Clothes at what cost? French fast fashion bill puts onus on Chinese brands

11/06/2025 18:17 France 24

How to stop our needless overconsumption of cheaper and cheaper clothes that pollute the planet? France's Senate has just passed a bill to curb advertising and tax pollution of fast fashion, with lawmakers even talking up the distinction of ultra-fast fashion: garments made in a hurry – increasingly using polyester and other polluting plastics – that are shipped at warp speed by plane and fall apart after only a few washes.

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Israel conducts ‘large-scale’ strikes on Iran’s aerial defence array, says IDF

Israel on Friday conducted massive missile and drone strikes on Iran, targeting the country's nuclear programme and raising the potential for an all-out war between the two bitter Middle East adversaries. It appeared to be the most significant attack Iran has faced since its 1980s war with Iraq, wi...

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