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Explainer-Maui inferno: What are the deadliest wildfires in US history?

By Stephen Culp (Reuters) -The Maui wildfires in Hawaii have killed at least 114, making it the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century, with hundreds of people still unaccounted for nearly two

Canada wildfires: cooler conditions bring some hope but blazes rage on

(Reuters) -Wildfires ravaging Canada's British Columbia province are showing some signs of easing and the weather conditions should improve through Monday into Tuesday, through crews are still

Explainer-Maui inferno: What are the deadliest wildfires in US history?

By Stephen Culp (Reuters) -The Maui wildfires in Hawaii have killed at least 114, making it the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century, with hundreds of people still unaccounted for nearly two

How the Hawaii wildfires spread so quickly

By Gloria Dickie, Clare Trainor, Daisy Chung and Travis Hartman LONDON (Reuters) - The wildfire that ripped through Lahaina last week, reducing what had once been the jewel of the historic Hawaiian

Hope is tested as search drags on for people missing in Maui fires

By Jonathan Allen NAPILI-HONOKOWAI, Hawaii (Reuters) - Tim Laborte returned to his native Maui on Saturday, bringing a backpack full of posters with pictures of his stepfather and a fragile hope that

EDF extends 1.3 GW nuclear reactor outage as river water heats up

PARIS (Reuters) -French power company EDF said it extended the outage at its 1.3 gigawatt Golfech 2 nuclear reactor in south-western France on Monday because river water used to cool the reactor had

Historic drought, hot seas slow Panama Canal shipping

By Lisa Baertlein and Marianna Parraga LOS ANGELES/HOUSTON (Reuters) - Before the Ever Max ship carrying lava lamps, sofas, Halloween costumes and artificial Christmas trees could make its inaugural

Pope Francis to update landmark document on world environmental crisis

By Philip Pullella (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Monday that he was writing a follow-up to his landmark 2015 encyclical on the protection of the environment and the dangers of climate change "to

How airlines cope with price surge during disasters

By Allison Lampert and Doyinsola Oladipo (Reuters) -Canadians vented their frustration against airlines on social media last week after prices of commercial flights out of Yellowknife soared up to 10-

British Columbia wildfires show signs of improvement, but long road to recovery

(Reuters) - Wildfires that ravaged interiors of British Columbia for the past four days showed some signs of easing on Sunday, giving hope to firefighters who have been at the forefront of an "epic"

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Hormuz crisis won’t replace the dollar with yuan. De-dollarisation is a myth

Recent data does not support any dramatic shift away from the dollar. As per IMF, the share of international transactions conducted in dollars has declined from 56.90% to 56.77%.

Haryana’s new industrial policy in the works, but industry says old problems remain unsolved

Increase in employment subsidy, Rs 500 crore for estate revamp, new townships in pipeline—but land cost, power breakdowns and inspector raj top among key worries for industry leaders.

Military pushes for private participation in space, more Indian satellites. ‘Can’t rely on single entity’ 

CDS Anil Chauhan says future space capability will not be built by government agencies alone. ‘It will be co-developed with industry, start-ups, and technology innovators’.

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.