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Firecrackers and reluctant authorities: Indian capital's smog set to worsen

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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – With a toxic smog beginning to envelop New Delhi as winter approaches, residents of the Indian capital are set to make matters a lot worse by burning hundreds of thousands of firecrackers to celebrate the Hindu festival of Diwali early next month. A shopkeeper waits for customers at his firecracker shop Read More

China's smog-prone north must guarantee winter heat: vice premier

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SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The smog-prone northern Chinese region of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei must ensure residents have enough heating this winter, even as it switches thousands of households from coal to cleaner natural gas, Vice Premier Han Zheng said. Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng attends the news conference following the closing session of the National People’s Congress (NPC), Read More

Sewage spill from Hurricane Michael suspected in Florida fish kills

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APALACHICOLA, Fla. (Reuters) – A sewage spill from a Florida wastewater plant during Hurricane Michael into a river feeding environmentally fragile Apalachicola Bay is suspected of causing mass fish kills downstream, state officials said on Thursday. Experts say the discharge of 80,000 gallons of partially treated sewage into the Apalachicola River marks the latest blow Read More

EPA chief says agency can expand ethanol sales without Congress

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler said on Thursday the agency has the authority to allow sales of higher-ethanol blends of gasoline year-round without an act of Congress, and hopes the oil industry will drop its threat of a lawsuit to stop the move. Acting Administrator of the Environmental Protection Read More

French Riviera launches clean-up as fuel spill reaches beaches

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RAMATUELLE, France (Reuters) – Some of France’s spectacular Riviera beaches have been shut as volunteers with shovels and sacks try to rid the coastline of a thick oily residue that washed ashore after two ships collided off Corsica earlier in October. The clean-up operation is taking place on beaches in the glitzy resort of Saint-Tropez Read More

France to allow congestion pricing in bid to reduce traffic jams

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PARIS (Reuters) – France plans to make it easier for cities to introduce congestion pricing in a bid to reduce traffic jams and air pollution, the transport minister said on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: Rush hour traffic fills the ring road in Paris, France, June 28, 2017. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo Elisabeth Borne said a draft law Read More

Trump administration asks high court to halt climate change case

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday for a second time asked the U.S. Supreme Court to put the brakes on a lawsuit filed by young activists who have accused the U.S. government of ignoring the perils of climate change. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump talks to reporters as he heads to Read More

A water fight in Chile's Atacama raises questions over lithium mining

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SAN PEDRO DE ATACAMA (Reuters) – Earlier this year, the world’s two biggest lithium producers publicly celebrated new deals with Chile’s government that will allow them to vastly increase output of the ultralight battery metal from the Atacama, the world’s driest desert. U.S.-based Albemarle Corp and Chile’s SQM operate just 3 miles (5 km) apart Read More

EU lawmakers back 35 percent CO2 cut for trucks by 2030

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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU lawmakers backed a 35 percent cut in carbon dioxide emissions from new trucks by 2030 on Thursday, pushing for ambitious measures to limit climate change despite fears over industry competitiveness. FILE PHOTO: Cars and trucks are stuck in a traffic jam near Irschenberg, Germany, March 29, 2018. REUTERS/Michael Dalder/File Photo The Read More

Energy firms, green groups call for strong UK carbon price to keep coal at bay

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LONDON (Reuters) – Energy companies and green groups have written separate letters this week to Britain’s finance minister asking for the country’s strong carbon price to be maintained to prevent a rise in coal-fired power generation and greenhouse gas emissions. FILE PHOTO: General view of the Walney Extension offshore wind farm operated by Orsted off Read More

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Amazon to open Manchester office as it adds 1,000 British jobs

LONDON (Reuters) – Amazon.com (AMZN.O) is opening its first office in Manchester, northern England, and expanding two other centers to house 1,000 new R&D roles in what it said was a major new investment in British innovation. FILE PHOTO: An Amazon package is seen after being delivered in London [.....]

Wall St. slides as Saudi Arabia, Italy add to economic concerns

NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks fell more than 1 percent on Thursday as the European Commission issued a warning regarding Italy’s budget and concerns mounted over the possibility of strained relations between the United States and Saudi Arabia, further denting investors’ appetite for risk amid glo [.....]

Russia getting rid of US dollar matter of national security – Putin

Sanctions are forcing Russia to find alternative settlement currencies to the US dollar to ensure the security of the country’s economy, according to President Vladimir Putin. “We are moving to the de-dollarization of the economy. We are doing so not because we want to undermine the dollar, but beca [.....]

Goldman Sachs joins growing band of businesses snubbing Saudi conference

(Reuters) – Goldman Sachs Group Inc on Thursday joined the growing list of high-profile businesses snubbing a Saudi investment conference next week amid mounting pressure on Riyad over the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. FILE PHOTO: David Solomon, CEO of Goldman Sachs, at the Bloomberg [.....]

Putin to Poroshenko: Don’t be like Georgia’s Saakashvili, who lost vast territories

Ukraine pursues the same policy against its own people that cost Georgia to lose territory after then-leader Mikhail Saakashvili’s war on Ossetia, Russian President Vladimir Putin said, warning Kiev not to go down the same road. “The Ukrainian authorities are not just leading the situation into a de [.....]

Vandals destroy Christian cemetery in Israel in apparent hate crime

Some 30 headstones have been smashed in a Christian cemetery belonging to a Catholic monastery located not far from Jerusalem. A local cleric called it a deliberate desecration while the police opened a probe into a hate crime. The vandals tore down concrete crosses marking dozens of graves at the c [.....]

'The town at the end of the universe'

A cloud of black wings rise into the air releasing a foul smell of rotting flesh. A thousand vultures rest to earth and gorge on a new carcass thrown into a huge bin near a traveller shelter. A child plays with a toy in the rubbish. A mother checks that her bag of belongings hasn’t […] [.....]

Pay $40k and risk brutal murder: Getting into US illegally

By Stuart Ramsay, chief correspondent, and Tom Acres, news reporter Despite Donald Trump frequently shining the spotlight on those crossing the southern border, demanding Mexico takes action, moving people into the US remains a profitable business. Thousands of migrants and refugees desperate to lea [.....]

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Industry group plans blockchain tool to track firms' sustainability commitments

(Reuters) – A responsible investment non-profit organisation said on Wednesday it aims to develop a blockchain tool to track companies’ sustainable commitments, to help identify those not keeping up with their ethical credentials. Solar panels to produce renewable energy are seen at the Urbasolar ph [...]

Fintech making inroads, but U.S. bank revenues little changed: report

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Financial technology startups and other new entrants are making inroads in the U.S. banking market, but have yet to capture a threatening share of bank revenues, according to research published by Accenture Plc (ACN.N) on Wednesday. The City of London is seen from Canary Wharf, [...]

SAP vows to ease cloud transition; German customers less keen

LEIPZIG, Germany (Reuters) – Software company SAP SE said it plans to offer more support to help reluctant clients shift to its latest cloud-based business suite, a transition crucial for its future profitability. FILE PHOTO: The logo of German software group SAP is pictured at its headquarters in W [...]

Hacked, scammed and on your own: navigating cryptocurrency 'wild west'

NEW YORK (Reuters) – When Peggy and Marco Lachmann-Anke learned in January that hackers cracked a 40-character password and cleaned out their cryptocurrency wallet, they did not go to the police or alert the tokens’ issuer, the Berlin-based technology group IOTA. FILE PHOTO: Giant electronic billboa [...]

Fidelity launches new company for trading and storing cryptocurrencies

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Fidelity Investments has launched a new company for its institutional clients that will trade and store digital assets such as bitcoin, the asset manager said on Monday. A sign marks a Fidelity Investments office in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. September 21, 2016. REUTERS/Brian S [...]

Cryptocurrency theft hits nearly $1 billion in first nine months: report

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Theft of cryptocurrencies through hacking of exchanges and trading platforms soared to $927 million in the first nine months of the year, up nearly 250 percent from the level seen in 2017, according to a report from U.S.-based cyber security firm CipherTrace released on Wednesda [...]

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