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  Fossil fuel polluters from US to China far off climate targets: UN

  Reuters . London | Updated at 01:50am on November 21, 2019

  The world’s major fossil fuel producers are set to bust global environmental goals with excessive coal, oil and gas extraction in the next decade, the...

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  Suu Kyi to contest Rohingya genocide case at ICJ

  Reuters . Yangon | Updated at 01:24am on November 21, 2019

  Aung San Suu Kyi will appear before the International Court of Justice to contest a case filed by Gambia accusing Myanmar of genocide against its...

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  India tightens rules on loan default disclosure for public firms

  Reuters . Mumbai/ Bengaluru | Updated at 12:00am on November 21, 2019

  India’s publicly listed firms must disclose any failure to repay loans within 24 hours in cases where 30 days had passed since the default, its...

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  China trims new benchmark lending rate again

  Reuters . Shanghai | Updated at 12:00am on November 21, 2019

  China lowered its lending benchmark rate on Wednesday, as widely expected, to reduce company funding costs and shore up an economy hurt by slowing demand...

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  PH students turn dog poo into bricks

  Reuters . Manila | Updated at 12:00am on November 21, 2019

  A group of secondary school students in the Philippines has found a way to convert poo from stray dogs into a mixture for bricks, aiming...

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  Japan’s exports post worst fall in 3yrs as shipments to US, China drop

  Reuters . Tokyo | Updated at 12:00am on November 21, 2019

  Japan’s exports tumbled at their quickest pace in three years in October, threatening to tip the tradereliant economy into recession as weakening demand from United...

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  India body may reject $12b package to help utilities cut pollution

  Reuters . New Delhi | Updated at 12:00am on November 21, 2019

  India’s Finance Commission had told the power ministry that its proposal to award utilities 835 billion rupees ($11.6 billion) in incentives to install equipment to...

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  Beijing tariff demands may expand US-China ‘phase one’ trade deal

  Reuters . Washington | Updated at 12:00am on November 21, 2019

  A ‘phase one’ trade deal between the United States and China was supposed to be a limited agreement that would allow leaders from both countries...

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  Nervous wait over for pink-ball supplier

  Reuters . Kolkata | Updated at 11:13pm on November 20, 2019

  Paras Anand freely admits he will probably be the most nervous person at Eden Gardens on Friday when India take the day-night Test plunge against...

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  Schools close across Australia’s south

  Reuters . Sydney | Updated at 10:52pm on November 20, 2019

  More than 100 schools in Australia’s southeast were closed on Wednesday and officials warned people in high-risk zones to be ready to evacuate as forecast...