| The heads of Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics, who resigned in the wake of a sex abuse scandal involving a former doctor at their organizations, could face tough questions when they appear at a U.S. Senate hearing on how to protect athletes from similar behavior. |
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| A major legal fight similar to the blockbuster Christian baker case decided by the Supreme Court yesterday is already brewing in several U.S. states over laws allowing private agencies to block gay couples from adoptions or taking in foster children. |
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| As World Environment Day takes place and the U.N. calls for the “biggest-ever worldwide cleanup” of plastic pollution, experts are focused on Southeast Asia - home to four of the world’s top marine plastic polluters.
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| Some 80 pieces of plastic rubbish weighing eight kg were found in the stomach of a whale that died in Thailand after a five-day effort to save it.
Just south of Vietnam's capital Hanoi, the once-peaceful and clean beach of Da Loc in the Thanh Hoa province, has been slowly suffocating under the weight of plastic waste for decades. |
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| There's almost more plastic than sand on this long, tree-lined beach: Plastic helmets, plastic furniture and the plastic leg of a shop mannequin all just out of an ocean of blue plastic bags. 12:08 PM - June 4, 2018 |
| But there are signs of action to limit plastic pollution, with more than 60 countries enforcing bans or charges on single-use plastics such as bags or polystyrene containers. |
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