Scrap collectors in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, sell everything from plastic bottles and electronics to all kinds of unwanted bric-a-brac to middlemen — who either restore them or use the raw materials to make something sellable. Those involved in the Merkato market say the system provides an economic opportunity while contributing to waste diversion and reducing climate change.
Italy's parliament made it illegal on Wednesday for couples to go abroad to have a baby via surrogacy — a pet project of Prime Minister's Giorgia Meloni party that activists say is meant to target same-sex partners.
Expelling Indian diplomats 'won't decimate' India's spy network, says Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, subject of an alleged assassination attempt foiled by the FBI.
Muhammad Ahmad Al-Dalu's brother and mother died in a fire started by an Israeli airstrike on a tent camp housing forcibly displaced people outside Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza early Monday. A video of his brother being burned in the fire as people stood by unable to help has widely circulated on social media.
Israeli military strikes were reported to have killed at least 40 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip as Israeli forces tightened their squeeze around Jabalia in the north of the enclave on Tuesday, amid fierce battles with Hamas-led fighters.
