Today: May 03, 2024
Today: May 03, 2024

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US aid could buy Kyiv time, but Ukraine needs many more troops

By Tom Balmforth, Charlotte Bruneau KYIV/NEAR KUPIANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) -For the exhausted Ukrainian artillery gunners holding off Russian forces near the eastern town of Kupiansk, the U.S. aid

Electric car sales to rise but affordability in focus, IEA says

By Noah Browning LONDON (Reuters) - Electric car sales will rise strongly in 2024 and increasingly undercut oil demand, the International Energy Agency (IEA) forecast on Tuesday, adding affordability

E-waste is overflowing landfills. At one sprawling Vietnam market, workers recycle some of it

The world is producing more electronic waste than ever — 62 million metric tons in 2022

Over 500 baby sea turtles washed ashore in a big storm off South Africa. Here's the rescue effort

A South African aquarium is stretched beyond capacity after more than 500 baby sea turtles were washed up on beaches by a rare and powerful storm and rescued by members of the public

Northern Gaza still heading toward famine, says deputy WFP chief

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The northern Gaza Strip is still heading toward a famine, the deputy U.N. food chief said on Thursday, appealing for a greater volume and diversity of

African migrant disaster survivor haunted by weeks lost at sea

By Ngouda Dione and Zohra Bensemra FASS BOYE, Senegal (Reuters) - Adrift on the Atlantic Ocean, the migrants from West Africa resorted to drinking seawater to quench their unbearable thirst.

Brazil's central bank chief says no mechanical relationship between uncertainties and policy

By Marcela Ayres BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's central bank chief said on Friday that the environment of greater uncertainties does not have a mechanical relationship with the conduct of monetary

Beijing city to subsidise domestic AI chips, targets self-reliance by 2027

BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing city authorities have announced subsidies for firms that purchase domestically produced artificial intelligence (AI) chips, as China seeks to develop its semiconductor

Geopolitical tensions pose risk to euro zone inflation, ECB's VP says

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Euro zone inflation is on its way back to 2%, but the process is bound to be bumpy and geopolitical tensions pose an upside risk to price growth, European Central Bank Vice

Experts, politicians call for scrutiny of Venezuela's use of cryptocurrency

(Reuters) - Venezuela's use of digital currencies, expected to increase after the United States ordered a wind-down of oil deals with the sanctioned country by May 31, will require greater scrutiny by

Greece convicts six and clears 15 over deadly blaze, victims' families protest

ATHENS (Reuters) - A man was convicted of involuntary arson on Monday for his role in Greece's deadliest wildfire in memory, and five former fire officials found guilty of misdemeanours linked to

Dozens of tornadoes strike Oklahoma, killing at least four

By Rich McKay and Maria Caspani (Reuters) -At least four people died, including a four-month-old baby, and scores were injured in Oklahoma this weekend after dozens of twisters swept the U.S.

NotTurtle: NotCo releases AI-designed 'turtle' soup

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - It tastes like sought-after turtle soup but there is no trace of shelled critters in the bowl: Chilean plant-based food firm NotCo recreated this famous dish using artificial

Bird flu may infect cows outside the US, says WHO

GENEVA (Reuters) -There is a risk that the H5N1 bird flu virus, present in many wild birds, may infect cows in countries beyond the United States as they migrate, a World Health Organization official

Tajikistan secures $550 million funding for Rogun megaproject

DUSHANBE (Reuters) - Tajikistan has secured $550 million in financing from the Islamic Development Bank and institutions in several Arab countries for its Rogun hydroelectric power plant megaproject,

Bakeries bring bread to north Gaza but hunger persists

By Mahmoud Issa and Saleh Salem GAZA/DOHA (Reuters) -Asmaa al-Belbasi walks an hour to her nearest bakery each day to fetch bread for her children and other relatives in the north Gaza districts where

Devon Energy beats Q1 profit estimate on higher production

(Reuters) - U.S. shale producer Devon Energy beat first-quarter profit estimates on Wednesday as higher production from Delaware basin helped it offset a decline in natural gas prices.

Captain sentenced to 4 years for criminal negligence in fiery deaths of 34 aboard scuba boat

A federal judge in Los Angeles has sentenced a scuba dive boat captain to four years in prison and three years supervised release for criminal negligence after 34 people died in a fire aboard the vessel in 2019

The unprecedented destruction of housing in Gaza hasn't been seen since World War II, the UN says

The United Nations says the world hasn’t seen anything like the unprecedented destruction of housing in Gaza since World War II, and it would take at least until 2040 to restore the homes devastated in Israel’s bombing and ground offensive if the conflict ended today

Texas enters peak season for power output and emissions: Maguire

By Gavin Maguire LITTLETON, Colorado (Reuters) -The four-month window from May through August marks the high point for power generation and demand in the state of Texas, the largest U.S. user of

Lloyd's insurers expect moderate Baltimore bridge claims

LONDON (Reuters) - Lloyd's of London insurers Hiscox and Lancashire do not expect large insurance claims from the collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge in March that caused widespread

Shell investors should oppose climate resolution, Glass Lewis says

By Ron Bousso LONDON (Reuters) -Shell shareholders should vote against a resolution filed by a group of 27 investors urging the energy company to set tighter climate targets, proxy advisory Glass

Evacuation continues following Indonesia's Ruang volcano eruption

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Hundreds residents of Indonesia's Tagulandang island were waiting at the island's port to be evacuated on Wednesday, footage from National Search and Rescue Agency showed, while

Exclusive-Citigroup sees loan book hit in climate action ramp-up, document shows

By Isla Binnie, Tatiana Bautzer and Pete Schroeder NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Citigroup could suffer billions of dollars of losses in its loan book if the world sped up efforts to tackle climate

Parts of India record hottest April as heatwave kills nine

By Shivam Patel NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Eastern India experienced its hottest April on record as a heatwave scorched parts of the country amid a general election, killing at least nine people, and the

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