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The European Commission is proposing a ban on plastic cotton swabs, cutlery, plates, straws, drink stirrers and balloon sticks. (Shutterstock/ File)

May 29th, 2018 - 05:00 GMT

EU Imposes Ban on 10 Single-use Plastics to Reduce Marine Garbage

In an effort to reduce marine litter, the European Commission, the EU's legislative body, proposed new rules Monday banning 10 single-use plastics.

A tweet was recently posted by ex-Baywatch star Pamela Anderson. “I back Dubai to win the World Expo bid in 2020 & support @HHShkMohd’s vision @DubaiExpo2020,” she wrote.

November 24th, 2013 - 09:38 GMT

The very high-profile supporters of Dubai's Expo 2020 bid…and Pamela Anderson is one of them

Preceding the collective EU decision to not host the destruction of Syrian chemical weapons on home soil, Albania publicly refused to take on the task following international momentum to encourage Tirana to host the mission (Courtesy of EU)

November 19th, 2013 - 05:59 GMT

EU nations: No Syrian chemical weapons destruction here

Relatives and officials pay respect on July 18, 2013 to a memorial dedicated to the five Israeli and one Bulgarian victims of a suicide blast which targeted on July 18, 2012 a bus of Israeli tourists at Burgas airport, southeast Bulgaria. A year after, Bulgaria is struggling to identify the attacker or confirm his suspected links to Hezbollah or Iran. (NIKOLAY DOYCHINOV/AFP/Getty Images)

July 22nd, 2013 - 12:49 GMT

EU blacklists Hezbollah