug” multiple times and sought to pressure the school administration via social media. Anzorov lived 100 kilometers (60 miles) from Paty’s school and did not know the teacher. Boudaoud also drove Anzorov to Paty’s school. On Oct. 13, 2023, another teacher in France was killed by a radical Islamist from Russia, originally from Ingushetia, a region bordering Chechnya.

Persons: Samuel Paty, Paty, Abdoullakh Anzorov, Charlie Hebdo, Prophet Muhammad, Chnina, Chnina’s, Paty snowballed, Anzorov, Sefrioui, Cheikh Yassine, ”, Naim Boudaoud, Azim Epsirkhanov, Boudaoud, Samuel Paty ., emojis, teacher’s Organizations: Islamic, Education, National Education Ministry, Police Locations: Paris, France, Conflans, Syria, Russia, Ingushetia, Chechnya

☆ Eight on trial in France over murder of teacher who showed Prophet caricature
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-04 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

They accuse Chnina of collaborating with Abdelhakim Sefrioui, a Franco-Moroccan who founded a hardline Islamist organization, the Cheikh Yassine Collective, subsequently banned in France. Chnina’s lawyer declined to comment ahead of the start of the trial. Schoolchildren pay tribute to Paty at the Anne Franck college in Plescop, France, November 2, 2020. Both are charged with complicity in a terrorist killing, and French media say they have both denied wrongdoing. Chnina’s daughter was not in Paty’s class when the caricatures were shown and the court found her guilty of making false accusations and slanderous comments.

Persons: Paris Reuters —, Prophet Mohammed, Samuel Paty, Brahim Chnina, Chnina, Abdelhakim Sefrioui, Cheikh Yassine, Paty, Anne Franck, Stephane Mahe, Ouadie Elhamamouchi, Elhamamouchi, Abdullakh Anzorov, Anzorov’s, Chnina’s Organizations: Paris Reuters, Paty, Reuters Sefrioui’s, Reuters, Prosecutors Locations: Conflans, Honorine, Paris, Franco, Moroccan, France, Plescop, Sefrioui

CNN —Senegal’s outgoing president Macky Sall Friday said he would hold presidential elections “as soon as possible” one day after the West African country’s constitutional council ruled against his decision to postpone elections. “The head of state will conduct necessary consultations to hold the presidential election as soon as possible,” the statement added. Sall was under pressure to react once the top court Thursday rejected his bid to delay elections until the end of the year. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) urged all parties in Senegal to comply with the constitutional council’s decision. “No to presidential election postponement”, said another released opposition leader Aboubacar Djamil Sané of the PASTEF Party, who had been imprisoned for seven months.

Persons: CNN —, Macky Sall, “, ”, Sall, Babacar Gueye, Thursday’s, Pierre Goudiaby Atépa, Ousmane Sonko, ” Sonko, Cheikh Oumar Diagne, Diagne, Aboubacar Djamil Organizations: CNN, Constitutional Council, French, RFI, West African States, “, Senegalese, Truth, PASTEF Party Locations: Republic, Senegalese, Senegal

“This is an extremely undemocratic way to harm access to reproductive health care," said Sofia Tomov, operations coordinator with Access Reproductive Care Southeast, a member of the Mississippi Abortion Access Coalition. The proposal comes days after a Missouri abortion-rights campaign launched its ballot measure effort aiming to enshrine abortion rights into the state constitution. Missouri abortion rights groups also have criticized Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, saying he is attempting to impede the initiative by manipulating the measure's ballot summary. Ohio abortion rights advocates have said last year’s statewide vote to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution was as much about abortion as it was a referendum on democracy itself. After Ohio voters approved the abortion protections last year, Republican lawmakers pledged to block the amendment from reversing the state's restrictions.

Persons: “ They’re, Laurie Bertram Roberts, we’ve, Mississippi, Cheikh Taylor, “, ” Taylor, Fred Shanks, Roe, Wade, ”, Jason White, Sofia Tomov, State Jay Ashcroft, Ed Lewis, Sam Lee, John Rizzo, Joe Adams, Deirdre Schifeling, ‘ Will, Summer Ballentine, Emily Wagster Pettus Organizations: CHICAGO, —, U.S, Supreme, Mississippi House, Democratic Rep, Republican Party, Republican, Republicans, Mississippi, Reproductive, Coalition, State, GOP, Democratic, Ohio Republicans, Ohio, ACLU, Press, Associated Press, AP Locations: Missouri, Mississippi, Ohio, . Mississippi, ”, ” In Missouri, Nevada, Jefferson City , Missouri, Jackson , Mississippi

☆ Japanese wrestler moves to Senegal to master ancient martial art
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( Ngouda Dione | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] Shogo Uozumi, also known as Songo Tine, 29 years old, wrestles with Baye Ibra at the Samba Dia stable in the Diakhao neighbourhood, in Thies, Senegal, May 26, 2023. REUTERS/Ngouda DioneTHIES, Senegal, June 14 (Reuters) - In a dusty alleyway in the Senegalese city of Thies, Japanese wrestler Shogo Uozumi lay face-down in the sand after being tossed in the air by an oversized opponent. Uozumi then rose to his feet, dusted himself off and rejoined the surrounding group of wrestlers wearing loincloths. Anchored in ancestral war rituals, Laamb has evolved from a post-harvest pastime into Senegal's national sport. Since relocating to Senegal full-time in 2022, Uozumi has lived with a community of wrestlers in Thies, Senegal's third largest city.

Persons: Songo Tine, Baye Ibra, Shogo Uozumi, Uozumi, Laamb, Cheikh Badiane, Louis, Badiane, Cooper Inveen, Ed Osmond Organizations: Samba Dia, REUTERS, Thies, Thomson Locations: Diakhao, Thies, Senegal, THIES, Senegalese, Tokyo, Omotenashi, Japan, Saint

In one post, the 26-year-old student warned his 1,700 followers about security forces firing live rounds at protesters. Offline he helped too, showing elderly neighbours how to ease their discomfort from inhaling mouthfuls of tear gas, said his younger brother Djimbala Ba. His supporters say the charges were politically motivated and have taken to the streets in their thousands, hurling rocks at security forces, setting cars and buildings alight and ransacking supermarkets and gas stations. Security forces deny firing on protesters or using excessive force. Ba and Ndiaye said he was shot by security forces.

Persons: Elhaji Cisse, Ousmane Sonko, Sonko, Djimbala Ba, Cisse braved, Ba, Cheikh Ndiaye, Cisse, Elon Musk, it's, Ndiaye, Macky Sall, Sall, Edward McAllister, Nick Macfie Organizations: REUTERS, Police, Security, Real, Twitter, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Senegal, Dakar, DAKAR, Senegal's, Canada, Real Madrid

[1/5] People put out burning barricades that were set on fire by supporters of Senegal opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, after Sonko was sentenced to prison in Dakar, Senegal June 1, 2023. Nine people were killed in clashes between riot police and Sonko supporters on Thursday after he was sentenced to two years for corrupting youth. The opposition says the verdict, which could prevent Sonko from running in elections next year, was politically motivated. Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar was the epicentre of Thursday's violence, with protesters setting buses alight and throwing rocks at riot police, who responded by firing tear gas. One student, Alioune Ndiaye, said he planned to travel hundreds of miles to his home in eastern Senegal to escape the violence.

Persons: Ousmane Sonko, Sonko, Abdou Karim Fofana, Cheikh, Alioune Ndiaye, Macky Sall, Sall, Mouhamad Diouf, Diouf, Adji Sarr, Cheikh Hann, Bate Felix, Cooper Inveen, Sofia Christensen, Anait, Edward McAllister, Angus MacSwan, Frances Kerry Organizations: REUTERS, Army, Security, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Authorities, Thomson Locations: Senegal, Dakar, DAKAR, Senegalese, West, Ouakam

DAKAR, May 8 (Reuters) - The presidential bid of a popular Senegalese opposition politician was thrown into doubt on Monday after a court of appeal handed him a heavier suspended sentence in a libel case, triggering a small protest in Dakar that riot police quelled with tear gas. But Monday's appeal hearing extended the suspended sentence to six months, said lawyer Boubacar Cissé, who represents the minister. "If this sentence is final, there is a good chance that his candidacy will be inadmissible," Diaw said. He has six days to file an appeal with the Supreme Court. Aside from the latest ruling, Sonko is also charged with raping a beauty salon employee in 2021 and making deaths threats against her.

☆ A woman who stopped using screens for a month said it helped her define 'what I really like,' but her husband found living without Instagram to be 'too much'
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-05 | by ( Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

They were challenged to live without using any screen, including smartphones and TVs, for a month. Paris-based Chiekh, 28, said he found not having access to Instagram to be "too much." During the experiment, Cheikh realized that he wouldn't be able see what his relatives and friends were doing without access to their Instagram posts and stories. A fortnight into the experiment, Yaaba told a producer: "All this time without screens helped me define what I really like, what drives me, and thrills me." At the end of the experiment, Cheikh vowed not to download Instagram again – but it wasn't clear whether he would be able to maintain his resolve.

☆ Life's no longer rosy at Senegal's Pink Lake after floods
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-24 | by ( Ngouda Dione | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/6] A general view of the submerged tourism businesses at the Pink Lake (Lac Rose), officially known as Lake Retba, after extreme floods washed away salt mounts and contaminated the lake and turned its famous waters from pink to green, in Niaga, near Dakar, Senegal, January 17, 2023. REUTERS/ Zohra BensemraNIAGA, Senegal, Jan 24 (Reuters) - On the shore of Senegal's Pink Lake, salt farmer Pape Sira Ba has raked in what he fears may be his last harvest. Nearby, the new wide channel spewed brownish-green water into the lake whose shore was dotted with dead fish. The flooding destroyed 7,000 tonnes of salt worth around 420 million CFA francs ($696,000), according to the Lake Retba salt extractors association. "The over-salinisation of the water also allowed visitors to float on top of the lake like in the Dead Sea.

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