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Flood-battered farmers in southern Brazil wade through lost harvests

By Amanda Perobelli and Lisandra Paraguassu ELDORADO DO SUL, Brazil (Reuters) - After three days of ferocious rains, Edite de Almeida and her husband fled their flooded home in early May and let loose

Factbox-Over 559,000 customers without power in Texas, other states from storms

(Reuters) - Over 559,000 homes and businesses in Texas, Kentucky and other states were without power on Wednesday as storms continued to batter the region since the long Memorial Day holiday weekend,

Urbanisation behind 60% of warming trend in Indian cities, tier-2 towns in the east worst-affected

Study by researchers at IIT-Bhubaneswar, published in Nature, find that night temps have been rising across India, but rate at which cities are heating up higher than non-urban areas.

‘A mountain fell on them’ says rescue worker at PNG landslide site

By Praveen Menon SYDNEY (Reuters) - Families in Yambali village in Papua New Guinea were sleeping peacefully in their beds when a "mountain" of rubble buried them alive in a gigantic landslide, said a

Factbox-Over 713,000 customers without power in Texas, other states from storms

(Reuters) - Over 713,000 homes and businesses in Texas, Kentucky and other states were without power on Tuesday as storms continued to batter the region since the long Memorial Day holiday weekend,

Rajasthan facing water shortage, SC allows desilting of Bisalpur dam despite no green clearance

SC has stayed NGT’s desilting ban till July. According to Rajasthan govt’s submission, Bisalpur dam is a lifeline reservoir of drinking water for 3 districts — Jaipur, Ajmer and Tonk.

Women more vulnerable to rising temperatures, polluted air. Heat-related deaths on rise in India

Multiple studies show that women face greater health risks as a result of climate change, due to biological, political and cultural factors.

Mexico’s electricity demand hits record amid extreme heat and water shortages

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico has been consuming record amounts of electricity and occasionally more than its utility infrastructure can generate and transmit, official data showed, as scorching heat

Factbox-Over 939,000 customers without power in Texas, other states from storms

(Reuters) - Over 939,000 homes and businesses in Texas, Kentucky and other states were without power on Tuesday as storms continued to batter the region since the long Memorial Day holiday weekend,

US FDA approves Elanco’s feed ingredient to cut methane emissions in dairy cows

By Sriparna Roy (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Elanco Animal Health's methane-reducing feed ingredient for lactating dairy cows, the company said on Tuesday. WHY IT'S

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.