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Sea urchins fed waste cabbage to spare Japan’s seaweed forests

By Tom Bateman and Kyung Hoon Kim KANAGAWA, Japan (Reuters) - In Japan, researchers are feeding vegetables to hungry sea urchins - a popular sushi ingredient - to try and stop them from eating

Brazil, US to unveil climate transition initiative, Brazil’s finance minister says

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil and the United States will unveil a joint climate transition initiative, Brazilian Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said on Wednesday, after earlier meeting with U.S.

Typhoon Gaemi strengthens as it nears Taiwan, two dead, work halted

By Yimou Lee YILAN, Taiwan (Reuters) -Taiwan hunkered down on Wednesday for the arrival of a strengthening Typhoon Gaemi, with financial markets shut, flights cancelled and two people killed, while

Nestle, Mars Wrigley, Ferrero back EU deforestation law, document shows

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Consumer goods giants including Nestle, Mars Wrigley and Ferrero have backed the European Union's upcoming ban on imported goods linked to deforestation, amid calls

World breaks hottest day record for second day in a row

The record had last been set for four consecutive days in a row in early July 2023. Before that, the hottest day was in August 2016.

World breaks hottest day record for second day in a row

By Gloria Dickie LONDON (Reuters) - Monday, July 22 was again the hottest day on record, according to preliminary data from a European Union monitoring agency, inching past Sunday, July 21 which had

Typhoon Gaemi forces Philippines to halt work, market trading

MANILA (Reuters) -Typhoon Gaemi and a southwest monsoon brought heavy rain on Wednesday to the Philippine capital region and northern provinces, prompting authorities to halt work and classes, while

Heat wave settles in over U.S. West, raising wildfire risk

By Liya Cui and Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) -Tens of millions of Americans living in the U.S. West endured scorching temperatures on Tuesday while wind gusts and dry conditions stoked dozens of

Thousands flee western Canadian town as wildfires spread

By Nia Williams (Reuters) -Out-of-control wildfires forced some 25,000 people to evacuate the picturesque tourist town of Jasper and its surroundings in Canada's Rocky Mountains early on Tuesday, as

Heat wave torments US West as threat of wildfires looms

By Liya Cui and Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - Tens of millions of Americans living in the U.S. West will face scorching hot temperatures on Tuesday as wind gusts and dry conditions were stoking

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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.