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Rains return to flooded southern Brazil, interrupting rescues

By Leonardo Benassatto and Debora Ely PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (Reuters) -Authorities interrupted rescue efforts in flood-ravaged southern Brazil on Wednesday amid more rain and the risk of lightning and

Climeworks opens world’s largest plant to extract CO2 from air in Iceland

By Susanna Twidale LONDON (Reuters) - Climeworks has opened the world’s largest operational direct air capture (DAC) plant to suck carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, with its Mammoth plant in

Brazil floods leave 150,000 homeless, scores dead or missing

By Amanda Perobelli and Leonardo Benansatto ELDORADO DO SUL, Brazil (Reuters) -Rescuers rushed to evacuate people stranded by devastating floods across the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do

Brazil floods hit food silos, disrupt routes to major grains port

By Roberto Samora and Ana Mano SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Heavy flooding in southern Brazil has hit food storage facilities in lower areas while hampering the shipping of grains to port, jeopardizing the

Brazil floods disrupt rail, road access to major grains ports

By Roberto Samora and Ana Mano SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Road and rail links to a major grains port in southern Brazil have been disrupted by the impact of heavy floods, Anec, an association representing

Oklahoma tornadoes kill at least one person, injure five

(Reuters) - A swarm of tornadoes touched down overnight in Oklahoma, according to local media reports, killing at least one person and injuring at least five as they flattened homes and ripped down

China’s climate envoy to visit Washington this week, the State Department says

(Reuters) - The United States will host China's Special Envoy for Climate Change Liu Zhenmin in Washington on Wednesday and Thursday, the State Department said. The Biden administration had previously

Italy curbs installation of solar panels on agricultural land

By Giuseppe Fonte, Angelo Amante and Francesca Landini ROME (Reuters) -Italy's rightwing coalition on Monday passed rules curbing the installation of solar panels on agricultural land, ministers said,

Capsized barge in Tobago spill might have picked up fuel in Venezuela, Trinidad says

HOUSTON (Reuters) - A barge that capsized in February and caused a large oil spill near Tobago that also affected neighboring Caribbean islands might have picked up the fuel from Venezuela, Trinidad

Death toll from Brazil rains climbs to 83, thousands displaced

By Leonardo Benassatto and Andre Romani CANOAS, Brazil (Reuters) -Heavy rains battering Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul have killed at least 83 people, authorities said on Monday,

On Camera

Is support reducing for Kolkata doctors? Mamata not the only one who has to course correct

West Bengal is ready to welcome its daughter home for Durga Puja, but the family is unable to keep the deep-rooted discord within from spilling out. At its head is Mamata Banerjee.

How Modi govt’s Atmanirbhar policy could have hobbled BSNL’s efforts to catch up in 4G race

Restrictions on use of equipment from global vendors have necessitated new indigenous technology being developed, tested & deployed—further delaying BSNL's 4G & 5G launch.

IAF chief AP Singh red-flags Tejas delay, says China ahead in technology & production capacity

Air force chief says HAL needs to churn out 24 aircraft per year. It is important for IAF to have indigenous weapons systems to deal with any security challenges, he says.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?