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China to develop gene-editing tools, new crop varieties in biotech initiative

BEIJING (Reuters) -China issued guidelines on Friday to promote biotech cultivation, focusing on gene-editing tools and developing new wheat, corn, and soybean varieties, as part of efforts to ensure

Exclusive-Malaysia will crack down on fraud in used cooking oil exports, official says

By Ashley Tang KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia will crack down on fraud in the used cooking oil industry, its deputy commodities minister told Reuters, as western governments investigate whether

China’s agriculture ministry issues guidelines to promote biotech cultivation

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's agriculture ministry issued guidelines on Friday to promote biotech cultivation from 2024 to 2028, a ministry statement showed. The focus will be on developing precision

Southern California Edison gear ignited more fires in 2024 than previous year

By Tim McLaughlin Southern California Edison’s equipment ignited nearly 60% more fires in 2024 than in the previous year, mainly tiny ones that were quickly extinguished, as the utility battled to

Bulgaria eyes interim water deal with Greece before summer

SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgarian Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov said on Thursday his government was seeking an interim agreement with Greece to end an impasse over an expired water deal that has sparked

Shell should take responsibility for oil spills, Nigerian community leader says before UK trial

By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) - Shell should take responsibility for environmental damage in Nigeria caused by oil spills, a community leader said on Thursday as a pivotal hearing in lawsuits brought

Azerbaijan sues Armenia in Hague arbitration court for environmental damage

BAKU (Reuters) - Azerbaijan has filed a lawsuit against Armenia in the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague over what it says is evidence of extensive environmental destruction in areas of

China’s 2024 coal power construction hits 10-year high, researchers say

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - China started construction on 94.5 gigawatts of coal-fired power in 2024, the highest volume of new builds since 2015, hampering the country's transition away from fossil fuels,

Tropical cyclone forces closure of ports in Western Australia’s Pilbara region

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Western Australia's ports of Dampier and Varanus Island will be closed at 6 p.m. (1000 GMT) on Thursday due to tropical cyclone Zelia, the ports' operator said. The Port of Dampier,

Central govt report says Haryana, Punjab have a crippling groundwater crisis. What’s causing it

Annual Ground Water Quality Report-2024 released by the Central Ground Water Board warns of worsening groundwater quality, impending health risks & agricultural challenges.

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.