Many nations hope to reduce the half billion tons of plastic produced each year. But resistance from plastic and oil producers and the election of Donald Trump could scuttle an agreement.
When a blogger criticized Cairo airport, the Egyptian government responded, citing security footage, threatening legal action and asking, "Is it reasonable for a passenger to visit two lounges before a single flight?"
Humiliated by a Nazi officer at the age of 15, she joined the French Resistance. By the age of 20 she had killed a German soldier, survived torture and captured a supply train.
Hungary, unlike the United States, is a signatory to the court that accused the Israeli leader of war crimes in Gaza. Responses to the mandate from other European countries have been varied.
President-elect Donald J. Trump will nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, where he would have limited power over drugs.