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Heatwave: Met department issues red alert in north India for next 5 days

IMD says maximum daytime temperatures in several districts of these states may breach the 47°C-mark.

Heatwave: Met department issues red alert in north India for next 5 days

IMD says maximum daytime temperatures in several districts of these states may breach the 47°C-mark.

Fatal storms pummel Iowa, reducing parts of one town to rubble

By Brad Brooks and Steve Gorman (Reuters) -A powerful tornado ripped through a small Iowa town on Tuesday, killing multiple people and leaving at least a dozen injured, authorities said. Images from

Iowa tornado kills ‘multiple’ people in small town reduced to rubble

By Brad Brooks and Steve Gorman (Reuters) -A powerful tornado ripped through a small Iowa town on Tuesday, killing multiple people and leaving at least a dozen injured, authorities said. Images from

TPC Group fined $30 million over 2019 Texas blasts that caused evacuations

(Reuters) -TPC Group pleaded guilty to a Clean Air Act violation and was fined more than $30 million over blasts at its Port Neches petrochemical plant in Texas that prompted thousands of people to be

Swiss parliamentary committee rejects European climate ruling

GENEVA (Reuters) - A Swiss parliamentary committee on Tuesday rejected a ruling by a top European court that said Switzerland had violated the human rights of its citizens by not doing enough to

Brazil senators suggest charges against Braskem over sinking city

By Ricardo Brito BRASILIA (Reuters) - A Brazilian congressional committee on Tuesday suggested charging petrochemical producer Braskem with crimes against the environment and public properties over

Climate change: small island states hail ocean court victory

By Riham Alkousaa BERLIN (Reuters) - A global maritime court found on Tuesday that greenhouse gases constitute marine pollution, a major breakthrough for small island states threatened by the rise in

Texas heat wave sends power demand to all-time high for May

By Scott DiSavino (Reuters) - Power use in Texas broke the record for the month of May on Monday and will likely top that high over the next week as homes and businesses keep their air conditioners

Factbox-Climate court cases that could set new precedents around the world

By Jake Spring (Reuters) - Courts around the world are hearing an ever-growing number of climate change lawsuits with some of the largest cases in history being decided in 2024 and 2025. Here are 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.