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Australia backs long-term gas drilling despite 2050 climate goals

By Alasdair Pal SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia's Labor government on Thursday laid out a strategy to boost natural gas development even as it remains committed to net zero carbon emissions by 2050,

Rains return to flooded southern Brazil, interrupting rescues

By Leonardo Benassatto and Debora Ely PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (Reuters) -Authorities interrupted rescue efforts in flood-ravaged southern Brazil on Wednesday amid more rain and the risk of lightning and

Climeworks opens world’s largest plant to extract CO2 from air in Iceland

By Susanna Twidale LONDON (Reuters) - Climeworks has opened the world’s largest operational direct air capture (DAC) plant to suck carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, with its Mammoth plant in

Brazil floods leave 150,000 homeless, scores dead or missing

By Amanda Perobelli and Leonardo Benansatto ELDORADO DO SUL, Brazil (Reuters) -Rescuers rushed to evacuate people stranded by devastating floods across the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do

Brazil floods hit food silos, disrupt routes to major grains port

By Roberto Samora and Ana Mano SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Heavy flooding in southern Brazil has hit food storage facilities in lower areas while hampering the shipping of grains to port, jeopardizing the

Brazil floods disrupt rail, road access to major grains ports

By Roberto Samora and Ana Mano SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Road and rail links to a major grains port in southern Brazil have been disrupted by the impact of heavy floods, Anec, an association representing

Oklahoma tornadoes kill at least one person, injure five

(Reuters) - A swarm of tornadoes touched down overnight in Oklahoma, according to local media reports, killing at least one person and injuring at least five as they flattened homes and ripped down

China’s climate envoy to visit Washington this week, the State Department says

(Reuters) - The United States will host China's Special Envoy for Climate Change Liu Zhenmin in Washington on Wednesday and Thursday, the State Department said. The Biden administration had previously

Italy curbs installation of solar panels on agricultural land

By Giuseppe Fonte, Angelo Amante and Francesca Landini ROME (Reuters) -Italy's rightwing coalition on Monday passed rules curbing the installation of solar panels on agricultural land, ministers said,

Capsized barge in Tobago spill might have picked up fuel in Venezuela, Trinidad says

HOUSTON (Reuters) - A barge that capsized in February and caused a large oil spill near Tobago that also affected neighboring Caribbean islands might have picked up the fuel from Venezuela, Trinidad

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The Social Stock Exchange is India’s answer to inequality

Making the Social Stock Exchange succeed is not optional; it is a dharmic obligation to the millions of Indians whose lives remain outside the reach of ordinary markets.

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.