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UN chief heat officer says warming cities pose potential to be major killers 

(Reuters) - The United Nations' first global chief heat officer called on Wednesday for political leaders to make firm commitments at November's COP28 climate meeting to stem rapidly rising

UK could lose global climate leadership – former UK energy minister

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain could lose its position as a leader in the global net zero race and is lagging behind due to a lack of vision when it comes to decarbonisation, former British energy minister

African leaders call for new global taxes to fund climate change action

By Duncan Miriri NAIROBI (Reuters) - African leaders on Wednesday proposed new global taxes to fund climate change action in a declaration that will form the basis of their negotiating position at

UK could lose global climate leadership, says former energy minister

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain could lose its position as a leader in the global net zero race and is lagging behind due to a lack of vision when it comes to decarbonisation, former British energy minister

Floods hit Turkey’s northwest, five killed

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - At least five people were killed after heavy rains triggered flash floods in northwest Turkey, state broadcaster TRT Haber said on Wednesday. Three people died and three are still

Dry August worsens Australia’s rain shortfall, threatening crops

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's weather bureau said on Wednesday that areas of severe rainfall deficiency had expanded and soil moisture was below average across large parts of the country,

Hundreds of millions of dollars pledged for African carbon credits at climate summit

By Duncan Miriri NAIROBI (Reuters) - An initiative to boost Africa's carbon credit production 19-fold by 2030 drew hundreds of millions of dollars in pledges on Monday, as Kenyan President William

Tropical Storm Lee to intensify into extremely dangerous hurricane -US hurricane center

(Reuters) - Tropical Storm Lee was forming east of the Lesser Antilles and was expected to rapidly intensify into an extremely dangerous hurricane by the weekend, the U.S. National Hurricane Center

Hundreds of millions of dollars pledged for African carbon credits at climate summit

By Duncan Miriri NAIROBI (Reuters) - An initiative to boost Africa's carbon credit production 19-fold by 2030 drew hundreds of millions of dollars in pledges on Monday, as Kenyan President William

Brazil’s Amazon forest deforestation falls 66% in August, lowest since 2018

The data give President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva reasons to cheer as he has promised to end deforestation in the region by 2030.

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Euphoria season 3 is an empty spectacle. Fans are upset, they want it cancelled

Euphoria's characters, who once carried moral ambiguity and emotional density, now feel like flat archetypes of the people they once were.

RBI cancels Paytm Payments Bank licence citing rule violations

As per a filing issued to exchanges by parent company One 97 Communications, Paytm & its services will continue to operate uninterrupted.

Aksai Chin for Arunachal: Ex-Indian Army chief Naravane backs revival of 1950s China offer on border row

Gen Manoj Naravane (retd) said in an exclusive interview with ThePrint that India should focus on having more experts who understand China's psyche and its workings

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.