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India’s steelmaking goals risk quadrupling emissions unless net zero pursued -report
NEW DELHI/BEIJING (Reuters) - India's plans to build out coal-powered steelmaking capacity will quadruple emissions from 2021 to 2050 unless it takes significant steps to meet its 2070 net zero goal, ...
Jul 19, 2023
Pfizer plant in North Carolina damaged by tornado
(Reuters) - Drugmaker Pfizer Inc said on Wednesday its plant in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, which is one of the largest sterile injectable product facilities in the world, has suffered heavy damage f...
Jul 19, 2023
Ecuador oil spill blamed on ‘human error’ sullies waters, local beach
QUITO (Reuters) - An offshore oil spill near Ecuador's coast reached a popular beach on Wednesday, authorities said, while also showing up in nearby waters as one local official blamed "human error" f...
Jul 19, 2023
Floods prompt warnings about tainted U.S. Northeast water supplies
By Rachel Nostrant (Reuters) - State officials across the U.S Northeast are warning residents about contaminated water following mass floods last week that swept raw sewage, pesticides, runoff fuel an...
Jul 19, 2023
US Senate considers sweeping defense bill, heads for showdown with House
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leaders of the U.S. Senate said on Wednesday they expected a sweeping defense policy bill to pass the chamber with strong bipartisan support, which could me...
Jul 19, 2023
US House members want Biden to negotiation Taiwan tax deal
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican and Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives introduced legislation on Wednesday that would authorize President Joe Biden's admini...
Jul 19, 2023
Stanford University president to quit after review of scientific work
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) - The president of Stanford University, one of the most prestigious U.S. schools, announced plans on Wednesday to resign his post after an independent review ordered by its bo...
Jul 19, 2023
New York to distribute flyers telling migrants at U.S.-Mexico border to ‘consider another city’
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New York City will distribute flyers at the U.S.-Mexico border telling newly arrived migrants to "consider another city" and limit shelter stays for adult asylum s...
Jul 19, 2023
Explainer-How El Nino is helping drive heatwaves and extreme weather
By Gloria Dickie LONDON (Reuters) - Countries around the world from China to the United States are battling heatwaves, with the onset of the climate phenonenon El Nino helping push temperatures higher...
Jul 19, 2023
How a US soldier made a mad dash into North Korea
By Ju-min Park, Josh Smith and Matt Spetalnick SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Army Private Travis T. King had finished serving time in detention in South Korea and was being escorted to the airport...
Jul 19, 2023
