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UK to Ban Of Petrol, Hybrid Cars Sale In 2035

February 5th, 2020 - 06:00 GMT

UK to Ban Of Petrol, Hybrid Cars Sale In 2035

Britain will ban the sale of new petrol, diesel and hybrid cars from 2035, five years earlier than planned, in an attempt to reduce air pollution that could herald the end of over a century of reliance on the internal combustion engine. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is seeking to use the announcement to elevate the United Kingdom's environmental credentials after he sacked the head of a Glasgow UN Climate Change ...

Many Sahrawis were forced out of the Western Sahara when Morocco annexed the contested territory. They have been living in refugee camps in Algeria since the 1970s (File Archive/AFP)

December 9th, 2013 - 12:54 GMT

Moroccan police crack down on protest in Western Sahara ahead of EU trade deal vote

OPCW said Sunday that there might be a delay in transporting Syria's deadliest chemical weapons out of the country due to technical difficulties. (AFP/File)

December 9th, 2013 - 05:41 GMT

OPCW warns of possible delays in removing Syria's chemical weapons

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting on December 8, 2013 in Jerusalem, Israel. [Getty Images]

December 9th, 2013 - 04:00 GMT

Netanyahu: Palestinian recognition of Israel as a Jewish state is "the minimal requirement for peace"

Lakhdar Brahimi meets UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon ahead of a meeting with Bashar al-Assad. [AFP]

December 8th, 2013 - 08:30 GMT

Ban Ki-moon and Brahimi to discuss Syria peace conference

Jordan's King Abdullah has said that Jordan is well up to the responsibilities needed to be a non-permanent member on the U.N. Security Council. (AFP/File)

December 8th, 2013 - 07:34 GMT

King Abdullah: Jordan willing to shoulder responsibility of Security Council seat

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. [jagranjosh]

December 8th, 2013 - 04:53 GMT

U.N. chief on Geneva II: Syrian govt, opposition invited

Free Syrian Army members at their base on April 21, 2013, in Darkoush, Syria. [Getty Images]

December 6th, 2013 - 03:34 GMT

FSA not to attend Geneva talks

Yemeni soldiers patrol a street after a suicide car bombing at the defence ministry in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on December 5, 2013. [Getty Images]

December 6th, 2013 - 09:01 GMT

Al-Qaida claims responsibility for attack on Yemen Defense Ministry

Israel's Environment Minister Amir Peretz speaks during the 18th ordinary meeting of contracting parties to the Barcelona convention and its protocols on December 5 2013 in istanbul. [Ozan Kose/AFP]

December 5th, 2013 - 03:00 GMT

First Israeli visit to Turkey since 2010

Syria's fragile domestic security situation could derail the OPCW's ambitious plan to destroy Syria's chemical weapons arsenal by mid-2014, according to the head of the mission. (AFP/File)

December 5th, 2013 - 08:02 GMT

OPCW: Dangerous security situation in Syria threatening destruction of chemical weapons

Moroccan farmers, many who are impoverished and under the mercy of drug lords, rely on profits from cannabis cultivation as their main source of income due to poor soil conditions that make growing other crops in the area nearly impossible (File Archive)

December 5th, 2013 - 07:49 GMT

Morocoo is going to pot! Rabat eyes giving hashish legalization law the "green" light

Breaking the taboo of boycotting Israel, the American Studies Association has launched a massive initiative boycotting Israeli academic institutions that are complicit in the occupation. (Image courtesy of nyusjp.files.wordpress.com)

December 5th, 2013 - 06:24 GMT

A victory for Palestine: American Studies Association launches landmark academic boycott of Israel