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Paris residents to vote on making 500 more streets pedestrian

By Michaela Cabrera and Clotaire Achi PARIS (Reuters) - Parisians vote in a referendum on Sunday to decide whether an extra 500 of the city's streets should be pedestrianised and greened, in a new

Why it is important to do scientific work in Antarctica?

The geographic location of the Antarctic enables science that is less suitable elsewhere on the planet. An example of this is the work on space weather.

US senators push for more funding for California fire recovery

By Mary Milliken ALTADENA, California (Reuters) - Two Democratic U.S. senators on Friday visited the charred ruins of Altadena nearly three months after a devastating fire and made a case for more

Swiss scientists hope to save biggest glacier in the Alps even as ice loss accelerates

By Cecile Mantovani and Denis Balibouse JUNGFRAUJOCH, Switzerland (Reuters) - The biggest glacier in the Alps could yet be partially saved if global warming is capped below two degrees Celsius, Swiss

EU delays 2040 climate target proposal beyond Q1

By Kate Abnett and Charlotte Van Campenhout BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Commission has delayed its plan to propose a new EU climate target in the first quarter of this year, pushing back the

Iran nuclear site unaffected by quake, atomic energy body says

DUBAI (Reuters) -A magnitude 5 earthquake on Friday struck the Natanz area in central Iran where a key nuclear site is located, but the country's nuclear energy body said the facility was not affected

Polish cabinet approves liberalisation of wind farm rules

WARSAW (Reuters) - The Polish government has approved on Friday draft legislation easing rules to build onshore wind farms, a key step in delivering a 2023 election pledge to boost power production

EU to delay 2040 climate target proposal beyond Q1 -Commission

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The EU's 2040 climate target proposal will be delayed beyond Q1 of 2024, a European Commission spokesperson said on Friday. "Q1 indeed ends next week ... so we can confidently say

Magnitude 5 earthquake hits Natanz area of central Iran, media say

(Reuters) - A magnitude 5 earthquake struck on Friday in the Natanz area of the central Iranian province of Isfahan where a key nuclear site is located, local media reported. It was not clear if the

New Zealand probes banks’ climate commitments for anti-cartel behaviour

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand has opened an investigation to determine if commitments by lenders under the Net-Zero Banking Alliance could breach anti-cartel regulations, the country's

On Camera

I turned up at Asha Bhosle’s door as a fan. She invited me home

The words she wrote in our autograph book echo in my mind now: 'Mar kar bhi jo jeete hain, wohi jeete hain'—The only lives worth living are those remembered long after death.

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.