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Brazil environmental workers propose deal to end strike holding up oil permits

By Fabio Teixeira RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil's federal environment workers on Tuesday presented the government with a deal to end their strike that has curtailed efforts to protect the Amazon

Bigger and fitter, rescued loggerhead turtles set free on beach in Spain

By Jon Nazca MARBELLA, Spain (Reuters) - To the delight of curious beachgoers, marine biologists released dozens of young loggerhead sea turtles into the wild near Marbella in southern Spain on

South Africa passes its first sweeping climate change law

By Nellie Peyton JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law a broad climate change act that will set caps for large emitters and require every town and city

US targets nitrous oxide in new phase of climate fight

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Tuesday announced it would seek to curb U.S. emissions of powerful industrial greenhouse gases such as nitrous oxide as it

Markets, work suspended as Typhoon Gaemi barrels towards Taiwan

By Walid Berrazeg HUALIEN, Taiwan (Reuters) -Financial markets will close and people given the day off work as Typhoon Gaemi barrelled towards Taiwan on Tuesday bringing strong winds and torrential

Thousands forced to flee western Canadian town as wildfires approach

(Reuters) -Around 5,000 people were forced to leave the western Canadian town of Jasper early on Tuesday to escape approaching wildfires, the latest victims of what experts say could be one of the

Budget 2024: Funds, schemes for flood mitigation in Bihar, 4 other states

Bihar to get Rs 11,500 core; environmentalist says holistic plan needed as natural disasters only to get worse.

Insect wreaks havoc on Tunisia’s crucial prickly pear industry

By Jihed Abidellaoui KAIROUAN, Tunisia (Reuters) - A tiny insect is ravaging Tunisia’s prickly pears, a critical source of revenue for the North African country's agriculture sector and economy. "Our

German government must do more to tackle air pollution, court rules

(Reuters) - Germany must improve its air pollution control programme and ensure it complies with EU requirements, the Berlin-Brandenburg Higher Administrative Court said on Tuesday. The case against

Analysts forecast EU carbon price rise, but say supply could swell

By Susanna Twidale LONDON (Reuters) - Analysts have increased their price forecasts for European Union carbon permits for 2024 to 2026, but said there was a downside risk from possible increases to

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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.