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ANZ earmarks $67 billion to accelerate net zero transition

(Reuters) -Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (ANZ.AX) said on Friday it had earmarked A$100 billion ($67.63 billion) to help its customers lower carbon emissions by 2030, as it looks to

Avian flu outbreak wipes out 50.54 million U.S. birds, a record

By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) -Avian flu has wiped out 50.54 million birds in the United States this year, making it the country's deadliest outbreak in history, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Algeria issues death sentences over wildfire killing

ALGIERS (Reuters) - An Algerian court pronounced death sentences on Thursday against 48 people convicted of murder for killing a man they accused of setting deadly wildfires in summer 2020. Death

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

On Camera

Who is an Indian woman? Laapataa Ladies Oscar entry shows she must be submissive too

The sweeping statements by Film Federation of India Oscar jury dismiss the urban Indian woman’s life, and struggles, as foreign.

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?