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Canada to invest C$1.6 billion in first national climate adaptation strategy

By Nia Williams (Reuters) - Canada published its first ever national climate adaptation strategy on Thursday, including C$1.6 billion ($1.2 billion) in new federal funding commitments to help protect

No place for flowers: El Salvador’s biggest lake swamped by trash

By Jose Cabezas LAKE SUCHITLAN, El Salvador (Reuters) - A horse wades through a sea of plastic bottles, tin cans and green sludge that fills El Salvador's largest freshwater lake, stark images showing

18 out of 20 sponsors for COP27 had links to fossil fuel industry, says report

The summit was criticised extensively for allowing Coke as a sponsor, but there was less furore surrounding the others.

Worried Indonesians await news of earthquake-hit relatives

By Stefanno Sulaiman CIANJUR, Indonesia (Reuters) -Helicopters will drop relief supplies on Wednesday to Indonesian villagers stranded after an earthquake crumpled homes in West Java, while others

France’s summer heatwaves likely to have caused 2,816 additional deaths

PARIS (Reuters) - Three successive heatwaves and COVID-19 are likely to have caused more than 10,000 additional deaths in France during this summer, the health ministry said. A total of 10,420 excess

Venice kept dry as dam system wards off exceptional high tide

VENICE, Italy (Reuters) - A dam system built to protect Venice and its famous Piazza San Marco from flooding withstood the challenge of an exceptionally high tide on Tuesday as heavy rains swept

Indonesia quake kills at least 268 people, many of them children at school

By Johan Purnomo and Stefanno Sulaiman CIANJUR, Indonesia (Reuters) -An earthquake that struck Indonesia's West Java killed at least 268 people, many of them children, with 151 still missing, disaster

Big Oil joins farmers, biofuel groups to tout more ethanol in U.S. fuel

By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) - A group of oil, renewable fuel and farm trade organizations have joined together for the first time to voice support for U.S. legislation that would expand

Factbox-What’s known about the Russian volcano that may be about to erupt?

(Reuters) - The Shiveluch volcano in Russia's far eastern Kamchatka peninsula may be gearing up for its first powerful eruption in 15 years, scientists say. Kamchatka is home to 29 active volcanoes,

New desalination plant points towards Morocco’s drought response

By Ahmed Eljechtimi RABAT (Reuters) - People in Agadir see their new desalination plant as a model to mitigate Morocco's years-long drought that has parched cities and impoverished farmers, but plans

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The math behind India’s elections—Why proximity matters

It is one of the most consistent findings in electoral politics: voters are more likely to support candidates who come from their local area.

US ends oil waivers but Russian crude flows to India ‘likely to remain steady’ amid Hormuz disruption

India will need to recalibrate crude sourcing strategy as US ends waivers for Russian & Iranian oil, energy experts say. But Russian crude will likely remain central to energy basket.

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.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.