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Weather and climate disasters cost countries about USD 320 billion last year with major monsoon floods in the Indian subcontinent and severe droughts in parts of East Africa contributing to making 2017 the most expensive year on record. The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) in its State of Climate 2017 report said that the North Atlantic hurricane season was the costliest ever for the US and eradicated decades of development gains in small islands in the Caribbean, such as Dominica. According to the report, Major monsoon floods in the Indian subcontinent…

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President Donald Trump today suspended his controversial tariffs on steel and aluminium imports for the US’ key trade partners, including the European Union. The countries temporarily exempted from the Trump administration’s new 25 per cent import tariff on steel and 10 per cent on aluminium are the EU members states, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico and South Korea, the White House said “These suspensions are based on factors including ongoing discussions regarding measures to reduce global excess capacity in steel and aluminium production by addressing its root causes, the White…

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दक्षिण कोरिया की अदालत ने गुरुवार को भ्रष्टाचार के आरोपों को लेकर पूर्व राष्ट्रपति ली म्युंग बक की गिरफ्तारी का वारंट जारी किया है. समाचार एजेंसी सिन्हुआ के मुताबिक, सियोल सेंट्रल डिस्ट्रिक्ट कोर्ट ने ली को हिरासत में लेने का फैसला किया है.  हालांकि, ली ने सभी आरोपों से इनकार किया है. अदालत के फैसले के मुताबिक, इन आरोपों को नकारे जाने से सबूतों को नष्ट करने की संभावना बढ़ी है और ली के कई अपराध न्यायोचित ठहरे हैं. ली को पिछले सप्ताह पूछताछ के लिए समन किया गया था.…

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