EU countries back recycled plastic targets for cars

BRUSSELS: EU countries Tuesday backed plans to set mandatory targets for recycled plastic content in new vehicles in a bid to reduce waste and promote the so-called “circular economy”. Environmental ministers from the bloc’s 27 nations approved a proposal by the European Commission to make sure at least 25 percent of the plastic in new…

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Poll finds public turning to AI bots for news updates

PARIS: People are increasingly turning to generative artificial intelligence chatbots like ChatGPT to follow day-to-day news, a respected media report published Tuesday found. The yearly survey from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism found “for the first time” that significant numbers of people were using chatbots to get headlines and updates, director Mitali…

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Over 600 foreigners flee Iran into Azerbaijan: Baku

BAKU: More than 600 foreign nationals have crossed from Iran into neighbouring Azerbaijan since Israel began striking the country last Friday, a government official in Baku said. “Since the start of the military escalation between Israel and Iran, more than 600 citizens of 17 countries have been evacuated from Iran via Azerbaijan,“ the government source…

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