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Asian shares rise as markets await tech results
Asian shares rise as markets await tech results

Asian markets mostly rose Tuesday with investors looking ahead to the release of US economic data and the earnings reports of tech titans this week. Investors are also eyeing the earnings reports of major tech companies this week including Google parent Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Facebook-parent Meta, and Microsoft.

Countdown to Busan: is a plastic pollution treaty in reach?
Countdown to Busan: is a plastic pollution treaty in reach?

Negotiators meet in less than a month to agree on the world's first treaty to end plastic pollution, but countries remain so far apart that a deal may prove impossible. It has been two years since the UN first agreed to work towards a treaty, and negotiators have met four times already to hammer out details.