Sydney beaches closed due to toxic 'tar balls'
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Workers in protective clothing clean up unknown debris washed up on Coogee Beach, Sydney, Oct. 17, 2024. (AAP/Dan Himbrechts via Reuters)
Beaches in Sydney including the iconic Bondi were closed to bathers on Thursday after hundreds of black balls suspected to be toxic washed up on the city's shores.
Pakistan hosted a meeting of the heads of government of Shanghai Cooperation Organization Eurasian countries in Islamabad, Oct. 16, 2024. (Courtesy: Pakistani PM’s office) Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif addresses the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, in Islamabad, Oct. 16, 2024.
A view shows election billboards of the ruling Georgian Dream party, one of which depicts a devastated Ukrainian city contrasted against a peaceful Georgian one, in Tbilisi, Georgia September 27, 2024. FILE - Billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, leader of the Georgian Dream party greets demonstrators during a rally in support of "Russian law" in Tbilisi, Georgia, on April 29, 2024,