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Aljazeera says THE government of Canada announced that it will ban the manufacturing and import of a number of “harmful” single-use plastics, with several new regulations coming into place in December.

TRT World says AUTHORITIES in flood-hit Bangladesh and northeastern India have scrambled to provide aid to more than nine million people marooned after the heaviest rains in years killed dozens of people across both South Asian nations, officials have said.

BBC Sport says Ryan Giggs has resigned as Wales manager “with immediate effect”. Giiggs, 48, stepped away from his role in November 2020 after being arrested.

BBC News says Travellers are facing reduced train services across England, Scotland and Wales ahead of the biggest rail strike in 30 years.

Sky News says Five suspects helped hide the bodies of British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira after they were murdered in the Amazon, Brazilian police have said.

France24 says Spain, France and other western European nations sweltered over the weekend under a blistering June heatwave that has sparked forest fires and concerns such early summer blasts of hot weather will now become the norm.

Euronews says Emmanuel Macron’s Ensemble alliance has lost its absolute majority in the French National Assembly, just two months after he was re-elected as president.

Aljazeera says North Korea recorded 18,820 more cases of fever and no new deaths amid its first official COVID-19 outbreak, state media said on Monday, as authorities continue to insist infections in the impoverished country are being brought under control.

TRT World says Leftist ex-guerrilla Gustavo Petro has defeated millionaire businessman rival Rodolfo Hernandez in Colombia’s presidential vote, according to a live count on the Latin American country’s election authority website.

BBC Sport says England’s Matt Fitzpatrick was swamped by his family after superbly holding off the world’s best players to claim his first major title with a one-shot victory in the US Open at Brookline.