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Bangladesh must work with neighbours to cut pollution, says World Bank

By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh needs better coordination with neighbouring South Asian countries in its quest for cleaner air, a World Bank report said on Tuesday. Air pollution, which can

EU countries approve 2035 phaseout of CO2-emitting cars

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union countries gave final approval on Tuesday to a landmark law to end sales of new CO2-emitting cars in 2035, after Germany won an exemption for cars

Critical for India, Bangladesh, Nepal & Pakistan to work together to cut pollution, World Bank says

World Bank director for regional integration for South Asia, Cecile Fruman, said air pollution is transboundary in nature and isn't limited to a city, state or national boundaries.

Stop insuring carbon projects ‘immediately’, activists tell bosses

By Tom Sims and Simon Jessop FRANKFURT/LONDON (Reuters) -A group of climate activists has called on 30 insurance company bosses to "immediately" stop underwriting new fossil fuel projects in the wake

In Egypt’s ‘Garbage City’, a charity teaches children to recycle

CAIRO (Reuters) - As a child growing up in Cairo's Manshiyat Nasser, a shanty town also known as "Garbage City," Teresa Saeed spent her free time rummaging through the piles of rubbish strewn

China to spur building of solar plants, standardise land selection

(Reuters) - China will accelerate the construction of large scale solar energy plants and standardise the planning and development of land for solar projects, the natural resources ministry said on

EU countries stand off over nuclear role in renewable energy goals

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Two rival alliances of European Union countries held final-hour talks in Brussels on Tuesday, ahead of negotiations on whether to recognise nuclear power under the

‘Climate lockdown’ anger drives Swiss grandmother to sue Bern at European court

By Emma Farge GENEVA(Reuters) - Last summer while dozens of Swiss pensioners were campaigning in the Alps to save their fast-melting glaciers, 85-year-old Marie-Eve Volkoff was instead stuck inside

Swiss female pensioners vs the government: European court’s first climate case

(Corrects to make clear that the court is European, not an EU court) GENEVA (Reuters) -A case involving thousands of retired Swiss women is being heard at a European Court in France, the culmination

Tunisia cuts off water supply at night amid severe drought

TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisian authorities have started cutting off drinking water at night in areas of the capital and other cities, residents said, in what appears to be a bid to reduce consumption amid

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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.