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Fatal quake hits Haiti as it reels from floods

(Reuters) - A moderate earthquake shook western Haiti early Tuesday morning, killing at least three and injuring others according to media reports, as the island nation battles to recover from

Airlines urge co-operation to help curb emissions

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Airlines on Tuesday called for co-operation on a broad front to reach "very tough" emission targets and pledged at the end of a three-day summit to release interim climate targets

At least 42 dead, thousands homeless after floods in Haiti

(Reuters) - Flooding from torrential rains in Haiti has left at least 42 people dead over the past couple days and dozens more missing and injured, officials said on Monday. Over 13,600 homes are also

Threat to whales complicates US research into seaweed for biofuel

By Gloria Dickie CAPE COD BAY, Massachusetts (Reuters) - In Cape Cod Bay, 10-year-old Pilgrim and her calf skim the water's glassy surface alongside the Shearwater research vessel to feed on tiny

Short of animals, Gaza Zoo fights to survive

By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - Large paintings of a bear, an elephant and a giraffe decorate the outer walls of NAMA Zoo in Gaza City, but none of these wild creatures is represented live among

Australia weather forecaster puts chance of El Nino in 2023 at 70%

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's weather bureau said on Tuesday there was a 70% chance this year of an El Nino weather pattern developing, typically associated with hotter, dryer weather. The Bureau of

Brazil to launch grants for poor families protecting Amazon rainforest

By Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's government will launch a social program to pay additional grants to poor families that work in forest protection, environment minister Marina Silva

Indonesian scientist works with poachers to restore coral reefs

By Abd Rahman Muchtar SPERMONDE ISLANDS, Indonesia (Reuters) - For nearly two decades, Indonesian marine scientist Syafyudin Yusuf has worked with former poachers to rehabilitate coral reefs destroyed

Atmospheric CO2 now 50% higher than pre-industrial level -NOAA

(Reuters) - Carbon dioxide levels as measured atop a Hawaiian volcano extended their record-breaking rise in 2023, reaching a level more than 50% higher than at the onset of the industrial era, U.S.

British reporter, Brazilian expert remembered a year after murder in Amazon

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -A year after the murders of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira deep in the Amazon rainforest, friends, relatives and admirers gathered on

On Camera

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.