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Debby pours more than a foot of rain on coastal Georgia, South Carolina

By Rich McKay and Tyler Clifford ATLANTA (Reuters) -Tropical Storm Debby inundated coastal Georgia and South Carolina with a deluge of rain that could flood Charleston, Savannah and other cities on

UN agency raises just 20% of needed southern Africa drought aid in tough funding environment

By Nyasha Chingono HARARE (Reuters) - The U.N. World Food Programme has faced challenges in raising $400 million for its southern Africa drought response, collecting just one-fifth of what it needs to

Factbox-Over 113,000 Florida customers still without power due to Hurricane Debby

(Reuters) -More than 113,000 homes and businesses in Florida were still without power on Tuesday, a day after Hurricane Debby slammed into the state's Gulf Coast, according to data from PowerOutage.us

Debby crawls near Georgia coast, bringing deluge and flooding threat

By Rich McKay and Tyler Clifford ATLANTA (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Debby threatened to drop historic amounts of rain and produce dangerous ocean surges in Georgia and the Carolinas on Tuesday as it

Italy appoints commissioner to tackle spread of blue crab

By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) - Italy on Tuesday appointed a special commissioner to tackle the spread of the blue crab, an aggressive species that is preying on local clams and threatening a

Avocado goldrush links US companies with Mexico’s deforestation disaster

By Cassandra Garrison URUAPAN, Mexico (Reuters) - On a sweltering July afternoon, two large yellow bulldozers dug into the brown soil at the bottom of a lush avocado orchard near the small town of

Less stress, more cubs — how proposed ban on private vehicles in Sariska Reserve can help tigers

According to the CEC’s report, unchecked human movement in the reserve area is severely impacting breeding and increasing stress levels among tigers.

Chinese cities swelter in record heat, rice-growing regions under threat

BEIJING (Reuters) -Extreme heat baked megacities on the eastern Chinese seaboard and sharply pushed up demand for power to cool homes and offices, while scorching temperatures in China's interior

Gujarat biggest plastic polluter, then Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Bengal, shows govt data submitted in LS

According Central Pollution Control Board data shared by environment MoS Kirti Vardhan Singh, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, and Tripura contribute least to plastic pollution.

Chinese megacity limits outdoor lighting as record heat strains grid

BEIJING (Reuters) - The megacity of Hangzhou, home to some of China's largest companies, banned all nonessential landscape lighting this week to conserve energy as extreme heat pushed up demand for

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Drop that cigarette. Smokers are twice as likely to develop skin cancer compared to non-smokers

A noticeable effect of smoking is premature aging. Studies indicate that the skin biopsy of a 40-year-old heavy smoker can resemble that of a 70-year-old non-smoker.

10 yrs ago, battery leasing failed to boost demand for EV cars in India. Now, it’s making a comeback

Under this model, battery is provided to EV owners on a subscription basis or lease. With more people open to buying EV cars, the lower upfront cost could likely drive wider acceptance.

Morocco signs pact with Tata for joint manufacture of WhAP Infantry Fighting Vehicle

The armoured platform is India's first amphibious infantry combat wheeled vehicle. Last year, the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces had procured 90 military trucks from the Tata Group.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?