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EU ban on fossil fuels cars not on summit agenda – German official

BERLIN (Reuters) - The EU's planned ban on new combustion engines from 2035 is not on the agenda of the upcoming EU summit but talks between the European Commission and Berlin about their differences

Shell recommends shareholders reject climate activist resolution

LONDON (Reuters) - Shell recommended on Wednesday its shareholders vote against a climate activist resolution asking for more stringent emissions cuts by 2030 at its May 23 general meeting. Activist

Companies would have to offer repairs for worn-out products for up to 10 years under proposed EU rules

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union wants to give consumers the right to have worn-out products like washing machines and televisions repaired by producers even after the sales guarantee has

We are draining world’s water through vampiric overconsumption, unsustainable use, says UN

A quarter of population relies on unsafe drinking water while half lacks basic sanitation, UN said. Meanwhile, nearly 3 quarters of recent disasters have been related to water.

ECB to publish first detailed carbon footprint

By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - The European Central Bank and euro zone national central banks will publish in their first detailed "carbon footprints" in the coming days, figures that will show the

Australian regulator considers greenwashing complaint against Etihad

By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's competition watchdog will consider a greenwashing complaint made against Etihad by a local environmental group that accused the airline on Wednesday of

Earthquake in Afghanistan kills at least 11, nine of them in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -At least nine people were killed and 44 injured in northwest Pakistan by a magnitude 6.5 earthquake that struck in neighbouring Afghanistan late on Tuesday, a Pakistani government

At least nine dead, 44 injured in Pakistan after earthquake

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - At least nine people were dead and 44 injured in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a government official said, after a magnitude 6.5 earthquake with its epicentre in

Storm-weary California lashed with 12th ‘atmospheric river’ cloudbursts

By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -The latest burst of heavy, wind-blown rain and snow churned out of the Pacific into California on Tuesday, triggering scattered floods and mudslides, uprooting

Fears for orangutans, dolphins as Indonesia presses on with new capital

By Stefanno Sulaiman SAMBOJA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Just outside Indonesia's planned new capital on Borneo island, an orangutan catches a banana with one hand, thrown by a conservationist on a boat,

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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.