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El Nino waning, La Nina to develop in second half of 2024

(Reuters) - The La Nina weather pattern could emerge in the second half of 2024, quickly after El Nino transitions into ENSO-neutral conditions in the middle of this year, a U.S. government weather

Warm winter, droughts destroying crops in Italy, farming lobby warns

ROME (Reuters) - Unusually mild weather and droughts in Italy are destroying crops and threatening livelihoods this winter, Italy's main farming lobby Coldiretti said on Thursday. The world has just

Iceland volcano erupts, spewing lava and hitting roads

By Frank Nieuwenhuis and Stine Jacobsen NORTH OF SYLINGARFELL, Iceland (Reuters) -A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted on Thursday for the third time since December, pumping lava up to 80 metres

Iceland volcano erupts again, spewing huge lava fountains into air

By Stine Jacobsen and Tom Little COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted on Thursday for the third time since December, pumping lava up to 80 metres (260 feet) into the air and

Dutch fund leading climate talks with Shell quits most oil investments

By Ron Bousso LONDON (Reuters) - A Dutch pension fund leading climate talks with Shell has divested its holdings in Europe's top oil and gas companies, saying they are not moving fast enough to reduce

Spain’s paella rice could ‘disappear’, say farmers angry at EU rules

By Charlie Devereux and Corina Pons MADRID (Reuters) - A Spanish rice variety traditionally used to make paella is under threat from a fungus after the European Union banned a pesticide farmers said

January was world’s warmest on record, EU scientists say

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The world just experienced its hottest January on record, continuing a run of exceptional heat fuelled by climate change, the European Union's Copernicus Climate

Southern California faces final cloudburst, renewing mudslide threat

By Steve Gorman and Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) -A final burst of heavy rain from a deadly atmospheric river storm doused California's Central Coast on Wednesday as it headed for Los Angeles, bringing a

US court cancels approvals for widely used dicamba weedkillers

By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) - A U.S. court has nullified the government's latest approvals of certain agricultural weedkillers sold by Bayer, BASF and Syngenta, fueling uncertainty among farmers

More rain ahead for Southern California, adding to threats of mudslides, flooding

(Reuters) - Rain was expected to resume in Southern California on Wednesday, bringing with it a renewed threat of mudslides and flooding to a region saturated by record-breaking precipitation over the

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Haryana’s new industrial policy in the works, but industry says old problems remain unsolved

Increase in employment subsidy, Rs 500 crore for estate revamp, new townships in pipeline—but land cost, power breakdowns and inspector raj top among key worries for industry leaders.

Military pushes for private participation in space, more Indian satellites. ‘Can’t rely on single entity’ 

CDS Anil Chauhan says future space capability will not be built by government agencies alone. ‘It will be co-developed with industry, start-ups, and technology innovators’.

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.