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Iceland issues new whaling license for 2024 hunting season

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Iceland has issued a license to Hvalur hf, the country's sole remaining whaling company, enabling it to continue hunting this season, the fisheries ministry said on Tuesday,

Over 1,000 exotic animals, reptiles killed after fire breaks out in Thailand market

Police Superintendent Phuwadon Ounpho said the blaze in Chatuchak Weekend Market in Bangkok Tuesday led to the burning of 118 shops.

Swiss farmers use drones to find sheltering fawns, to save them from equipment harm

By Denis Balibouse and Cecile Mantovani FOREL, Switzerland (Reuters) - In the lush fields of the Swiss town of Forel, volunteers use drones before dawn to find fawns, or young deer, nestled beneath

Japan’s Nippon Life announces transition finance guidelines

By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nippon Life Insurance on Tuesday announced guidelines for extending transition finance loans to steelmakers and utilities, which it hopes will serve as a

Analysis-Vietnam eyes greener power but banks on coal to avert blackouts

By Francesco Guarascio and Khanh Vu HANOI/HOA BINH, Vietnam (Reuters) - Lights are off and air conditioning is down at the headquarters of Vietnam's state-run electricity provider EVN as the country's

New Zealand ends plans to price agricultural emissions

By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand on Tuesday ended a plan to put a price on agricultural emissions including methane produced by belching sheep and cattle, relenting to farmer

Scary but shy Joro spiders spread to US gardens, parking lots

By Daniel Fastenberg (Reuters) - Scary Joro spiders the size of a human hand are spreading across the U.S. Eastern Seaboard and heading north. The East Asian species is named after the mythical

Study shows elephants might call each other by name

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Over the years, researchers who study elephants have noticed an intriguing phenomenon. Sometimes when an elephant makes a vocalization to a group of other

Supreme Court seeks US government views on Honolulu climate suit against oil companies

By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday asked President Joe Biden's administration to offer its views on a bid by Sunoco and other oil companies to scuttle a lawsuit by

US raises truck, SUV fuel economy rules, much less than first proposed

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden's administration Friday finalized tighter vehicle fuel economy rules through 2031 that are significantly less stringent than first

On Camera

Mumbai woman who shouted at minister spoke for many Indians, exposed BJP’s protest politics

Had it been a poor woman shouting at Maharashtra minister Girish Mahajan over the roadblock, the police would likely have arrested her, raided her home, and terrorised her family members.

India’s online gaming rules to take effect on 1 May; most games exempt from registration

The rules, which come into force on 1 May, establish an Online Gaming Authority which will determine whether a game is an online money game or online social game in only three situations.

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.