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Plastics treaty within reach after breakthrough session
Negotiators from 175 nations say a binding treaty to cut plastic waste 60 percent by 2040 is close, after a session narrowed the biggest gaps. Producing states still resist caps on new production. Full story.
National library finishes digitising its oldest archive
A decade-long project has put 1.2 million pages spanning 700 years online, free to read, with a searchable text layer. Full story.
Ceasefire parties open talks on a permanent settlement
With the truce into its fourth week - already longer than a previous attempt that failed after 11 days - the two sides have begun mediated negotiations across three planned rounds. Full story.
AI-designed antibiotic enters human trials
A compound found by a model that screened over 100 million molecules has entered a Phase 1 safety trial in 80 volunteers, targeting resistant strains linked to about 1.3 million deaths a year. Full story.
Independent lab replicates the fusion net-energy result
A second team has reproduced the reactor's net-energy gain on a different machine, output about 1.9 times input - the step that turns a claim into a finding. Full story.
Second nation requests returns after landmark restitution deal
Weeks after a museum agreed to return a collection of bronzes, a second country has requested more than 30 artefacts held across four museums. Full story.
House passes the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill
The House approved the Senate package 246 to 181, sending it to the president. The new permitting office opens within 90 days. Full story.
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