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Mauritius reopens international airport after cyclone threat eases

PORT LOUIS (Reuters) - Mauritius has reopened its international airport as the threat from Cyclone Garance eased, airport authorities said on Friday, two days after closing it. Airports of Mauritius

China cuts carbon intensity in 2024 but still lags on key targets

By David Stanway SINGAPORE (Reuters) - China's economy became less carbon intensive last year as a result of a record surge in renewable energy capacity, official data showed on Friday, but the

Reunion to issue highest threat warning as cyclone approaches, authorities say

By Ammu Kannampilly NAIROBI (Reuters) - Authorities in the French overseas territory of Reunion said they will issue a "purple alert", the highest level of threat warning, on Friday morning as a

With India’s winters shrinking, Delhi & Mumbai already feeling the heat of an early summer

Delhi recorded its highest February temperature since 2023 Wednesday, while Mumbai & parts of the Konkan coast have been issued heatwave warnings.

Nepal’s Kathmandu rattled by strong quake, no casualties reported

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck north of Nepal's Kathmandu on Friday, according to the National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Centre. The earthquake struck around Bhairab

Panama concerned about economic toll of Cobre Panama mine closure

By Elida Moreno and Divya Rajagopal PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Panama's President Jose Mulino said on Thursday the Central American nation's economy was reeling from the closure of Canadian miner First

Earthquake of magnitude 6.1 strikes Nepal, country’s earthquake monitoring agency says

The earthquake struck around Bhairab Kunda of the Sindhupalchok District in Nepal. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties from the earthquake.

Earthquake of magnitude 5.5 strikes Nepal, GFZ says

(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 struck Kathmandu region of Nepal on Thursday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), GFZ said

France’s Macron urges Reunion residents to stay safe in face of approaching cyclone

PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron urged residents on the French overseas territory of Reunion to hunker down on Thursday as a cyclone barrelled toward the Indian Ocean island. "In the

Scientists predict major quake in Chile’s mineral-rich north

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Fifteen years ago on February 27, a devastating 8.8 magnitude quake struck southern Chile off the coast of Concepcion, shaking the ground for four minutes and unleashing a tsunami

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.