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Cyclone Mocha floods Myanmar port city, sparing major refugee camps

Vulnerable settlements in Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh, where more than one million Rohingya refugees live, were left relatively unscathed by the storm that is now gradually weakening.

High grains prices, low fines spur loss of Argentina’s woodlands

By Lucila Sigal BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's native woodlands are under threat from the expansion of soy and cattle ranching, with farmers often willing to accept low fines for clearing land

Mass vaccination drive begins in Malawi after deadly storm

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Malawi on Monday kicked off a mass vaccination drive to inoculate more than 9 million children against several life-threatening diseases, as it seeks to prevent a health crisis

Chinese cities broil in heat, brace for more record temperatures

By Bernard Orr BEIJING (Reuters) - Major Chinese cities issued heat advisories, with Beijing expected to hit over 36 degrees Celsius (97 F) on Monday, as China braces for another year of

Platypus returns to Australian national park for first time in half a century

By James Redmayne SYDNEY (Reuters) - The platypus, a species unique to Australia, was reintroduced into the country’s oldest national park just south of Sydney on Friday in a landmark conservation

Chicago university is Delhi’s new partner in air pollution battle. MoU for ‘evidence-based approach’

Move will enable establishment of research unit that will help design innovative policy interventions, says Delhi government's transport department.

Uganda is upcycling banana waste into rugs, wigs, vegan leather. India can learn

The banana fiber industry in Uganda creates jobs for the youth through vocational training, skills development, and business incubation.

TC Energy finishes recovering oil from Kansas creek in Keystone spill

(Reuters) - TC Energy Corp finished recovering oil from a rural Kansas creek where its Keystone Pipeline spilled 14,000 barrels of oil in December, the company said on Friday. The pipeline operator

Snow falls in Spain after long drought and early heat wave

MADRID (Reuters) - Snow fell in parts of northern Spain on Friday after months without any rain and high temperatures which made it feel more like summer than spring. The freak snowfall happened in La

France tightens bird flu measures in southwest after new outbreaks

PARIS (Reuters) - France has reinforced sanitary measures to curb a wave of bird flu cases on duck farms in the southwest, where it has broken a recent lull in outbreaks, the French agriculture

On Camera

Mumbai woman who shouted at minister spoke for many Indians, exposed BJP’s protest politics

Had it been a poor woman shouting at Maharashtra minister Girish Mahajan over the roadblock, the police would likely have arrested her, raided her home, and terrorised her family members.

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.