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UK’s Thames Water wins approval for 3 billion pound debt lifeline

By Sam Tobin and Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's Thames Water secured court approval for a 3 billion pound ($3.8 billion) debt lifeline on Tuesday, warding off the collapse and state rescue of

US paper industry asks Trump to seek lighter EU deforestation rules

By Richa Naidu and Kate Abnett LONDON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The U.S. paper and pulp industry is lobbying President Donald Trump's administration to ask the EU to declare the United States

Canada reports outbreak of H5N5 bird flu on backyard farm

PARIS (Reuters) -Canada has reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N5 avian influenza on a non-commercial backyard layer poultry farm in the eastern part of the country, the World Organisation

Earthquake of 4.3 magnitude hits Badakhshan region of Afghanistan

In the last 30 days, 17 earthquakes have struck Afghanistan. The country remains highly vulnerable to natural disasters, including seasonal flooding, landslides and earthquakes.

Petrobras sees vet center key to Equatorial Margin plans ready by March, sources say

ANGRA DOS REIS, Brazil (Reuters) - Brazilian oil firm Petrobras expects to ready a veterinary center in the Amazon to care for animals in the event of an oil spill by the end of March, two sources

Kentucky flooding death toll rises to 11 as snowstorm arrives

(Reuters) - The death toll from flooding in Kentucky rose to 11 on Monday with the potential to increase further as the state was due to get pummeled by a snowstorm that could jeopardize relief

Kentucky floods claim eight lives, water rescues continue

By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) - Severe weather killed eight people across Kentucky after storms dumped more than 8 inches (200 mm) of rain on parts of the state, with water rescues continuing on Sunday

Gulf Cooperation Council is using agritech to increase food security

Among other foodtech initiatives in the GCC, Qatar is investing heavily in alternative, sustainable protein technology, from insect farming to cultured meat production.

WEF has secured $1 billion for climate resilience in Africa. Why this is important

The platform aims to guide $5 billion in private investments over the next year, with a focus on developing commercial solutions for managing climate change in Africa.

Magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes Ethiopia, monitoring agencies say

(Reuters) - A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck central Ethiopia on Friday, multiple earthquake monitoring agencies said. The earthquake struck near Ethiopia's largest and most populous region, Oromiya

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.