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ADB announces funding plan for Asian efforts to combat climate change

By Leika Kihara INCHEON, South Korea (Reuters) - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday announced a funding guarantee facility to help the region reduce greenhouse gas emissions and build

Illinois dust storm blinds drivers, 6 die in chain-reaction crashes

By Steve Gorman (Reuters) -A dust storm that cut visibility to near zero on Monday triggered a series of chain-reaction crashes involving dozens of vehicles on an Illinois highway, killing six people

New Zealand narrows car rebates, favors fuel efficiency

By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Buyers of electric cars with low emissions will be favored as the New Zealand government extends its car rebate scheme to further boost sales of green vehicles,

As Illinois dust storm blinds drivers, six die in chain-reaction crashes

By Steve Gorman (Reuters) -A dust storm that cut visibility to near zero on Monday triggered a series of chain-reaction crashes involving dozens of vehicles on an Illinois highway, killing six people

Highway pileup in Illinois dust storm causes multiple fatalities, at least 30 injured

By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - A dust storm that cut visibility to near zero on Monday triggered a series of chain-reaction crashes involving dozens of vehicles on an Illinois highway, injuring at least

Car crashes in Illinois dust storm cause deaths, injuries

(Reuters) - Multiple people were reported killed and dozens of other people wounded on Monday in car crashes along Interstate 55 in southern Illinois during a dust storm, state police said. Roughly 40

Environmental groups sue U.S. over SpaceX launch license for Texas

By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - Conservation groups sued the Federal Aviation Administration on Monday, challenging its approval of expanded rocket launch operations by Elon Musk's SpaceX next to a

Environmentalists sue FAA over SpaceX launch license for Texas

By Steve Gorman , (Reuters) - Conservation groups sued the Federal Aviation Administration on Monday, challenging its approval of expanded rocket launch operations by Elon Musk's SpaceX next to a

Egypt prequalifies 17 consortia for its water desalination program

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt has prequalified 17 consortia for the tendering process for the development of a number of sea water desalination plants, according to a statement released by Sovereign Fund of

U.S. Supreme Court takes up fishermen’s fight over US conservation funding

By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether the government can require commercial fishermen to help fund a program monitoring herring catches off

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.