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Dutch zoo creates coral ‘Noah’s Ark’ to preserve endangered reefs

ARNHEM, Netherlands (Reuters) - Divers at a Netherlands zoo on Monday began work to create a "Noah's Ark" of coral as part of a global effort to preserve coral reefs by building reserve populations in

Series of earthquakes rattle Taiwan, centred on east coast

TAIPEI (Reuters) -More than a dozen earthquakes, the strongest of 5.7 magnitude, struck Taiwan's east coast on Monday and some caused brief shaking in the capital Taipei, the island's weather

UK’s Thames Water makes new clean-up pledge in bid to raise prices

By Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's Thames Water said on Monday it would spend an extra 1.1 billion pounds ($1.4 billion) on tackling sewage spills and fixing leaks to try to persuade the

Taiwan rattled by earthquake in eastern county

TAIPEI (Reuters) - A 5.5 magnitude earthquake struck Taiwan's eastern county of Hualien on Monday, the island's weather administration said, with no immediate reports of damage. The quake shook

Cocoa farming in Liberia risks undermining EU deforestation law

By Joe Bavier JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Farmers are clearing forests in Liberia to create cocoa plantations and are trafficking the beans into neighbouring Ivory Coast, undermining European efforts to

Denmark launches its biggest offshore wind tender

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark on Monday launched its biggest offshore wind tender to date, offering no subsidies to companies competing for the right to erect turbines on six sites with a combined

Biden to unveil $7 billion for rooftop solar in Earth Day message

(Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Monday will celebrate Earth Day by announcing $7 billion in grants for residential solar projects that will power nearly a million low-income households, the White

Floods swamp southern China, spark extreme weather fears

By Mei Mei Chu, David Kirton and Liz Lee QINGYUAN, China (Reuters) -Floods swamped a handful of cities in southern China's densely populated Pearl River Delta following record-breaking rains, sparking

Return of colonial-era statue to Congo fuels environmental revival

By Benoit Nyemba LUSANGA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - Joyful singing and cheers echoed around the hills surrounding a small village in western Democratic Republic of Congo as a procession emerged

UK’s Thames Water proposes spending more on environmental projects

By Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's Thames Water has proposed spending an additional 1.1 billion pounds ($1.36 billion) on environmental projects over the next five years, in an updated

On Camera

Iran war has given India a blueprint for the next conflict

Pakistan would be itching to do an Iran on us and China would be planning to execute an air campaign without allowing us asymmetrical escalation. India has no choice but to transform.

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.

War at machine speed: How AI became a decisive force in US-Israel conflict with Iran

The core of the US military’s AI deployment in Iran is a system called the Maven Smart System, built by software company Palantir Technologies.

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.