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Greek olive growers brace themselves as thieves seek pricey crop
By Lefteris Papadimas FILIATRA, Greece (Reuters) - Greek olive grower Panagiotis Tsafaras has been forced to patrol his groves twice a day recently to fend off thieves trying to steal the crop as pric...
Dec 05, 2023
France puts country on high alert regarding bird flu
PARIS (Reuters) - France raised the risk level of bird flu to 'high' from 'moderate' after the detection of new cases of the disease, the farm ministry said on Tuesday, forcing poultry farms to keep b...
Dec 05, 2023
Experts say they warned of dangers of climbing Indonesia’s Mt. Marapi after 13 die in eruption
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's volcanology agency had warned since 2011 that it was unsafe to climb the country's active Marapi volcano, the organisation's chief said, days after the peak erupted and...
Dec 04, 2023
Foxconn cancels first shift on Tuesday at Indian iPhone facility after extreme weather – sources
BENGALURU (Reuters) - Taiwan's Foxconn has cancelled the first shift on Tuesday at its Indian facility that makes Apple iPhones following weather disruptions, two sources familiar with the matter said...
Dec 04, 2023
Exclusive-US joins dozens of countries in backing COP28 pledge to slash cooling emissions
By Gloria Dickie DUBAI (Reuters) - The United States is among at least 60 countries backing a pledge on Tuesday to cut cooling-related emissions by 2050, U.S. State Department officials said at the U....
Dec 04, 2023
Draft text at COP28 shows negotiators considering fossil fuel ‘phase out’
DUBAI (Reuters) -A second draft of what could be the final agreement from the COP28 U.N. climate summit shows negotiators are considering calling for an "orderly and just" phase out of fossil fuels. T...
Dec 04, 2023
Floods, five killed as southern India braces for Cyclone Michaung
By Jatindra Dash BHUBANESHWAR, India (Reuters) - Heavy rains submerged roads and shut down a major airport in southern India on Tuesday, where at least five people, including a child, were killed in t...
Dec 04, 2023
Suspected L.A.-area serial killer charged in 4 killings, including 3 homeless men
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A suspected serial killer was charged on Monday with murder in the fatal shootings of three homeless men in Los Angeles and a county employee who was robbed and...
Dec 04, 2023
Explainer-Energy efficiency could offer major climate wins. But what is it?
By Gloria Dickie DUBAI (Reuters) - What if the world could quickly slash climate-warming emissions, without having to build so much new renewable energy capacity? That's exactly what some experts say ...
Dec 04, 2023
AC companies plan cool designs for warming world, but high costs a hurdle
By Gloria Dickie DUBAI - When temperatures climbed north of 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in Seville during this summer's crushing heatwave in Europe, air conditioning use jumped 23% in ...
Dec 04, 2023
