** Oil producers and oilfield service providers down as U.S. crude oil prices fell below $42 a barrel after new build in U.S.
TORONTO, Aug 14 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Global food shortages will become three times more likely as a result of climate change and the international community needs to be ready to respond to price shocks to prevent civil unrest, a joint U.S.-British taskforce warned on Friday.
JAKARTA, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Friday presented his government's proposed 2016 budget to parliament. Here are some highlights and targets of his budget proposal, including assumptions for key economic indicators next year. ASSUMPTIONS Proposed 2016 2015 budget budget GDP growth (pct) 5.5 5.7 Year-end inflation 4.7
LONDON, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Britain's top equity index edged up on Friday, with travel group TUI leading the risers and gains mitigated by a decline for commodities stocks, such as Glencore and BP.
Disappointment spread across Tarun Singh’s face when he saw that parts of his solar power microgrid in eastern India’s Bihar state had been stolen.
Batteries meant to store energy stood disconnected from solar panels and drained of essential acid at the site in Kayam village. Singh, chief executive of Veddis Solars Pvt., said he hadn’t been paid the rent due on the small plant since February.
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