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At least 14 dead from storms in Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Kentucky

By Maria Caspani and Steve Gorman (Reuters) -Search teams on Sunday picked through wreckage left by tornado-spawning thunderstorms that swept the U.S. Southern Plains and Ozarks, killing at least 14

At least 13 dead from storms in Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma

By Maria Caspani (Reuters) -Tornado-spawning thunderstorms swept across parts of the central United States, killing at least 13 people, ravaging communities and knocking out power to hundreds of

Deadly storms, twisters wreak havoc across central US

(Reuters) -Storms sweeping across parts of the central United States left a trail of destruction and death as forecasters warned of more severe weather to impact several states over the Memorial Day

Tornadoes hit Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma, killing at least 2 in Texas, NYT reports

(Reuters) - A tornado in northern Texas has killed at least two people and left multiple injured, the New York Times reported on Sunday, citing Ray Sappington, the sheriff of Cooke County. Towns in

Groups fight California attorney general’s document demands in plastics pollution probe

By Clark Mindock (Reuters) - Two chemical and plastics industry groups each filed a lawsuit against California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Friday, seeking to block his attempt to force them to hand

Exclusive-Small islands join forces on debt relief ahead of climate talks

By Simon Jessop and Valerie Volcovici LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The world's small island states plan to join forces to push for debt relief and more climate investment ahead of this year's COP29

Netherlands to ban loudest night flights at Schiphol airport

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch government wants fewer night flights at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport and to ban the loudest night flights by 2025 to reduce noise pollution, Infrastructure Minister

UN weather agency anticipates highly active hurricane season

GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Meteorological Organization on Friday said it expected a highly active hurricane season and stressed that early warnings were needed to save lives. "High ocean heat

Climate activists stage protests ahead of TotalEnergies shareholder meeting

By Lucien Libert and Benjamin Mallet PARIS (Reuters) -Climate activists climbed up a building near TotalEnergies' Paris headquarters on Friday to protest the oil major's climate strategy while others

Environmental activists sue Norway over seabed mineral plan

OSLO (Reuters) - Environmental campaigners have filed a lawsuit at an Oslo court challenging Norway's plan for seabed mineral exploration, citing insufficient impact assessment of the mining, the

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.