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The world's recycling industry is facing a shake-up.

Previously, China imported half the world's recycled plastic and paper - but not anymore.

New restrictions effectively ban imports, leaving places like Australia with nowhere to send much of its recycled waste.

Al Jazeera's Andrew Thomas reports from Sydney.

The United Nations says more than 10,000 people have fled northern Myanmar, where there has been stepped up fighting between government forces and Kachin rebel fighters.

Aid agencies say they fear for people trapped in the jungle without access to food or medicine.

The ethnic Kachin people have been pushing for autonomy in the north for more than 50 years.

Al Jazeera's Mereana Hond reports.

A spokesman for Armenia's ruling party announced they will not nominate a candidate for prime minister.

He says it is an effort to avoid stoking more tension in the region.

Meanwhile, the anti-government movement behind weeks of protests is demanding the election of their leader Nikol Pashinyan.

Al Jazeera's Robin Forestier-Walker reports on a day of political drama from the northern Armenian city of Vanadzor.

The United Nations agency that helps Palestinians says they are facing what it calls "life-threatening" conditions in Syria.

That's because the US decision to cut funding means it won't be able to provide refugees cash assistance by the end of the month.

UN officials have launched an emergency appeal for funding.

Al Jazeera's Zeina Khodr reports from Beirut.

Southeast Asian leaders have warned that a growing trade dispute between the US and China is putting their economic growth at risk.

It came at the end of a regional summit, where economic and security issues have sidelined concerns about human rights.

Al Jazeera's Florence Looi reports from Singapore.

North Korea state media say Friday's summit with South Korea paves the way for a new era of peace and prosperity.

But US President Donald Trump is vowing to maintain maximum pressure on Pyongyang until it gives up its nuclear weapons.

His comments follow a historic declaration of peace from the North and South Korean leaders on Friday.

Al Jazeera's Kimberly Halkett reports from Washington, DC.

A Saudi-led coalition air raid has reportedly killed two Houthi leaders and dozens of fighters in Yemen's capital Sanaa.

Meanwhile, large crowds have gathered to pay tribute to the Houthis second-in-command Saleh al-Sammad who was killed by an attack last week.

Saudi Arabia and its Arab allies have been fighting against the rebels since 2015 - when they intervened to support the exiled government.

Al Jazeera's Victoria Gatenby reports.

Archaeologists in Peru have uncovered a mass grave, which could be evidence of the largest child sacrifice ritual in the world.

The remains of more than 100 children from the ages of six to 15 years old were found in the northwest of the country.

The victims appear to have been part of a ritual sacrifice that took place nearly 550 years ago.

Al Jazeera's Hannah Hoxter reports.

Millions of Koreans have been reacting to Friday's historic meeting of the two leaders of their divided peninsula.

While South Koreans were able to watch the summit between their president Moon Jae-in and North Korea's Kim Jong-un live on television, the message across the border in North Korea was more tightly controlled by state media.

Attention is now focusing on the upcoming meeting between Kim and the US president.

Al Jazeera's James Bays reports from Seoul.

There is increasing pressure on Gaza's hospitals after four Palestinians were shot dead by Israeli military forces and almost 900 others injured as they marched up to Israel's border fence on Friday.

It was the closest they have come during the five weeks of protests.

Al Jazeera's Stefanie Dekker reports from Gaza.