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Typhoon Lan makes landfall in Japan, authorities issue flood and landslide warnings

The storm comes days after Typhoon Khanun hit Japan during its peak Obon holiday season, when many factories close and city-dwellers return to their home towns and villages.

Maui officials urge patience as search for the missing inches ahead

By Jorge Garcia and Mike Blake KAHULUI, Hawaii (Reuters) - A week after a ferocious wildfire ravaged the Maui resort town of Lahaina, search teams with cadaver dogs have combed through just a quarter

Northern Canadian city Yellowknife declares emergency due to wildfires

OTTAWA (Reuters) - The northern Canadian city of Yellowknife has declared a state of local emergency to brace for potential risks from nearby wildfires, underscoring the unparalleled damage done by

Explainer-What to know about Maui’s wildfires, Hawaii’s deadliest disaster

By Jonathan Oatis (Reuters) -Wildfires on Hawaii's Maui have killed at least 99 people, forced tens of thousands of residents and tourists to evacuate the island and devastated the historic resort

No spill after Siberia oil field blasts -environment watchdog

(Reuters) - Two explosions at an oilfield in western Siberia that killed two people did not lead to an oil spill, the head of Russia's environment watchdog Rosprirodnadzor said on Tuesday, adding that

Prolonged drought deepens Afghanistan’s humanitarian crisis

(This Aug.11 story has been corrected to fix a typographical error in paragraph 7) NAHR-E-SHAHI, Afghanistan (Reuters) - In parched brown hills in north Afghanistan, Abdul Hahad tears stalks of wheat

Prolonged drought deepens Afghanistan’s humanitarian crisis

(This Aug.11 story has been corrected to fix a typographical error in paragraph 7) NAHR-E-SHAHI, Afghanistan (Reuters) - In parched brown hills in north Afghanistan, Abdul Hahad tears stalks of wheat

Gabon ‘blue bond’ swap raises hopes for wave of African debt-for-nature deals

By Rachel Savage JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A $436 million "debt-for-nature" swap by Gabon to fund marine conservation has backers hoping for more such money-saving environmental deals, but some

El Nino call likely between Sept to Nov, Australian weather bureau says

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's weather bureau said on Tuesday the El Nino weather event, associated with hotter, drier weather, was likely to hit during the southern hemisphere spring, between

Decarbonisation group’s biofuel bunkering trial finds sharp drop in emissions

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) found carbon emissions fell 83% using a vegetable oil biofuel blend compared with marine gasoil in a trial for a dual-fuel

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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.