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EU seeks to grant automakers ‘breathing space’ on CO2 emission targets

By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Commission yielded to pressure from European automakers on Monday by giving them three years, rather than only one, to meet new CO2 emission

EU set to grant automakers extension to meet CO2 emission targets

By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission yielded to pressure from European automakers on Monday by giving them three years, rather than just one, to meet new CO2 emission

Power demand surge isn’t just a sign of development. Heatwaves sparked 41% spike in summer consumption

Most of the increased power demand was fulfilled by fossil fuels, with a three percent overall increase in the consumption of fossil fuels, says a Climate Trends report.

Sheep grazing under solar panels help US farmers to survive crop-price slump

By P.J. Huffstutter CHICAGO (Reuters) - For the first time in four generations, the Raines family didn't plant a single cotton seed last year. Chad Raines parked his tractor and rented out most of his

Amazon unveils AI scheme to tackle flood risks in Spain’s Aragon

MADRID (Reuters) - Tech giant Amazon on Monday said it will use artificial intelligence to reduce flood risks in Spain's northeastern region of Aragon where it is building data centres. Amazon's cloud

US EPA will delay Midwest ethanol expansion in South Dakota, Ohio

By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Friday it would delay an action by one year to expand sales of higher ethanol blends of gasoline in South

Trump’s firings at US weather agency will put lives at risk, scientists say

By Valerie Volcovici, Rich McKay and Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists and researchers are warning that the Trump administration's firing of hundreds of workers at NOAA, the agency that

Nations agree plan to finance nature protection, at second attempt

By Virginia Furness ROME (Reuters) - A gathering of countries in Rome this week agreed a plan to generate $200 billion in finance a year by 2030 to halt and begin to reverse the destruction of the

Nations agree plan to finance nature protection at second attempt

By Virginia Furness LONDON (Reuters) - A gathering of countries in Rome this week agreed a plan to generate $200 billion in finance a year by 2030 to halt and begin to reverse the destruction of the

At least 41 feared trapped after avalanche in Indian mountain state

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -At least 41 people are still trapped after an avalanche in the Indian Himalayan mountain state of Uttarakhand, authorities said on Friday, following recent heavy snowfall in the

On Camera

Asha Bhosle, Lata Mangeshkar didn’t have a cabaret-classical split. It was about genre, style

Consider Asha Bhosle and Kishore Kumar’s duet ‘Chhod Do Aanchal’. The sequence was set in a flower garden, and the girl’s bashfulness was not even remotely relatable to a cabaret dancer.

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.