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By David Stanway SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore is planning to expand a pilot project that boosts the ocean’s capacity to absorb carbon dioxide emissions, using one of several emerging technologies that supporters hope can play a decisive role in the global battle against climate change. As scientists call for more research into ocean carbon dioxide removal (OCDR), Singapore’s Public Utilities Board (PUB) has built a plant that uses electricity to […]

By David Stanway SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore is planning to expand a pilot project that boosts the ocean’s capacity to absorb carbon dioxide emissions, using one of several emerging technologies that supporters hope can play a decisive role in the global battle against climate change. As scientists call for more research into ocean carbon dioxide removal (OCDR), Singapore’s Public Utilities Board (PUB) has built a plant that uses electricity to […]

By Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s top court partially approved on Tuesday a landmark appeal by an LGBTQ activist for recognition of same-sex marriages, calling for new regulations for gay couples to protect their basic social needs. The ruling by Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal followed a five-year legal battle fought by jailed democracy and LGBTQ rights activist Jimmy Sham. It was the first time that […]

By Anna Voitenko ZAPORIZHZHIA REGION, Ukraine (Reuters) – Three Ukrainian soldiers draw back the sliding roof of their dugout near the frontline, quickly launch several mortar bombs and shout: “Presents for the Russians!” To avoid revealing their position, they rapidly replace the makeshift roof — consisting of branches and leaves covering tarpaulin stretched over a metal frame — and take cover. It’s a routine they repeat frequently as Ukraine’s army […]

By Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong’s top court partially approved on Tuesday a landmark appeal by an LGBTQ activist for recognition of same-sex marriages, calling for new regulations for gay couples to protect their basic social needs. The ruling by Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal followed a five-year legal battle fought by jailed democracy and LGBTQ rights activist Jimmy Sham. It was the first time that the […]

(Reuters) – The EU has been working for months to push for the release of a Swedish EU worker detained in Iran for the last 500 days, the bloc’s top diplomat Josep Borrell said on Tuesday. Sweden and the European Commission on Monday said a Swedish national is being detained in Iran, following a report in The New York Times. Borrell on Tuesday confirmed the man in question is Johan […]

By Brad Brooks (Reuters) – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the state’s top law-enforcement official, could lose his job in an impeachment trial on corruption charges led by his fellow Republicans that begins on Tuesday. Paxton has been suspended from his position since the Republican-led Texas House of Representatives voted to impeach him on 20 corruption charges in May, including aiding a donor and persecuting whistleblowers. Now his fate rests […]

By Sarah N. Lynch and Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former President Donald Trump adviser Peter Navarro will head to trial on Tuesday on two misdemeanor counts of contempt of Congress, after refusing to testify or provide documents to the U.S. congressional investigation of the attack on the Capitol. Navarro, a longtime China hawk who advised Republican Trump on trade issues and also served on the COVID-19 task force, has […]

BRUSSELS/MADRID (Reuters) – The exiled former leader of Catalonia on Tuesday said that all judicial cases targeting Catalan separatism must be dropped as a condition for his party to negotiate the support of its lawmakers for a new Spanish prime minister in parliament. Speaking in Brussels, Puigdemont, who is a fugitive from Spanish justice, said any support from his party would require significant concessions from acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s […]