Floating plastic garbage has swamped a remote Pacific island once regarded as an environmental jewel and scientists say little can be done to save it while a throwaway culture persists.
The United States has imposed financial sanctions on Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who is Iran's key negotiation official for Washington.
A light aircraft crashed on Wednesday evening at the Tampere-Pirkkala airport in central southern Finland. A pilot trainee, who was alone on the aircraft, was killed, transport officials reported.
North Korea's state-run media says the country's leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the testing of a new type of "large-caliber multiple launch guided rocket system."
