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Argentina agricultural areas to receive much-needed rain – grains exchange

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - A storm front is expected to bring desperately needed rain to a large swathe of Argentina's parched agricultural land over the next week, the Buenos Aires Grains exchange said

Largest U.S. refinery operating normally after storm upsets – sources

(Reuters) - Motiva Enterprises' 626,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Port Arthur, Texas refinery, the largest in the United States, was operating normally on Wednesday after upsets on Tuesday caused by severe

Pemex Deer Park, Texas refinery shut because of steam supply outage -sources

(Reuters) - Pemex's 312,500 barrel-per-day (bpd) Deer Park, Texas crude oil refinery remained shut on Wednesday because of a lack of external steam supply following severe storms on Tuesday, said

Asha the wolf, captured in the U.S., to be shipped to Mexico

By Andrew Hay TAOS, N.M. (Reuters) -Environmentalists on Wednesday protested U.S. government plans to transfer an endangered Mexican gray wolf captured in New Mexico to Mexico, saying it should be

U.S. activists protest plan to ship Asha the wolf to Mexico

By Andrew Hay TAOS, N.M. (Reuters) - Environmentalists on Wednesday protested U.S. government plans to transfer an endangered Mexican Gray Wolf captured in New Mexico to Mexico, saying it should be

Pemex Deer Park, Texas, refinery reports power outages due to extreme weather

(Reuters) - Petroleos Mexicanos reported power outages due to extreme weather conditions at its 312,500 barrel-per-day Deer Park, Texas, refinery and for its partner companies, in a regulatory filing

Magnitude 5.1 earthquake strikes Kashmir-Xinjiang border region – EMSC

(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 struck the Kashmir-Xinjiang border region, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said on Thursday. The quake's depth was 60 kilometres (37 miles),

EU urges European banks to step up funding for critical minerals

LONDON (Reuters) - European Commissioner Thierry Breton urged European financiers this week to provide more funding to suppliers of minerals needed for the energy transition, as the European Union

U.S., South Africa agree to ‘follow the money’ in wildlife trafficking, Yellen says

By Andrea Shalal HAMMANSKRAAL, South Africa (Reuters) -The U.S. Treasury Department and South Africa's National Treasury on Wednesday agreed to form a task force to "follow the money" and step up

Clean energy race sparks more ambitious climate policies, says report

LONDON (Reuters) - Climate policy announcements from the past three months are becoming more ambitious and most aim for a rise in global temperatures of no more than 1.8 degrees Celsius, a new

On Camera

Indian influencers reclaim desi aesthetics at Coachella—jhumkas, dupattas to mehendi

By mixing Indian maximalism with Western minimalism, desi influencers are using the hippie Met Gala to bring about a quiet revolution in festival dressing.

Recovery of energy flows will be ‘gradual rather than immediate’ as Hormuz re-opens post ceasefire

The reopening of the Strait of Hormuz eases supply fears, but controlled shipping, slow output recovery, and high costs may delay oil flow normalisation for months.

Why Siliguri Corridor is strategically important for India & how it is being secured | Cut The Clutter

This special edition of Cut The Clutter, straight from the Siliguri corridor, details the strategic importance of the narrow strip of land in West Bengal, and how it’s a vital link connecting the Northeast to the rest of India.

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.