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Magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes Tonga region – EMSC

(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 struck Tonga region on Sunday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake struck at a depth of 31 km (19.26 miles), EMSC said. (

Women from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh bear the climate crisis brunt—but they also hold the key to tackling it

Pakistan's Minister for Climate Change, Sherry Rehman, has been instrumental in formulating the loss and damage fund facility for developing nations at COP 27 in Egypt.

Half of Americans face stifling heat, poor air quality

By Brendan O'Brien CHICAGO (Reuters) - Half of the U.S. population was urged on Friday to take precautions when they are outdoors, either due to a relentless heat wave or poor air quality caused by

Beatriz becomes hurricane with strong winds, flooding expected

(Reuters) -Tropical Storm Beatriz became a hurricane on Friday and could strengthen further, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in its latest advisory, warning of heavy rainfall, significant

Half of Americans face stifling heat, poor air quality

By Brendan O'Brien CHICAGO (Reuters) - Half of the U.S. population was urged on Friday to take precautions when they are outdoors, either due to a relentless heat wave or poor air quality caused by

Earthquake of magnitude 6.4 strikes off Indonesia’s Java -EMSC

Jakarta (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck off the Indonesian island of Java on Friday evening, the country's geophysics agency (BMKG) said, but there were no immediate reports of

Wind, solar help Texas meet record power demand during heat wave

By Arpan Varghese and Scott DiSavino (Reuters) - The Texas power grid comfortably met record demand during this week's heat wave with abundant power supply from wind and solar plants, data from the

Storm Beatriz near Mexican coast could become hurricane

(Reuters) - Tropical Storm Beatriz near Mexico's Pacific coast is forecast to intensify and become a hurricane later on Friday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in an advisory, bringing

First debt swap Galapagos projects could be approved next year-minister

By Alexandra Valencia QUITO (Reuters) - Conservation projects in the Galapagos Islands funded by so-called blue bonds will be approved from next year by an independent body, Ecuador's Environment

Cars washed away as floods wreak havoc in southern China

BEIJING (Reuters) - Intense rains lashed a scenic area in China's southern Hunan province on Friday, unleashing flooding that swept away cars, engulfed farmland and prompted evacuations and rescues of

On Camera

Iran war has given India a blueprint for the next conflict

Pakistan would be itching to do an Iran on us and China would be planning to execute an air campaign without allowing us asymmetrical escalation. India has no choice but to transform.

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.