In a blow to Singapore, Malaysia has reaffirmed its prohibition on live chicken exports

Malaysia has maintained that it will stop exporting all live chickens, effectively ruling out the possibility that some restaurants in Singapore might still be able to import free-range or premium chickens.

Live birds, whole carcasses, chilled and frozen meat, chicken parts, and chicken...

The EU's prohibition on microplastics eliminates cigarette smoke pollution

Since May 2018, the EU has been attempting to combat the top ten types of trash seen on Europe's beaches, with cigarette butts being the second most common. It introduced a key directive as part of the European Strategy for Plastics in a Circular Economy, which aims to phase out unneeded sing...

What exactly are chemical weapons, and why is the US anxious that Russia would use them

After over a month of fighting in Ukraine, the focus has shifted to Russia's probable use of chemical weapons in its invasion. Russia's baseless assertion that Ukraine possesses biological and chemical weapons, according to US President Joe Biden, suggests that Russia's President Vlad...

NGO REVEALS JAPANESE LIFE INSURERS DO NOT EXTEND LOANS TO NUCLEAR WEAPON COMPANIES

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• NGO reveals Japanese life insurers do not extend loans to nuclear weapon companies.
• Four major Japanese life insurers do not invest or give out loans to producers of such companies.
• Nippon Life Insurance Co., Dai-ichi Lif...

JAPAN ANNOUNCES TO NOT JOIN THE U.N TREATY FOR THE BAN OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS

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• Japan announces to not join the U.N treaty for the ban of nuclear weapons.
• Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japan Katsunobu Kato announced the same.
• U.N announced The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is set to ente...

LOCAL ASSEMBLIES ACROSS JAPAN DEMAND THE GOVERNMENT TO SIGN AND RATIFY TPNW

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• Local assemblies across Japan demand the government to sign and ratify TPNW.
• One more country or region needs to ratify the same for the treaty to come into effect.
• 122 countries and regions had adopted the nuclear arms ...

JFTC PUBLISHED A SURVEY ON CONVENIENCE STORES IF KEPT OPEN FOR 24 HOURS

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• JFTC published a survey on convenience stores if kept open for 24 hours.
• JFTC says it would be a contravention of laws against private monopolization.
• The survey was conducted between October 2019 and August 2020.

The PM is seeking a new prohibition on plastics in meat trays and cups

Next in line with the government's growing plastics ban are meat trays, take-away cups and fruit stickers. On Sunday in Auckland, PM Jacinda Ardern revealed that it plans to carry out another round of single usage plastic. Sooner this year, the state prohibited the use of plastic bags in supe...