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Biden tours tornado-hit Mississippi town, will announce funding

By Steve Holland ROLLING ROCK, Mississippi (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday toured scenes of devastation in a Mississippi town after storms last week killed 26 people and destroyed homes

Spain calls for tougher enforcement of oil transfers at sea

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain has called for tighter scrutiny of oil transfers involving tankers at sea as the number of unregulated ships hit by sanctions grows and raises pollution risks, a U.N. agency

Colombia raises alert level for deadly volcano on increased seismic activity

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian authorities have raised the alert level for the deadly Nevado del Ruiz volcano to orange, suggesting a greater probability of an eruption in the coming days or weeks, due

Munich Re withdraws from prominent industry climate alliance

FRANKFURT (Reuters) -German insurer Munich Re said on Friday that it was withdrawing from an industry-wide alliance of insurers focused on reducing carbon emissions. Munich Re said it would exit the

Munich Re withdraws from industry climate alliance

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The German insurer Munich Re said on Friday that it was withdrawing from an industry-wide alliance of insurers focused on reducing carbon emissions. Munich Re said it would exit

US Justice Dept sues Norfolk Southern over Ohio train derailment

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday filed a lawsuit against Norfolk Southern Corp over the Feb. 3 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. The lawsuit

Norway awards offshore licences to explore for CO2 storage

OSLO (Reuters) - Norway said it has awarded two licences to explore for carbon dioxide (CO2) storage sites in the North Sea - one to Aker BP and a partner, and another to Germany's Wintershall Dea and

Charles Rivers recommends against PETA’s proposal for transparency on lab monkeys

(Reuters) - The board of Charles River Laboratories has unanimously recommended against a shareholder proposal requiring transparency on its import practices of lab monkeys, according to a regulatory

Biden to announce federal funding for Mississippi tornado recovery on Friday

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will announce on Friday that the federal government will cover for 30 days the full cost of Mississippi's emergency measures in response to last week's

Factbox-Carbon storage projects across Europe

(Reuters) - Efforts to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from industry and store them underground have gathered pace across Europe over the past few years as countries scramble to meet climate

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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.