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When fighting Putin comes before climate change

On the day Russia launched its all-out attack on Ukraine, Svitlana Krakovska was holed up in her home city of Kyiv, working feverishly to finish a report. As leader of the Ukrainian delegation to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), she and scientists around the world were dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s of their sixth assessment of ...

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Who leads India’s EV battery race?

The dark horse of India’s battery race is pulling away from the pack, but can it beat the bookies’ favourite? Ola Electric Mobility Pvt, a Bengaluru-based startup, will get state support to manufacture EV batteries that can store a total of 20 gigawatt-hours of power, the government said. Reliance Industries Ltd, the country’s largest conglomerate, will get subsidies for five ...

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Now is the right time for US-EU trade deal

  Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has reminded the US and Europe that their alliance matters. Their united response to President Vladimir Putin’s assault on the international order should alert them to something else — that resilience depends on economic and financial cooperation and not just on formal security commitments. In that light, reviving stalled talks on a free-trade agreement is ...

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