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U.S. governors pledge to press ahead on climate after Trump win

By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic governors of two U.S. states pledged on Friday to keep building programs on renewable energy and curbing climate change after President-elect

New Jersey wildfires trigger smoke warnings in New York City

By Maria Tsvetkova and Rich McKay NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wildfires were burning from one end of New Jersey to the other on Friday after one of the driest months on record, leading New York City to issue

Wildfire near Los Angeles rages on after 10,000 evacuate

By Brendan O'Brien and Rich McKay (Reuters) - After forcing thousands of Californians to evacuate and burning more than 100 structures, a stubborn wildfire burning northwest of Los Angeles on Friday

Russia to aid hurricane-hit Cuba with diesel fuel, minister says

(Reuters) - Russia has pledged to provide Cuba with approximately 80,000 tons of diesel fuel worth $60 million to assist the island nation in its energy crisis, Russian state-run RIA news agency

Texas’ port Freeport briefly suspends inbound vessels traffic due to weather

(Corrects headline and paragraph 1 to say that inbound vessels traffic was briefly suspended due to weather conditions, not tropical weather systems) HOUSTON (Reuters) -Inbound vessel traffic to the

COP29 climate agenda clouded by trade tensions ahead of summit

By Kate Abnett and Tim Cocks BRUSSELS/JOHANNSEBURG (Reuters) - China has put trade talks onto the proposed agenda for the COP29 summit, a U.N. document showed, raising the prospect that the issue

COP29 starts next week. What’s on agenda & how global climate action fared in 9 yrs since Paris Agreement

COP29 is expected to be the ‘Finance COP’ given the focus is on long-term climate finance, adaptation, and loss and damage funding. Discussions will be on who will pay and how much.

South Africa concerned Trump election will impact climate talks

By Tim Cocks JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa is concerned by the impact Donald Trump's election as the next president of the United States may have on talks to tackle climate change, its

India sees surge in extreme weather events, 93% days in 1st nine months of 2024 affected—CSE report

Such events led to 3,238 deaths, damage to 3.2 million hectares of crops & 2,35,000 houses, & loss of 9,457 livestock. But numbers, particularly for property & crop damage, may be underreported.

China sends vice premier to COP29 climate summit in Baku

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's vice premier, Ding Xuexiang, will travel to Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, to attend the COP29 climate summit next week, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Friday.

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The math behind India’s elections—Why proximity matters

It is one of the most consistent findings in electoral politics: voters are more likely to support candidates who come from their local area.

US ends oil waivers but Russian crude flows to India ‘likely to remain steady’ amid Hormuz disruption

India will need to recalibrate crude sourcing strategy as US ends waivers for Russian & Iranian oil, energy experts say. But Russian crude will likely remain central to energy basket.

Why Siliguri Corridor is strategically important for India & how it is being secured | Cut The Clutter

This special edition of Cut The Clutter, straight from the Siliguri corridor, details the strategic importance of the narrow strip of land in West Bengal, and how it’s a vital link connecting the Northeast to the rest of India.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.