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Texas Panhandle fire expands to 1 million acres, becoming state’s largest ever

By Nathan Frandino, Rich McKay and Brendan O'Brien CANADIAN, Texas (Reuters) - Fire crews on Thursday fought to contain a deadly wildfire that has burned more than 1 million acres (404,686 hectares)

In drought-hit Sicily, ‘water is gold’

AGRIGENTO, Italy (Reuters) - The Italian island of Sicily is grappling with severe drought as a lack of winter rainfall has strained reservoirs and inhabitants are having to stock up on drinking water

Texas wildfires destroy grain and cattle, agriculture commissioner says

By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) - Wildfires raging in the Texas Panhandle have destroyed grain in storage bins and likely killed tens of thousands of livestock, state Agriculture Commissioner Sid

Texas Panhandle fire expands to 1 million acres, becoming state’s largest ever

By Nathan Frandino, Rich McKay and Brendan O'Brien CANADIAN, Texas (Reuters) - Fire crews on Thursday fought to contain a deadly wildfire that has burned more than 1 million acres (404,686 hectares)

WeightWatchers shares drop as Oprah Winfrey decides to exit board

(Reuters) -Shares of WW International, also known as WeightWatchers, took a pounding on Thursday as the company disclosed that celebrity shareholder Oprah Winfrey would exit its board later this year

Zambia plans to import and ration electricity due to drought

LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambia has drawn up plans to import and ration electricity as a devastating drought looks set to affect hydropower generation, the country's main source of power, President Hakainde

EU may exempt islands from proposed jet fuel tax until 2032 – document

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union countries are negotiating exemptions for a proposed EU-wide tax on polluting aviation fuel for islands, in a move that could benefit countries such

US utility-scale solar installation hit all-time high in 2023, research group says

By Nicole Jao NEW YORK (Reuters) - Utility-scale solar projects in the United States added a record 15 gigawatts (GW) of capacity in 2023, up 60% from the year prior and marking an all-time high,

Brazil hopes FX hedge program will spur $20 billion in green projects

By Marcela Ayres and Bernardo Caram BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil will present its credit lines with long-term currency hedges to global investors and hopes its blended finance line alone will unlock up

Sugar maker Cristal Union takes stake in TotalEnergies biogas unit

PARIS (Reuters) - French sugar maker Cristal Union will take a 10% stake in TotalEnergies's biogas unit BioNorrois due to be launched later this year, which will use sugar beet residue from one of

On Camera

A frosty start featuring ‘ULFA tapes’, thawed by a love of dogs. My conversations with Ratan Tata

Besides politics, his frustrations with business environment & inspirational ideas ranging from entrepreneurship to technology, aviation, philanthropy, we discovered a common passion: dogs

RBI’s policy-setting body keeps rates unchanged for 10th straight time, changes stance to ‘neutral’

Change in stance signals possibility of rate cuts, potentially as early as December, depending on inflation trends & global economy. Growth projection for FY 2024-25 retained at 7.2%.

Amid concerns about use of Chinese parts in drones, Army general urges industry to be transparent

Maj Gen CS Mann, ADG, Army Design Bureau, cites national security concerns. This comes after intelligence agencies flagged use of Chinese components in drones purchased by armed forces.

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?