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El Nino, water management issues blamed for snarling Panama Canal

By Jake Spring SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The El Nino climate phenomenon, not climate change, drove lower rainfall last year that reduced the Panama Canal's water levels and contributed to shipping

Australia grants feasibility licences for offshore wind farms

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia on Wednesday gave the go-ahead for six projects to study the feasibility of building wind farms in waters off its southern coast as it looks to ramp up renewable energy to

Australian researchers eye sustainable aviation fuel from landfill gases

By James Redmayne SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian researchers have developed a chemical process that could produce sustainable aviation fuel from landfill gases as a way of cutting carbon emissions,

Cocoa prices recover after slumping 20% amid record low liquidity

By Maytaal Angel LONDON (Reuters) -World cocoa prices recovered on Tuesday after clocking losses of more than 20% for the week earlier in the session as technical triggers prevailed thanks to record

NotTurtle: NotCo releases AI-designed ‘turtle’ soup

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - It tastes like sought-after turtle soup but there is no trace of shelled critters in the bowl: Chilean plant-based food firm NotCo recreated this famous dish using artificial

Plastic pollution talks make modest progress but sidestep production curbs

By Valerie Volcovici OTTAWA (Reuters) -Negotiations on a future global treaty to tackle soaring plastic pollution ran overtime into Tuesday morning amid tense debates over whether the world should

G7 offers leeway to Germany, Japan in deal to quit coal by 2035

By Francesca Landini TURIN (Reuters) -Energy ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) major democracies agreed on Tuesday to end the use of coal in power generation during the first half of the next

Plastic pollution talks make modest progress but sidestep production curbs

By Valerie Volcovici OTTAWA (Reuters) -Negotiations on a future global treaty to tackle soaring plastic pollution ran overtime into Tuesday morning amid tense debates over whether the world should

US reforms green law to speed clean energy, infrastructure permits

By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House on Tuesday reformed the U.S. environmental review process for major projects that officials said would speed up approval of anything from power

Cocoa prices recover after slumping 20% amid record low liquidity

By Maytaal Angel LONDON (Reuters) -World cocoa prices recovered on Tuesday after clocking losses of more than 20% for the week earlier in the session as technical triggers prevailed thanks to record

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India’s economic reforms can’t be a potted plant approach

At both the Union and state levels, Indian policymakers should consider a recalibration away from sector-specific incentives towards economy-wide reforms.

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.