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China ratifies WTO deal on fisheries subsidies

GENEVA (Reuters) - Top fishing nation China has formally accepted an agreement to cut state subsidies for the fisheries sector struck by members of the World Trade Organization last year, the trade

Sick sea lions washing ashore in California due to algae bloom

By Omar Younis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rescued from the beach, a sick sea lion and her newborn pup are now on the mend with dozens of others at a marine mammal care center, part of effort by

EU nature law on knife-edge after losing first vote

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A European Union Parliament committee on Tuesday rejected the bloc's landmark law to protect nature, which the Parliament's biggest lawmaker group is leading a

Spain has to step up biomethane ambitions, industry body says

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain needs to set much more ambitious goals to produce biogas, which can play a key role in decarbonising the economy, the president of industry association Sedigas said on Tuesday

World lost Switzerland-size rainforest area in 2022, despite pledge to end deforestation by 2030

Global Forest Watch, which is backed by World Resources Institute & draws on forest data by University of Maryland, said about 41,000 sq km of tropical rainforest was lost in 2022.

Canada’s British Columbia Highway 99 closed due to brush fire

(Reuters) -Canada's British Columbia Highway 99 was closed in both directions on Monday due to a brush fire, the British Columbia Wildfire Services (BCWS) said in a post on Twitter. The brush fire

Flooding hits Ivory Coast cocoa mid crop, could hinder next main crop

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Above-average rain in most of Ivory Coast's cocoa regions last week has flooded plantations and could affect the start of the next October-to-March main crop, farmers said on

At least one dead, dozens of homes damaged after storms hit US Midwest and South

By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - Tornadoes and thunderstorms hit the U.S. Midwest and South on Sunday, leaving dozens of homes damaged and at least one person dead in Indiana, authorities said on Monday.

VW expects compensation claims over emissions devices to be thrown out

KARLSRUHE, Germany (Reuters) - Volkswagen expects German courts to reject any compensation claims from car owners about devices that control emissions in its engines because they are not illegal, a

Indonesia cites deforestation decline from stricter controls

By Ananda Teresia JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia, home to a third of the world's rainforests, has seen its annual deforestation drop by 8.4%, its environment ministry said on Monday, attributing the

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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.