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Indonesia Oks GMO drought-tolerant wheat from Argentina’s Bioceres

By Maximilian Heath BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - The Indonesian government has approved a variety of GMO wheat for human consumption designed to better resist drought, leading Argentine biotech firm

BNSF train derails in Washington state, spills diesel fuel

(Reuters) -A BNSF Railway train derailed in Washington state on Thursday along the Padilla Bay waterfront, spilling fuel to a berm on the land side of the tracks, the state Ecology Department said.

BNSF train derails in Washington, spills diesel fuel -media

(Reuters) - A BNSF Railway train derailed in Washington state on Thursday, spilling diesel fuel on tribal land along Puget Sound, according to local media reports. Most of the 5,000 gallons (nearly

Heavy rains in California leave backyard pool perched on cliff edge

By Mike Blake SAN CLEMENTE, California (Reuters) - As heavy rains soaked into already sodden ground in California, mudslides in the beachfront community of San Clemente forced evacuations of blufftop

EU countries seek to weaken livestock emission limits

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union countries agreed on Thursday to try to reduce the number of farms covered by proposed rules to cut pollution and greenhouse gas emissions from

EU announces plans to lead green industrial revolution

By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Commission presented the centrepieces of a strategy on Thursday to ensure its industry can compete with the United States and China in making

Rising bottled water consumption signals safe drinking water goal is under threat, says U.N. think tank

By Gloria Dickie (Reuters) - Surging global bottled water consumption reflects the failure by governments to improve public water supplies which is putting the U.N. sustainable development goal of

Factbox-What’s in the EU’s green industrial plan?

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission laid out its green industrial plan on Thursday, designed to ensure that Europe is a leading producer of clean technologies and not just a global

Thailand rushes to avert spill after accident on oil storage ship

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Authorities in Thailand on Thursday were working to avert a leak from a storage vessel carrying 400,000 barrels of crude oil. One crew member was killed after seawater entered the

Shell rules out more ambitious goal for end-user emissions

By Ron Bousso and Shadia Nasralla LONDON (Reuters) - Shell has ruled out setting targets to cut emissions in absolute terms from customers' use of its products, the company's chair said in a report

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Can Syria’s tiny Druze minority survive West Asia’s new storms? There’s little hope

Indians see West Asia as one uninterrupted wash of Islam, but the reality is more complex. For the Druze, support from Israel—where they are a recognised minority—is now critical.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.