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Hydrogen-powered trains to be introduced in northern Italy

By Giancarlo Navach MILAN (Reuters) - Residents and visitors to Valcamonica, an Alpine region in northern Italy, will be able to ride hydrogen-powered trains from next year. The pioneering project,

UK’s new North Sea oil and gas licences challenged in court over climate impact

By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's decision to issue more than two dozen oil and gas exploration licences was challenged at London's High Court on Wednesday, with campaigners saying the

German chancellor criticises U.S. climate agreement exit

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany is disappointed that the United States plans to leave the Paris climate agreement also in view of the fact the U.S. has been the biggest greenhouse gas polluter in history,

Mild weather, dense snow in southern Norway limit risk of spring flooding

By Nora Buli OSLO (Reuters) - Relatively wet and mild weather has kept Norway's hydropower reservoirs well-filled over the winter but also limits the risk of a large spring flood that could see water

Global renewable power capacity falls short of targets despite record growth last year, says IRENA

BERLIN (Reuters) - Global renewable energy capacity registered record growth in 2024 but progress is still falling short of the 2030 renewable capacity target, a report by the International Renewable

Indonesia steps up handing confiscated palm plantations to state company

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian authorities will hand over more land that has been seized in probes into illegal palm plantations to the new state company Agrinas Palma Nusantara, officials said on

Earthquake of magnitude 5.6 earthquake strikes Tarapaca, Chile, EMSC says

(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 5.6 struck the Tarapaca region in Chile on Tuesday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC)said. The EMSC said the quake was at a depth of 131 km

LA municipal utility says no evidence energized power line caused fire

By Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) above-ground power line near the Pacific Palisades was energized when the Palisades Fire began early this year

Rupture of Ecuador SOTE pipeline spilled 25,116 barrels of oil

QUITO (Reuters) - The rupture of Ecuador's SOTE crude pipeline earlier this month spilled over 25,000 barrels of oil, the country's national disaster management agency said in a statement, affecting

Ambitious climate action could boost global 2040 GDP by 0.2%, says OECD study

By Riham Alkousaa BERLIN (Reuters) - Accelerated climate action could boost global GDP by 0.2% by 2040 compared with current policies, a study showed on Tuesday, as delegates from 40 countries meet in

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Ube is all set to kick out matcha from Indian cafes. Expect purple frappe, boba tea, kulfi

Ube’s sweet, nutty, almost vanilla-like flavour doesn’t need convincing. You don’t have to acquire a taste for it. And matcha fatigue is all too real.

Fuel shock hits Asia’s rice bowl as farmers cut planting

War-driven surge in fuel and fertilizer costs forces farmers across Southeast Asia to delay harvests, scale back sowing and risk lower output.

Iran’s Shahed vs US’s LUCAS—The drone arithmetic reshaping the West Asia war

From Kyiv to the Gulf, Iran’s Shahed rewrote the rules of aerial warfare. Now, the US has its own copy of the cheap drones, LUCAS.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.