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Floods kill at least 45 in central Kenya after dam bursts

MAI MAHIU, Kenya (Reuters) -Heavy rains in central Kenya killed at least 45 people on Monday when floodwaters swept away houses and cars in the town of Mai Mahiu, a government minister said. The

G7 reaches deal to exit from coal by 2035

By Francesca Landini TURIN (Reuters) -Energy ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) wealthy countries reached a deal to shut down their coal-fired power plants by 2035 at the latest, in a significant

G7 ministers to agree coal plants shutdown by 2030-2035, UK says

TURIN (Reuters) - Energy ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) wealthy countries have agreed to shut down coal-fired power plants by 2030-2035, Britain's minister for Energy Security and Net Zero

Norway’s wealth fund falls short on climate ambitions, NGO says

OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's $1.6 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, is falling short on its climate ambitions by failing to back multiple shareholder proposals pushing oil companies to

Greece convicts six and clears 15 over deadly blaze, victims’ families protest

ATHENS (Reuters) - A man was convicted of involuntary arson on Monday for his role in Greece's deadliest wildfire in memory, and five former fire officials found guilty of misdemeanours linked to

Floods kill at least 42 in central Kenya after dam bursts

MAI MAHIU, Kenya (Reuters) -At least 42 people have been killed in floods in central Kenya's Mai Mahiu area after a dam burst early on Monday, and the number of deaths could rise, police said.

As solar capacity grows, some of America’s most productive farmland is at risk

By P.J. Huffstutter and Christopher Walljasper JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA (Reuters) -Dave Duttlinger's first thought when he saw a dense band of yellowish-brown dust smearing the sky above his Indiana

African leaders seek record World Bank financing to combat climate change

By Duncan Miriri NAIROBI (Reuters) - African leaders on Monday called for rich countries to commit record contributions to a low-interest World Bank facility for developing nations that they rely on

G7 discussing 2035 end date for coal-fired power plants, source says

TURIN (Reuters) - Energy ministers from the Group of Seven wealthy countries meeting in Italy are discussing setting a common target date of 2035 to shut down their coal-powered power plants, a source

Floods kill at least 20 in central Kenya; toll may rise after dam bursts

NAIROBI (Reuters) -At least 42 people have been killed in floods in central Kenya's Mai Mahiu area and police warned the number of deaths could rise after a dam burst, Citizen Television reported on

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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?