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Hundreds plucked from flooded Ukraine homes amid report Ukraine offensive has begun

By Viktoriia Lakezina and Max Hunder KHERSON, Ukraine (Reuters) -Hundreds of Ukrainians were rescued from rooftops in the flood-stricken southern region of Kherson on Thursday after the destruction of

Smoky haze parked over U.S. East Coast with relief days away

By Tyler Clifford NEW YORK (Reuters) -A smoky yellow haze generated by hundreds of Canadian wildfires hovered over a large swath of the United States on Thursday, threatening to make breathing

Hundreds plucked from flooded homes; Ukraine dismisses counteroffensive reports

By Viktoriia Lakezina and Max Hunder KHERSON, Ukraine (Reuters) -Hundreds of Ukrainians were rescued from rooftops in the flood-stricken southern region of Kherson on Thursday after the destruction of

EU offers tweaks to contested nature law in bid for support – document

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission has offered to scale back some targets in its flagship EU law to protect nature, in a bid to find a deal on the proposed legislation which

Smoky, dangerous haze parked over U.S. East Coast for second day

By Tyler Clifford NEW YORK (Reuters) - A smoky yellow haze generated by hundreds of Canadian wildfires hovered over a large swath of the United States on Thursday, threatening to make breathing

Ukrainians face homelessness, disease risk as floods crest from burst dam

By Viktoriia Lakezina and Max Hunder KHERSON, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukrainians abandoned inundated homes on Wednesday as floods crested across the south after the destruction of a huge hydroelectric dam

El Nino climate pattern is now underway – NOAA

By Gloria Dickie LONDON (Reuters) - El Nino has officially returned and is likely to yield extreme weather later this year, from tropical cyclones spinning toward vulnerable Pacific islands to heavy

U.S. CPC says El Nino conditions present

(Reuters) - A U.S. government forecaster on Thursday confirmed that El Nino conditions are present, with farmers from Australia to India bracing for the possible hit to crops from the dry, hot

EU lawmakers draft deal in attempt to rescue nature law

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Parliament lawmakers from some political groups have drafted a deal to try to pass a landmark EU law to protect nature, which the parliament's largest

Indonesia accuses EU of ‘regulatory imperialism’ with deforestation law

By Gayatri Suroyo, Stefanno Sulaiman and Ananda Teresia JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia sees the European Union as conducting "regulatory imperialism" with its new deforestation law, but both sides

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The Social Stock Exchange is India’s answer to inequality

Making the Social Stock Exchange succeed is not optional; it is a dharmic obligation to the millions of Indians whose lives remain outside the reach of ordinary markets.

India’s online gaming rules to take effect on 1 May; most games exempt from registration

The rules, which come into force on 1 May, establish an Online Gaming Authority which will determine whether a game is an online money game or online social game in only three situations.

Japan overhauls post-World War II pacifist military approach, lifts restrictions on defence exports

Since October last year, Japan PM Sanae Takaichi has planned to increase defence spending target to 2 percent of GDP.

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.