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Wildfire evacuees to return to Canadian tourist town of Jasper on Friday

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Residents forced to evacuate the wildfire-hit western Canadian tourist town of Jasper three weeks ago will be allowed to return home on Friday, local officials said on Monday.

UK temperature hits 2024 high, Met Office says

LONDON (Reuters) - Temperatures in Britain hit their highest this year on Monday, reaching 34.8 degrees Celsius (94.64 Fahrenheit) in Cambridge, the Met Office said. Temperatures rose above the year's

Conservationists ask Tanzania to ban sport hunting of elephants

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Conservationists petitioned Tanzania on Monday to end elephant trophy hunting in a vast wildlife reserve area that spans its common border with Kenya. About 2,000 elephants,

Wildfire fanned by gales menaces Athens suburbs as residents flee

By Angelos Tsatsis and Renee Maltezou PENTELI, Greece/ATHENS (Reuters) -Greece's worst wildfire this year spread into the Athens suburbs on Monday, forcing hundreds of people to flee as it torched

Light frosts reported in some Brazilian coffee areas, prices surge

By Marcelo Teixeira and Roberto Samora SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Farmers reported light frosts in coffee-producing areas of Brazil over the weekend as an unusually strong cold mass for this time of year

US Hurricane Center sees 80% chance of cyclone near Lesser and Greater Antilles

(Reuters) -A tropical disturbance located roughly midway between the Cape Verde Islands and the Lesser Antilles has an 80% chance of becoming a cyclone in the next 48 hours, the U.S. National

Sea of opportunity—protecting mangroves & seagrass could boost Indonesia’s new climate targets

Indonesia's blue carbon ecosystems house 22% of the world’s mangroves and 5% of seagrass meadows, making it one of the most important countries for ocean-based climate change mitigation.

A third of India’s GDP comes from nature. Time to invest in climate solutions

Climate change could cost the country more than 10% of its national income and take 50 million people back into poverty by the end of this century.

US Hurricane Center sees 70% chance of cyclone near Lesser and Greater Antilles

(Reuters) - A tropical wave located roughly midway between the Cape Verde Islands and the Lesser Antilles has a 70% chance of becoming a cyclone in the next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane

China’s central bank to extend low-carbon lending tool to end of 2027

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's central bank will extend a programme providing financial institutions with low-cost loans intended to help companies to cut carbon emissions, the government said on Sunday.

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The burden of being a successful Dalit

I have often felt that success for a Dalit person comes with a strange moral demand: be proof without being inconvenient. That is an impossible assignment.

Recovery of energy flows will be ‘gradual rather than immediate’ as Hormuz re-opens post ceasefire

The reopening of the Strait of Hormuz eases supply fears, but controlled shipping, slow output recovery, and high costs may delay oil flow normalisation for months.

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.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.