Battle over power pylons highlights Britain's net zero challenge
By Elizabeth Piper WAVENEY VALLEY, England (Reuters) - Dot Matthie says she faces losing the use of the airstrip in her field because of a British government plan to build electricity pylons in the area, which would put light aircraft in danger. Wi...
May 30, 2024
Analysis-For Trump's false records charges, prison is rare but not unprecedented
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - If the jury deliberating in Donald Trump's criminal trial makes the historic decision to convict him, the judge overseeing the case will face a monumental choice: whether to sentence the 2024 Republican presidentia...
May 30, 2024
Factbox-Donald Trump's New York trial: Five moments that could decide his fate
(Reuters) - A panel of 12 New York jurors will for a second day on Thursday weigh evidence in the criminal trial of Donald Trump, the former president accused of falsifying documents to hide a hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels before t...
May 30, 2024
Southern African countries fear losing more elephants to drought
By Nyasha Chingono LIVINGSTONE, Zambia (Reuters) - Southern African countries home to the largest elephant population in the world fear a rise in animal deaths in the coming months as food and water sources dwindle following a severe drought. The r...
May 30, 2024
Italy, Germany, Austria sign cooperation deal on southern hydrogen link
By Francesca Landini, Angelo Amante and Markus Wacket MILAN/BERLIN (Reuters) - Italy, Germany and Austria have signed an agreement to cooperate on the development of a network to transport hydrogen from the southern Mediterranean to northern Europe...
May 30, 2024
Britain's creaking power grid leaves green energy revolution adrift
(Refiles to fix typo in paragraph 13) By Paul Sandle and Kate Holton PORTSMOUTH, England (Reuters) -British ferry operator Wightlink wants to order a $60 million, state-of-the-art electric ferry to make its crossings cleaner and greener. But it can't c...
May 30, 2024
Israel aims to boost Red Sea oil deliveries despite environmental risks
By Ari Rabinovitch JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel plans to allow more oil tankers to dock at a Red Sea port in Eilat despite environmental risks, as it strives to maintain energy security amid conflict on multiple fronts, according to Israeli officia...
May 30, 2024
Exclusive-US proposes bulk milk testing for bird flu before cattle transport
By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Agriculture Department has proposed allowing farmers to bulk test the milk of their dairy cows for bird flu rather than test milk from individual cows before gaining approval to ship them across state li...
May 30, 2024
India's critical monsoon rains hit mainland early
By Rajendra Jadhav and Mayank Bhardwaj MUMBAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Monsoon rains hit India's southernmost Kerala coast a few days earlier than expected on Thursday, the national weather office said, boosting prospects for bumper harvests that coul...
May 30, 2024
US national spelling bee final to put whiz kids to the test
(Reuters) - Some of the brightest youngsters in the U.S. will square off on Thursday in the final round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, a mind-boggling test of their mastery of the most obscure, complex and downright tricky words in the Engli...
May 30, 2024
Jurors to begin second day of deliberations in Trump hush money trial
By Jack Queen, Luc Cohen and Andy Sullivan NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jurors in Donald Trump's hush money trial return for a second day of deliberations on Thursday, applying extra scrutiny to a pair of high-profile witnesses as they weigh the fate of th...
May 30, 2024
US Senator Warren pushes to cement pharmaceutical patent seizure policy
By Patrick Wingrove (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren and another Democratic lawmaker on Thursday said they had sent a letter urging the Department of Commerce to finalize its policy on when the government can seize patents on drugs and ot...
May 30, 2024
For islanders, India's election is about climate change, survival
By Avijit Ghosh GHORAMARA, India (Reuters) - As voters across India cast their ballots in the general election on issues ranging from the cost of living to jobs and religion, the residents of a tiny, ecologically sensitive island have only one conc...
May 30, 2024
Support for Spanish gas plants is 'urgent', industry body says
MADRID (Reuters) - Supporting Spanish gas-fired plants with capacity mechanisms is "urgent and necessary", Joan Batalla, president of industry body Sedigas, said on Thursday. With intermittent renewable energy sources like wind and solar playing a ...
May 30, 2024
Biden campaign taps friend groups, social media, with unpredictable results
By Andrea Shalal and Eric Cox RACINE, Wisconsin (Reuters) - Andrea Dyess, 57, was already a Joe Biden fan, but after meeting him in her neighborhood of Racine, Wisconsin, in May, she has been talking to anyone who will listen about giving him four ...
May 30, 2024
EU agrees to quit energy investment treaty over climate concerns
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union countries agreed on Thursday to jointly quit an international energy treaty, over concerns that it protects fossil fuel investments and undermines efforts to fight climate change, the Belgian EU presidency said. ...
May 30, 2024
Greeks walk on fire using faith over fear
By Alkis Konstantinidis and Alexandros Avramidis MAVROLEFKI, Greece (Reuters) - At a small shrine in northern Greece, locals clutching icons of Greek Orthodox saints dance to lyres and drums in preparation for a ceremony in which they will walk on ...
May 30, 2024
Iceland volcano spews lava and smoke for a second day
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - A volcano in Iceland spewed smoke and lava for a second day on Thursday but winds were expected to carry poisonous gas pollution away from the capital Reykjavik, authorities said. The eruption, the fifth since December, was t...
May 30, 2024
India's capital sees first heat-related death this year, media reports
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's capital Delhi recorded its first heat-related death this year as temperatures reached record highs, media reported on Thursday. Parts of northwest and central India have been experiencing heat wave to severe heat wave ...
May 30, 2024
US nears deal to fund Moderna's bird flu vaccine trial, FT reports
(Reuters) - The U.S. government is nearing an agreement to fund a late-stage trial of Moderna's mRNA pandemic bird flu vaccine, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, as an H5N1 outbreak spreads through egg farms and among cattle herds. The fede...
May 30, 2024
Australian weather bureau forecasts wet months after dry June
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Most of Australia's main cropping regions are likely to endure a dry June but should grow significantly wetter from July, the country's weather bureau said on Thursday. Though a dry June could worry farmers, particularly in are...
May 30, 2024
Global shift to renewables slowed in 2023, policy group says
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The global shift to renewables in major energy-consuming sectors slowed in 2023, hindered by regulatory gaps, political pressures and a failure to set clear targets, a policy group said on Wednesday. The COVID-19 pandemic and ...
May 30, 2024
US Army opens new 155mm artillery munitions plant in Texas
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army inaugurated its new Universal Artillery Projectile Lines facility in Mesquite, Texas, on Wednesday, marking a significant step in producing more 155mm artillery and modernizing domestic munitions p...
May 29, 2024
US romance writers' group seeks loving embrace of bankruptcy court
By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hang up the ripped bodices, give Fabio the bad news and cue the lawyers: the Romance Writers of America, a nonprofit devoted to helping romance writers build their careers, is headed to bankruptcy court. As w...
May 29, 2024
Biden returns to Philadelphia to court Black voters
By Jarrett Renshaw PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will unveil a new coalition in Philadelphia on Wednesday to court Black voters, a critical voting bloc that is showing signs of weakness for Democrats ahead of the November election. B...
May 29, 2024