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US reforms environmental law to speed up clean energy, infrastructure approval

By Timothy Gardner embargo WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Tuesday reformed the U.S. environmental review process for major projects which officials said would speed up approval of

Plastic talks end without agreement on curbing production

By Valerie Volcovici OTTAWA (Reuters) - Negotiations on a future global treaty to tackle soaring plastic pollution wrapped up early on Tuesday without agreement on a proposal to consider sustainable

UK water sports call for clean-up as sewage crisis deepens

LONDON (Reuters) - British water sports groups have joined forces to call on the government to clean-up rivers and seas, blaming the country's sewage crisis for causing illness and cancelling events.

Kenya searches for more than 90 missing after floods

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Rescuers were searching on Tuesday for at least 91 people missing in heavy flooding across Kenya, the interior ministry said. At least 46 people were killed on Monday morning in a

Plastic talks gather steam amid impasse over production limits

By Valerie Volcovici OTTAWA (Reuters) -With the world still divided over how ambitious its first plastics treaty should be, countries are considering launching a series of smaller meetings before a

Vietnam coffee farmers boost irrigation but running low on water, says report

By Marcelo Teixeira (Reuters) - Coffee farmers in Vietnam, the world's largest producer of robusta coffee, have sharply increased use of irrigation in the main producing regions of the country amid

Plastic treaty talks behind schedule amid impasse over production limits

By Valerie Volcovici OTTAWA (Reuters) - With the world still divided over how ambitious its first plastics treaty should be, countries are considering launching a series of smaller meetings before a

Flash floods, landslide kill at least 45 in central Kenya

MAI MAHIU, Kenya (Reuters) -Flash floods and a landslide in central Kenya killed at least 45 people and injured over 110 others on Monday as floodwaters swept away houses and cars in the town of Mai

5,710 forest fires in April alone — Uttarakhand’s burning problem & what’s behind it

The districts worst affected by the ongoing spell of forest fires are Nainital, which has reported 1,524 fires in 2024 so far, followed by Champawat with 1025 and Almora with 909.

Paris wheat falls as welcome rain forecast for dry Russian crops

HAMBURG/PARIS (Reuters) - Euronext wheat fell on Monday as forecasts showing some rain in parched southern Russia eased weather worries that triggered a 9% surge last week. September wheat, the most

On Camera

Make it a Fundamental Right of every religionist to propagate, convert: TT Krishnamachari

On 6 December 1948, TT Krishnamachari spoke in the Constituent Assembly during a debate on Article 19, supporting it as it is, including how it's framed in the matter of religion.

How businesses can become more resilient to the physical impacts of climate change

Extreme weather events have impacted 50% of corporate respondents to a recent survey. This underlines the importance of significant action now to increase climate resilience.

Iran’s Shahab-3, India’s Agni-1 to US’s Minuteman III—ballistic missile arsenals, who has what

Iran used Shahab-3, along with Fattah-1 hypersonic missiles, to attack Israel after the killing of Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah in air strikes on Lebanon's Beirut.

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?