Israeli air attack on Beirut kills eight as cross-border fire intensifies

Aljazeera

September 20, 2024

Lebanon’s health ministry says at least eight people have been killed and 59 wounded in an Israeli air attack on a southern suburb of the Lebanese capital, Beirut.

Scientists Who First Identified Threat of Microplastics Say World Must Now Act

Jon Queally

September 20, 2024

Some of the key scientists who first informed the world of the potential damage being done to natural systems by microplastics are now calling for world leaders to take decisive action to curb the introduction of these polluting materials into the environment—and they hope the looming United Nations treaty process on plastics can be a key vehicle for progress.

 

Children collect trash on the beach of Can Pere Antoni while participating in the educational program of the NGO "Safe the Med". (Photo by Clara Margais/picture alliance via Getty Images)