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Germany gives apartment-dwellers legal right to solar power

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's lower house of parliament has passed legal amendments allowing apartment owners and tenants to install solar systems on their balconies, as the country seeks to increase

Explainer-Olympics-Will the River Seine be suitable for swimming for the 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

Olympics-Paris 2024 sets up reserve site for marathon swimming if Seine unsuitable

By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) - The Paris 2024 marathon swimming event could be taking place just outside Paris should the River Seine not be suitable for bathing, organisers said on Friday. "The

Coral bleachings devastate Bali reefs as sea temperatures rise

By Yuddy Cahya Budiman BONDALEM, Indonesia (Reuters) - Indonesian conservationist Nyoman Sugiarto has been working for 16 years to preserve coral on the reefs of Bali, but the frequency of mass coral

Brazil sues Syngenta for alleged environmental damage

By Ricardo Brito BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's environmental agency IBAMA has sued Syngenta alleging the chemicals company caused "environmental damage" by producing and selling pesticides using much

Brazil court orders environmental workers to resume licensing, fire prevention despite strike

By Ricardo Brito RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Workers at Brazil's environmental agency Ibama must resume licensing and forest fire prevention activities despite being on strike, Og Fernandes, acting

Water stress inevitable, what steel & coal sectors can do to avoid looming crisis

11 of 15 major river basins in India to experience water stress by 2025. India’s major power grids depend on 14 major river basins, all of which are under ‘high water stress’.

Russia swelters in heat wave, Moscow breaks 1917 record for early July

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russians were braving some of the hottest weather seen in more than a century on Thursday with Moscow breaking a 1917 record and cities across the world's biggest country sizzling

Air pollution linked with 33,000 deaths in India each year between 2008 & 2019, finds Lancet study

The first multi-city study to assess the relationship between short-term air pollution exposure and death in India, it assessed PM2.5 exposure in 10 cities.

Foes of California’s electric car targets take their case to US Supreme Court

By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Opponents of California's ambitious targets for electric car adoption to lower greenhouse gas emissions took their case to the U.S. Supreme Court this week,

On Camera

The Bengal voter is silent. Is it fear or quiet determination?

The silence may have to do with the state’s history of political violence. During the 2021 post-poll violence, BJP leaders 'ran away leaving their voters at the mercy of the mob'.

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.