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UK’s struggling Thames Water proposes spending more on environmental improvements

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

Mongolia signs landmark climate finance deal for its grasslands

By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Mongolia's government and a coalition of partners have signed a nature finance agreement aimed at protecting 35.6 million acres (144,000 square km) of the country's

Britain’s Thames Water proposes bigger spend on environment

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Thames Water, which is fighting for survival, said it proposed spending an additional 1.1 billion pounds ($1.36 billion) on environmental projects over the next five years

Rescuers race to reach those trapped by floods in China’s Guangdong

BEIJING (Reuters) - Rescuers on boats in China's flood-ravaged Guangdong province raced to evacuate trapped residents, carrying some elderly people by piggyback from their homes and deploying

Health-harming heat stress rising in Europe, scientists say

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe is increasingly facing bouts of heat so intense that the human body cannot cope, as climate change continues to raise temperatures, the EU's Copernicus

Explainer-What do countries and companies want in global plastic treaty talks?

By Valerie Volcovici (Reuters) - Global leaders will gather in Canada's capital this week to discuss progress in drafting a first-ever global treaty to rein in soaring plastic pollution by the end of

Above-normal rainfall, or is it? Why monsoon forecast remains a challenge for IMD

Low predictability, local reasons make monsoon hard to predict, especially in long-range forecasts. While IMD has some of the world's best models and technology, it might not be enough.

Massive river flooding expected in China’s Guangdong, threatening millions

By Bernard Orr and Ethan Wang BEIJING (Reuters) -Major rivers, waterways and reservoirs in China's Guangdong province are threatening to unleash dangerous floods, forcing the government on Sunday to

Environmental issues cause 13 million deaths yearly—Nature action is still trapped in a silo

An ecological mindset invites us to recognise that the health and well-being of our families, communities and nations are deeply interdependent with the health of Earth.

PM Sunak sets Britain back on climate change, says watchdog head

By Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has set Britain back on tackling climate change and must do more on heating and industrial emissions to stop slipping behind other

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.