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FILE - Garbage collected en route to Mount Everest is piled before it is sorted for recycling at a facility operated by Agni Ventures, an agency that manages recyclable waste, in Kathmandu, Nepal, June 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Sanjog Manandhar, File)

Why is a global treaty on plastic pollution dividing the world?

Plastic pollutes oceans, food, your body. Yet nations are divided over a global treaty. Why all eyes are on talks for a U.N.-led accord to cut plastic waste.
2017 AP YEAR END PHOTOS - U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G-20 Summit on July 7, 2017, in Hamburg. Trump and Putin met for more than two hours. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

News Analysis: Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin: A much-scrutinized relationship is back in the spotlight

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a memorial ceremony for those killed by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, and those who fell in the "Iron Sword" war, at the Knesset, the Parliament, in Jerusalem, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024. (Debbie Hill, Pool Photo via AP)

Israel and Lebanon agree to cease-fire

Mexico City, Mexico-Nov. 19, 2024-Each day, an army of trucks delivers thousands of tons of fresh fruit and vegetables to Mexico City's Central de Abasto, one of the largest wholesale food markets in the world. (Kate Linthicum / Los Angeles Times)

Americans will throw out 316 million pounds of food on Thanksgiving. Here’s how it fuels climate change

Moo Deng is a worldwide phenomenon. How long can this global love affair last?

Biggest lesson from my four decades of covering politics: Prepare to be surprised

News Analysis: Trump’s transition moves raise fears of a politicized military

A much-changed Middle East prepares for Trump 2.0

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San Pedro, CA, Thursday, June 13, 2024 - Workers at the Marine Exchange who instruct ships over radio how to navigate their way into the port. The Marine Exchange sits on top of an old WWI bunker and has an incredible vantage point of the port. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

Bluff or existential threat? As Trump vows tariffs on all imports from Canada, Mexico and China, leaders wonder if he’s serious

President-elect Donald Trump vowed to enact hefty new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China as soon as he takes office as part of a crackdown on illegal immigration and drugs.
BEIJING, CHINA-Wen Jaihan and Zhang Shumei (Courtesy of Zhang Shumei)

China’s queer influencers thrive despite growing LGBTQ+ censorship

YANGJU, SOUTH KOREA-Oct. 10, 2024-The back view of Doori Land in Yangju, South Korea. (Jean Chung / For The Times)

He was a huge Korean TV star. Now he’s broke and lives in an amusement park

LEFT: Trump co-campaign manager Susie Wiles is seen at Nashville International Airport as Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump arrives, July 27, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. RIGHT: In this July 24, 2000, file photo, Pat Summerall, (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)

Can Susie Wiles temper Trump the way her father, Pat Summerall, did with John Madden?

Migrants line up to present to U.S. agents documents requesting an appointment to apply for asylum at the Paso del Norte international bridge, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Tuesday, Nov 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez)

Mexico is bracing for a new Trump presidency after threats of tariffs, deportations, attacks

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