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Emirates suspends check-in for passengers in Dubai after record rains

DUBAI (Reuters) -Emirates Airline on Wednesday suspended check-in for passengers departing until midnight after record rains caused significant damage across the United Arab Emirates. The Dubai-based

Dubai International Airport says it is experiencing significant disruption due to bad weather

DUBAI (Reuters) -Dubai International Airport said on Wednesday it was experiencing significant disruption due to bad weather and was working to restore normal operations as quickly as possible.

Dubai International Airport says bad weather causing significant disruption

DUBAI (Reuters) -Dubai International Airport said on Wednesday it was experiencing significant disruption due to bad weather and was working to restore normal operations as quickly as possible.

Water levels in Russia’s Kurgan cross ‘dangerous’ levels

(Reuters) - The water level in the Tobol River around the city of Kurgan in Russia's southern Urals has exceeded the "dangerous level" mark, RIA state news agency reported on Wednesday, citing local

Carbon capture will not play major role in steel decarbonisation, report says

BEIJING/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) is unlikely to play a major role in decarbonising the global steel industry due to low capture rates, high costs and a

Coral bleaching afflicts most of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, report shows

By Alasdair Pal SYDNEY (Reuters) - Some three-quarters of Australia's famed Great Barrier Reef is suffering from coral bleaching, authorities said in a report on Wednesday, days after climate

US to reject access road to northern Alaska mining district, Politico reports

(Reuters) - The Biden administration is set to reject the construction of an access road to the Ambler mining district in northern Alaska, Politico reported on Tuesday, citing two people with

Rupture on TC Energy’s NGTL gas pipeline sparks wildfire in Alberta

By Anushree Ashish Mukherjee and Anjana Anil (Reuters) -A section of TC Energy's NGTL gas pipeline system in Alberta ruptured and caught fire on Tuesday, sparking a wildfire in a remote area, the

Texas regulators fine Freeport LNG for environmental breaches

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Texas' environmental regulator has fined liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter Freeport LNG $152,173 for violating state air pollution emissions rules for periods between 2019 and

US creates climate and trade task force to address commerce, manufacturing emissions

By Nicole Jao and Shariq Khan NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. will create a new trade task force aimed at reducing carbon emissions from global commerce and manufacturing, White House senior adviser

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Why Modi-Shah have failed to develop mass leaders in states the way Vajpayee-Advani did

BJP had leaders like Modi, Chouhan, Raje, Raman Singh, BSY, and Dhumal who kept the party’s flame burning. Those promoted by Modi-Shah in the last 10 years fail to inspire confidence.

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.

‘Nightmare at Chennai Marina’: 4 dead, 96 hospitalised after pandemonium at packed IAF air show

Lakhs of people were stranded at beach in heat as crowd control measures apparently failed. At least 14 lakh people were in attendance though police had expected around 10 lakh.

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?