Sweden’s textile recycling centres are overflowing with fast fashion. Can this be fixed?

Sweden’s textile recycling centres are overflowing with fast fashion. Can this be fixed?

Sweden’s recycling centres are overflowing with clothes after an EU-wide ban this year on throwing away textiles, leaving overwhelmed municipalities eager to have fast fashion giants take responsibility. “It’s a huge amount coming in every day. It’s been crazy, it’s a huge increase,” said Brian Kelly, secretary general of the Artikel2 charity shop in the…

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U.S. Army says recovering 4 soldiers missing in Lithuania "will be a long and difficult" operation

U.S. Army says recovering 4 soldiers missing in Lithuania “will be a long and difficult” operation

Pabrade, Lithuania — Lithuania’s president said Friday that he hoped for “a miracle” as he visited the site of a rescue operation to recover four missing U.S. Army soldiers from their submerged vehicle. The four soldiers, assigned to the Army’s 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, went missing early Tuesday morning during a maintenance mission to recover…

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4 U.S. Army soldiers killed during exercise in Lithuania near border with Belarus, NATO chief says

4 U.S. Army soldiers killed during exercise in Lithuania near border with Belarus, NATO chief says

Four U.S. Army soldiers were killed during a training exercise in Lithuania, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said Wednesday, speaking with reporters in Poland. The U.S. embassy in Vilnius said earlier in a statement posted on social media that the four soldiers had gone missing during training, and it thanked the Baltic nation’s military and police for…

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United States allied countries release travel advisories for the U.S. | News

United States allied countries release travel advisories for the U.S. | News

At least 14 United States allied countries have changed travel advisories for their citizens since President Trump’s inauguration, cautioning travelers going to the U.S. about the entry process, gun violence and warning those in the LGBTQIA+ community of gender identity restrictions in travel documentation and more. France, Ireland, Norway and Slovakia joined a growing list…

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