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Ukrainian dolphin refugees delight Romanian kids

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - At the dolphinarium in the Black Sea port city of Constanta, Romanian and Ukrainian trainers are letting dolphins guide them despite language barriers. Last year, the

Japan’s JERA says made sufficient bond disclosures after climate group complaint

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese power generation firm JERA has pushed back against claims made by an Australian climate activist group, saying it had made sufficient disclosures when it issued a $300

Analysis-Indonesia must jump ethanol feedstock hurdle to repeat biodiesel success

By Fransiska Nangoy and Bernadette Christina JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia, the world's biggest palm oil biodiesel user, is now working to introduce bioethanol mandates for gasoline to further cut

China accounts for two thirds of world’s planned new coal power, says Global Energy Monitor

UN has urged nations to stop building new plants and phase out coal consumption by 2040 in order to slash climate-warming carbon emissions.

In southern Ethiopia, drought kills livestock amid fears of what comes next

By Dawit Endeshaw KURA KALICHA, Ethiopia (Reuters) - After three years of failed rains, the animals in the southern Ethiopian village of Kura Kalicha are dying. Dozens of decomposing cattle carcasses

Analysis-Indonesia faces ethanol feedstock hurdle to repeat biodiesel success

By Fransiska Nangoy and Bernadette Christina JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia, the world's biggest palm oil biodiesel user, is now working to introduce bioethanol mandates for gasoline to further cut

Magnitude 6 earthquake strikes Southern East Pacific Rise region – EMSC

(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6 struck the Southern East Pacific Rise region on Wednesday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles)

Tornado kills 5 after tearing through southeastern Missouri

By Brendan O'Brien and Tyler Clifford (Reuters) -Five people were killed in a predawn tornado that ripped through southeastern Missouri on Wednesday, shearing off roofs, splintering trees and taking

Canada partners with Germany’s Heidelberg to support net-zero cement plant

By Nia Williams (Reuters) - The Canadian government on Wednesday signed a partnership with Germany's Heidelberg Materials to support a proposed C$1.4 billion ($1.04 billion) carbon capture utilization

Tornado rips through southeast Missouri, killing at least five

By Brendan O'Brien and Tyler Clifford (Reuters) -At least five people were killed in a pre-dawn tornado that touched down in southeastern Missouri on Wednesday, and teams of first responders were

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University townships — India’s chance to build its own version of what America got right

India’s university towns initiative is an opportunity to do something we have never managed at scale: build knowledge ecosystems rather than knowledge silos.

FTA partners drive India’s trade surge as reliance on non-FTA countries dips, says NITI Aayog report

Share of trade with FTA partners rose from 4.6% in 2006 to 28.8% in 2024. India is currently negotiating or advancing agreements with US, Israel, GCC, Canada & Mexico.

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.