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Plastic waste tax 'backed' by public - There's high public support for using the tax system to reduce waste from single-use plastics. A consultation on how taxes could tackle the rising problem & promote recycling attracted 162,000 responses.     •     No more 'edecanes:' Attractive, sometimes scantily clad female models who are often employed at events to greet guests or simply to act as eye candy will no longer be allowed at government events in Mexico City     •     Trudeau formally announces he'll run again in next year's election     •     In Wake of Anti-Choice Senate Vote, Argentines Join Movement to Abandon Catholic Church -- Hundreds of Argentines stood in long lines in Buenos Aires and around Argentina this weekend to join a "Collective Apostasy" movement     •     Australian Prime Minister has removed energy policy targets agreed on during the Paris UN Climate Change Conference.     •     Nearly half of Russians ignorant invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 – poll     •     Scottish scientists develop a prototype electric car battery that can be charged instantly.     •     More than 800 road bridges in France are at risk of collapsing within a few years, according to a survey carried out for the Transport Ministry that has raised alarm following the Genoa tragedy.     •     Fears for environment in Spain as pigs outnumber people - Official figures show there are 50m pigs to 46.5m humans in country famed for its pork     •     Mueller Probe Looks at Trump Fundraiser Pay-to-Play With China, Malaysia: 'In particular, allegations have been made that Broidy sought tens of millions of dollars from China and Malaysia.'     •     Italy bridge designer warned in 1979 of risk of corrosion     •     Israel's Supreme Court doubles sentence of border police offer who shot dead unarmed Palestinian teenager     •     44 Dead from Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, August 2018     •     100s of S. Koreans to enter North to reunite with loved ones     •     North Korea to let U.N. aviation agency officials conduct on-site missile safety inspection     •     US National Security Advisor John Bolton on Sunday singled out China, North Korea and Iran as countries who could possibly meddle in American elections -- as President Donald Trump railed about a probe into Russian interference in 2016     •     One-third of farmed fruit and vegetables across Europe deemed 'too ugly to sell'     •     Egypt's Sisi ratifies new internet control law - Sisi's govt has been criticized for blocking critical voices in the media & scrubbing digital content. Some 500 websites have already been blocked since May 2017.     •     Ebola deaths in DR Congo rises to 49 with 2,000 feared 'contacts'     •     Italy threatens to return migrants to Libya in new standoff     •     Australia Councils urged to suspend use of Roundup or face risk of legal action     •     Shallow 7.2-magnitude earthquake hits Indonesian holiday of Lombok     •     Shots Reported Fired at U.S. Embassy in Turkey Amid Deepening Row     •     Greece emerges from eurozone bailout programme today: After the biggest bailout in global financial history, totalling more than €260bn, the country will be paying loans off for several decades, but for the first time in eight years, it can borrow at market rates.     •     Putin dances at Austrian minister's wedding, setting off alarm bells across Europe     •     
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