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Cyclone Amphan loss estimated at $13 billion in India, may rise in Bangladesh

May 23, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Aid Relief / Humanitarian Agencies, ASIA, Asia / Pacific, Asylum / Immigration / Refugees, Bangladesh, Disasters / Accidents, Emerging Market Countries, Environment, Graphics, Health / Medicine, INDIA, Major News, Overseas Development Aid, Pictures, Precipitation, Real Estate Markets, STORM, Transmission Lines, US, Utilities (TRBC), Video, Water, Wind / Hurricanes / Typhoons / Tornadoes

KOLKATA/DHAKA (Reuters) – A powerful cyclone that tore through India’s eastern state of West Bengal this week has caused a

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Indian PM offers help to cyclone stricken Kolkata, Bangladesh counts cost

May 22, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Aid Relief / Humanitarian Agencies, ASIA, Asia / Pacific, Asylum / Immigration / Refugees, Bangladesh, Disasters / Accidents, Emerging Market Countries, Environment, Graphics, Health / Medicine, INDIA, Major News, Pictures, Precipitation, STORM, Transmission Lines, US, Video, Wind / Hurricanes / Typhoons / Tornadoes

KOLKATA/DHAKA (Reuters) – Prime Minister Narendra Modi, peering down from his aircraft on Friday, saw the devastation and flooding caused

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Cyclone swamps parts of India, Bangladesh, evacuations keep death toll down

May 21, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Aid Relief / Humanitarian Agencies, ASIA, Asia / Pacific, Asylum / Immigration / Refugees, Bangladesh, Disasters / Accidents, Emerging Market Countries, Graphics, Health / Medicine, INDIA, Major News, Picture available, Pictures, Precipitation, STORM, Transmission Lines, US, Video, Wind / Hurricanes / Typhoons / Tornadoes

KOLKATA/DHAKA (Reuters) – Rescue teams searched for survivors in eastern India and Bangladesh on Thursday, a day after the most

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Strongest cyclone in over a decade slams into India, Bangladesh

May 20, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Aid Relief / Humanitarian Agencies, ASIA, Asia / Pacific, Asylum / Immigration / Refugees, Bangladesh, Disasters / Accidents, Emerging Market Countries, Health / Medicine, INDIA, Major News, Precipitation, STORM, Transmission Lines, US, Weather Markets / Weather, Wind / Hurricanes / Typhoons / Tornadoes

KOLKATA/DHAKA (Reuters) – A powerful cyclone barrelled into eastern India on Wednesday with heavy rain, wind and waves as millions

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Tens of thousands evacuated as India, Bangladesh brace for super cyclone

May 19, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments ASIA, Asia / Pacific, Bangladesh, Disasters / Accidents, Emerging Market Countries, Health / Medicine, INDIA, Major News, Precipitation, Race Relations / Ethnic Issues, STORM, US, Wind / Hurricanes / Typhoons / Tornadoes

KOLKATA/DHAKA (Reuters) – Authorities in eastern India and Bangladesh were scrambling on Tuesday to move tens of thousands of villagers

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China smog rises in April for first time this year

May 18, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, CHINA, China (PRC), Coal, Economic News (3rd Party), Emerging Market Countries, Environment, fired Power Stations, Health / Medicine, Pollution, US

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese air pollution rose in April for the first time since December, official data showed on Monday,

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Entertainment 

Colombian director films quarantine ‘Bathroom’ comedy with mobile phones

May 17, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Americas, Arts / Culture / Entertainment, Celebrities, Colombia, CORONAVIRUS, Emerging Market Countries, Entertainment Production (TRBC), Epidemics, Film, HEALTH, Human Interest / Brights / Odd News, Living / Lifestyle, Pictures, South America / Central America, Telecommunications Services (TRBC), US, Video

BOGOTA (Reuters) – This time there are no lights, cameras, dressing rooms or the hundreds of people who usually crowd

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Global coordination needed to fight COVID-19 and climate crises – BIS

May 14, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, BIS, Central Banks / Central Bank Events, CORONAVIRUS, Currencies / Foreign Exchange Markets, Debt / Fixed Income Markets, Economic Indicators, Economic News (3rd Party), Emerging Market Countries, Environment, Europe, Financials (Legacy), Financials (TRBC), Government Finances, HEALTH, Health / Medicine, Healthcare (TRBC), Major News, Monetary / Fiscal Policy / Policy Makers, National Government Debt, Regulation, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, US

LONDON (Reuters) – More global coordination is necessary to fight the twin threat of the coronavirus crisis and climate change,

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Plastic piles up in Thailand as pandemic efforts sideline pollution fight

May 11, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments ASEAN Countries, Asia / Pacific, China (PRC), CORONAVIRUS, Emerging Market Countries, Environment, HEALTH, Health / Medicine, INDONESIA, Living / Lifestyle, Major News, Malaysia, Philippines, PLASTIC, Plastics / Polymers, Pollution, Thailand, US, VIETNAM

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand began the year with a ban on single-use plastic bags that Bangkok office worker Nicha Singhanoi

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Philippine lawmakers vow to get broadcast giant ABS-CBN back on air

May 6, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Arts / Culture / Entertainment, ASEAN Countries, Asia / Pacific, BROADCASTER, Broadcasting (TRBC), Company News, Emerging Market Countries, Equities Markets, Fundamental Rights / Civil Liberties, General News, Government / Politics, Human Rights / Civil Rights, Internet / World Wide Web, Judicial Process / Court Cases / Court Decisions, Major News, MEDIA, Media / Publishing (Legacy), Media and Publishing (TRBC), Philippines, Picture available, Pictures, Regulation, Technology / Media / Telecoms, Telecommunications Services (TRBC), US

MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine legislators pushed on Wednesday to get the country’s biggest broadcaster back on air, amid widespread shock

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