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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

Golf-Masters start delayed amid Augusta storms

(Reuters) - The start of the Masters has been delayed by at least one hour, the Augusta National Golf Club said on Thursday, with a forecast of showers and a thunderstorm predicted in the morning. The

US bets on climate friendly farming; experts doubt it is climate friendly enough

By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's administration is offering farmers money for adopting practices that store carbon in the soil to fight climate change, but Reuters

US Senate votes to reject rule to cut greenhouse gas emissions on highways

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Wednesday passed a resolution that would overturn a federal agency's rule requiring states to measure and set declining targets for

EU lawmakers adopt law to hit fossil fuel imports with methane emissions limit

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union lawmakers on Wednesday adopted a law to place methane emission limits on Europe's oil and gas imports from 2030, pressuring international suppliers to clamp down on

Canada may face another ‘catastrophic’ wildfire season, government says

By Nia Williams (Reuters) -Canada risks another "catastrophic" wildfire season, the federal government said on Wednesday, as it forecasted higher-than-normal spring and summer temperatures across much

Russians flee ‘very unusual’ floods in boats clutching valuables, food, pets

ORENBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Residents of the flood-stricken Russian city of Orenburg arrived at evacuation points on Wednesday by inflatable boat, carrying whatever they could grab from their homes

Canada risks another ‘catastrophic’ wildfire season, government says

By Nia Williams (Reuters) -Canada risks another "catastrophic" wildfire season, the federal government said on Wednesday, as it forecasted higher-than-normal spring and summer temperatures across much

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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?