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Botswana's government has lifted a ban on elephant hunting. The Environment Ministry issued a statement on the decision, citing a range of reasons for revoking the prohibition, including high levels ...

ALBANY, N.Y.—The halt on China's imports of wastepaper and plastic that has disrupted U.S. recycling programs also had ...

Commentary On May 2, Facebook and its subsidiary Instagram announced that it was permanently banning the accounts of ...

GENEVA—Negotiators from more than 180 countries are nearing agreement on a global ban on a toxic chemical linked ...

NEW YORK—New York City has banned alcohol advertising on city property, citing health risks posed by excessive drinking. ...

NEW DELHI–India's ban on popular Chinese video app TikTok is resulting in "financial losses" of up to $500,000 ...

NEW DELHI—The Chinese video app TikTok is no longer available in Google and Apple app stores in India ...

A Wisconsin restaurant made headlines after posting a note on its door saying middle school students cannot go ...

NEW DELHI—A boy’s suicide this week in southern India after his mother scolded him for playing a popular ...

Commentary Within just a few short years, we might be saying, “Welcome to a Brave New America—a dystopian ...

Hobart has become the first capital city in the nation to ban single-use plastics, including takeaway food containers ...

WASHINGTON—The U.S. government said on Feb. 27 it is issuing new rules barring airlines from carrying potentially hazardous ...

Mississippi is working toward enacting one of the strictest abortion laws in the nation, in a race with ...

Chinese telecom giant Huawei is conducting an aggressive public relations campaign to allay global concerns about security loopholes ...

Germany has revoked the license of an Iranian airline because it has been transporting military equipment and personnel ...

The UK's advertising watchdog has said it will ban "gender stereotypes that are likely to cause harm, or ...

Mobile phones are set to be banned in New South Wales’ public primary schools during school hours in ...

LONDON—PayPal has canceled the account of Tommy Robinson, the controversial British activist and critic of Islam, freezing his ...

Like it or not teenagers are carrying cell phones. They are on their phone at the mall, on ...

European Union lawmakers have voted to ban a range of single-use plastic items, in a bid to tackle ...

Twitter says it has removed accounts linked to conspiracy-monger Alex Jones and Infowars. A Twitter spokesman confirmed Oct. ...

LONDON—Electric-pulse trawling, which is banned in many parts of the world, is damaging one of Europe's largest marine ...

HONG KONG–Hong Kong authorities formally banned a group that's promoting independence from China—the first outlawing of a political ...

The Los Angeles City Council unanimously approved a motion on Sept. 18 to ban the sale and manufacture ...

WASHINGTON–Republican and Democratic U.S. senators introduced a bill on Sept. 18 that would reimpose sanctions on China's ZTE ...

A bill banning the sale of animal-tested cosmetics has passed the California Senate and Assembly and is waiting for ...

California lawmakers recently passed a bill to ban full-service restaurants from offering single-use plastic straws, unless the customer ...