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US court overturns Alaska oil lease sale in a win for environmentalists

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal court in Alaska overturned on Tuesday night an oil and gas lease sale that had been mandated by the Biden administration's signature climate law as part of a political

Art is cool, museum tells sweltering Muscovites

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Art lovers drift slowly through the exhibition halls of the Pushkin Museum, pausing to peer at vibrant works by Claude Monet and Vincent van Gogh. The Muscovites are happy to see

Cold temperatures to subside in Argentina’s agricultural heartland

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's main agricultural regions will see cold temperatures subside in the coming days, although the possibility of snowfall continues amid scant precipitation, the

Greece shuts Acropolis for part of day as heatwave continues

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece shut the Acropolis, its most visited ancient site, for several hours in the afternoon on Wednesday as the country baked in yet another heatwave that sent temperatures up to

World Bank eyes first ‘drought’ bond in next 12-18 months

By Karin Strohecker and Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - The World Bank is looking to issue its first drought bond in the next 12-18-months and broaden its offering of catastrophe bonds supporting

Heatwave dries up lake in Serbia, triggers fires in Balkan ‘extreme weather event’

BELGRADE (Reuters) - The Balkans, along with much of Europe, continued to swelter in a prolonged heatwave on Wednesday, triggering forest fires and drying up a Serbian lake for the first time, as a

Explainer-Olympics-Will the Seine be clean enough to swim in at Paris 2024 Games?

By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) -The River Seine will be a central element of the Paris 2024 Olympics, with the opening ceremony taking place on the river with a boat parade and two events, the

Ukraine set for rain after record-breaking heatwave, forecaster says

KYIV (Reuters) - An abnormal heatwave seen in Ukraine in the last few weeks will begin to ease on Thursday making way for rain in most of the country, the state weather forecaster said on Wednesday.

Uncontacted tribe sighted in Peruvian Amazon where loggers are active

By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) - Rare images of the Mashco Piro, an uncontacted Indigenous tribe in the remote Peruvian Amazon, were published on Tuesday by Survival International, showing dozens of

US power demand hits hourly record high on hottest day of summer, EIA and LSEG say

By Scott DiSavino (Reuters) - U.S. demand for power hit a preliminary hourly record high on Monday as homes and businesses cranked up their air conditioners to escape a brutal heat wave blanketing

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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.