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How net zero goals, Russian war are sparking Europe's hydrogen economy
Green hydrogen is in sharp focus as governments seek to slash carbon emissions amid record-high temperatures and to safeguard energy supplies hit by the invasion of Ukraine by oil and gas producer Russia
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Global business travel won't see full recovery until 2026: report
Inflation, supply chain problems and ongoing Covid-19 lockdowns in China are among the factors conspiring to delay a full recovery in business travel to its pre-pandemic level
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China factories ration power as heatwave sends demand soaring
Temperatures in the Chinese lithium hub Sichaun province—home to nearly 84 million people—have hovered above 40-42 degrees Celsius since last week, meanwhile, the region relies on dams to generate 80 percent of its electricity, but rivers in the area have dried up this summer
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Rakesh Jhunjhunwala: The billionaire-investor who lived on his own terms and never gave up
The trader-investor who passed away on Sunday at the age of 62 remained optimistic about the India story through thick and thin. He'd often say: When one has a big idea, one needs to bet big
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The new 'Monuments Officers' prepare to protect art amid war
Army Monuments Officers work in a military capacity to identify and preserve cultural treasures around the world that are threatened by conflict, just like the Monuments Men of World War II who recovered millions of artifacts looted by the Nazis
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Kamoya Kimeu, fossil-hunting 'legend' in East Africa, is dead
Kamoya Kimeu, the son of a goat herder whose preternatural gift for spotting and identifying petrified tibias, skull fragments and other ancient human remains among the arid, rocky badlands of East Africa won him acclaim as the world's greatest fossil hunter, died on July 20 in Nairobi, Kenya
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Arctic warming is happening faster than described, analysis shows
One result of rapid Arctic warming is faster melting of the Greenland ice sheet, which adds to sea-level rise. But the impacts extend far beyond the Arctic, reaching down to influence weather such as extreme rainfall and heat waves in North America and elsewhere
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India at 75: Why minorities are sleepless and feeling insecure
Right-wing calls for the country to be declared a Hindu nation and Hindu supremacy to be enshrined in law are growing rapidly louder, making its 210-million-odd Muslims increasingly anxious about their future
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Johnson & Johnson will discontinue talc-based baby powder globally in 2023
More than 40,000 lawsuits, many from women with ovarian cancer or mesothelioma, have accused Johnson & Johnson of selling talc baby powder while being aware of its links to health risks, such as possible asbestos contamination
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South Korea pardons Samsung boss and billionaire Lee Jae-yong 'to help the economy'
Billionaire Lee Jae-yong, who was convicted of bribery and embezzlement in January last year, will be "reinstated" to give him a chance to "contribute to overcoming the economic crisis" of the country, Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon said
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In scorched UK, source of River Thames dries up
The driest start to a year in decades has shifted the source of this emblematic English river several miles downstream, leaving scorched earth and the occasional puddle where water once flowed