Water, water everywhere in megacity Mumbai but not a drop for rural Indian villages
NAVINWADI, (India): Far from the gleaming high-rises of India’s financial capital Mumbai, impoverished villages in areas supplying the megacity’s water…
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Greece closes more ancient tourist sites as heatwave persists
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece shut more ancient tourist sites in Athens on Thursday and elderly people took refuge at designated…
From northwest to east China, parched and baking regions face drought
BEIJING: Weeks of scarce rainfall in parts of China, coupled with sweltering heat, has brought drought to several provinces, prompting…
Pro-Trump influencers fire up fears of migrant ‘invasion’ ahead of U.S. election
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - One late afternoon in mid-May, a half dozen Hispanic day laborers were paid $20 each to…
Explosive cases flow to US Supreme Court from ‘bold’ regional court
(Reuters) - When three conservative judges sitting on a New Orleans-based U.S. appeals court declared the funding mechanism approved by…
Macron seeks alliance against France’s far right; Republicans ditch party chief
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday urged rival parties to join his electoral alliance against Marine Le…
Fire in Kuwait building kills 49 foreign workers
DUBAI (Reuters) -At least 49 people were killed in Kuwait on Wednesday after a fire broke out in a building…
Rwanda says UN refugee agency lying in British asylum policy case
KIGALI (Reuters) - Rwanda said the U.N. refugee agency had lied when the organisation told a British court this week…
Swiss parliament considers snubbing European court climate ruling
BERN (Reuters) -The lower house of the Swiss parliament votes on Wednesday on a motion rejecting a landmark ruling ordering…