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Analysis-Climate verdict for Swiss women a warning for European states, oil industry

By Gloria Dickie, Kate Abnett and Alison Withers LONDON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Governments and companies that are lax on climate action should be worried since this week's European human rights court

Japan’s greenhouse gas emissions fall 2.5% in FY22/23 to record low

By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's greenhouse gas emissions fell 2.5% to a record low in the fiscal year through March 2023, government data showed on Friday, helped by reduced emissions in

Most Australian sowing areas to get above-median rainfall in June-Aug, weather bureau says

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Most of Australia's main cropping areas are likely to see median or above-median rainfall during June-August, the country's weather bureau said on Friday, raising the prospect of

Peru’s dengue deaths triple as climate change swells mosquito population

LIMA (Reuters) - Deaths caused by the mosquito-born dengue disease have more than tripled in Peru so far this year, according to data from the South American nation's government, which is redoubling

Explainer-US limits on PFAS in drinking water could fuel litigation

By Clark Mindock (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized the first federal regulations on toxic "forever chemicals" in drinking water, setting tight limits that essentially

Golf-Rahm opens Masters defence with par, DeChambeau shares early lead

By Frank Pingue AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) -Jon Rahm shrugged off a weather-delayed start to the Masters and launched his title defence with a par on Thursday at rain-softened but sunny Augusta

Global coal power grew 2% last year, the most since 2016, GEM survey says

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The world's coal-fired power capacity grew 2% last year, its highest annual increase since 2016, driven by new builds in China and decommissioning delays elsewhere, according to

Three Dutch skiers killed in Austrian avalanche, police say

VIENNA (Reuters) - Three Dutch skiers were killed in an avalanche on Thursday near the resort town of Soelden in the Austrian Alps, the police said. The victims were part of a 17-person ski touring

Golf-Masters play begins under cloudy skies after rain delay

By Frank Pingue AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) -The weather-delayed start to the Masters began under cloudy skies at windy Augusta National on Thursday with many of the top contenders, including reigning

Golf-Masters start delayed over two hours due to rain at Augusta

By Frank Pingue (Reuters) -The Masters will start a little over two hours later than scheduled on Thursday after scattered showers and thunderstorms at Augusta National Golf Club forced two separate

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Asian NATO? Why Japan PM’s big new idea won’t shake up foreign policy

One of the most difficult tasks for Shigeru Ishiba, apart from keeping together the divided LDP, will be implementing his foreign policy ideas—if he chooses to pursue them.

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?