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Fallen tree disrupts high speed trains in eastern France-SNCF

PARIS (Reuters) - Traffic on high-speed trains had to be halted on two lines from Paris to eastern France on Wednesday after a train hit a tree fallen on tracks during a thunderstorm, French SNCF

N. Macedonia fights a dozen wildfires after weeks of hot weather

STIP, North Macedonia (Reuters) - Firefighters in North Macedonia fought a dozen wildfires fanned by heavy winds for a third day on Wednesday, and hot temperatures and dry weather also fueled smaller

Munich Re sounds alarm on hurricanes and temperatures

MUNICH (Reuters) - German insurer Munich Re warned on Wednesday of a severe hurricane season in the Atlantic and rising temperatures globally that showed "no signs of stopping". The world's largest

‘Disastrous’ drought threatens to wipe out Sicilian goat breed

SAN CATALDO, Italy (Reuters) - A blazing sun shining on the arid hills of San Cataldo in Sicily signals only despair for local goat breeder Luca Cammarata as he tries to find something for his herd to

Olympics-Triathlon-Races underway as Seine passes water tests

By Helen Reid PARIS (Reuters) -Athletes dived into the Seine on Wednesday for the Olympic women's triathlon after water tests showed lower levels of bacteria, ending days of uncertainty over whether

Indonesia aims to accelerate carbon storage sector development

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian government aims to accelerate development of a carbon capture and storage (CCS) industry to help fight climate change and is confident the next administration will

Olympics-Triathlon-Races to go ahead on Wednesday as Seine passes water quality tests

PARIS (Reuters) - Organisers cleared the Olympic women's and men's triathlons to go ahead on Wednesday after the latest Seine river water tests showed lower levels of bacteria, ending days of

Global accounting body wants more rigour in showing climate impacts

By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - A global accounting body on Wednesday proposed guidance on how companies can do more to show the impact of climate change on their financial performance, saying

Wildfire threat lingers in British Columbia; rains offer some respite

(Reuters) - Wildfires continued to disrupt communities in British Columbia on Tuesday, with as many as 349 fires burning across the Canadian province, according to government officials, despite

Olympics-Mega-sports events caught on horns of climate change dilemma

By Lori Ewing PARIS (Reuters) - A leading sports ecologist believes the climate crisis has left organisers of mega-sporting events like the Olympics facing a truth uncomfortable enough to make them

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University townships — India’s chance to build its own version of what America got right

India’s university towns initiative is an opportunity to do something we have never managed at scale: build knowledge ecosystems rather than knowledge silos.

FTA partners drive India’s trade surge as reliance on non-FTA countries dips, says NITI Aayog report

Share of trade with FTA partners rose from 4.6% in 2006 to 28.8% in 2024. India is currently negotiating or advancing agreements with US, Israel, GCC, Canada & Mexico.

Japan overhauls post-World War II pacifist military approach, lifts restrictions on defence exports

Since October last year, Japan PM Sanae Takaichi has planned to increase defence spending target to 2 percent of GDP.

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.