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  Used carpets, clinical waste: Sri Lanka sends 3,000 tonnes of garbage back to UK

  World | Feb 21, 2022, 10:19 PM IST

  In 2019, an investigation by the Social Protection Division of the Sri Lanka Customs found 263 containers containing clinical waste, used cushions and mattresses, plastic waste and unsorted and hazardous waste imported into the country from Britain.

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  Container ship towed away from Canadian coast

  World | Oct 18, 2014, 11:16 AM IST

  Old Massett, British Columbia: Canadian coast guard officials secured a towline to a Russian container ship carrying hundreds of tons of fuel as it drifted without power in rough seas off British Columbia's pristine northern