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By Krishna N. Das and Jennifer Rigby NEW DELHI/LONDON (Reuters) -An unnamed middleman in Mumbai provided a crucial raw material used in Indian-made cough syrups that have been linked to the deaths…

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department sued Norfolk Southern Corp seeking to ensure that the railroad pays the full cost of cleanup and any long-term effects of the derailment…

By Eimi Yamamitsu, Tom Bateman and Issei Kato TEN-EI, Japan (Reuters) – – As Eita Sato and Aoi Hoshi walked towards their junior high school graduation ceremony, their footsteps echoed in polished…

By Guy Faulconbridge (Reuters) – Britain said it would supply armour piercing munitions containing depleted uranium to Ukraine to help destroy Russian tanks, a step President Vladimir Putin said would force a…

By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – Norfolk Southern Corp shareholders have accused the railroad of defrauding them by prioritizing profit over safety prior to last month’s derailment of a train carrying hazardous chemicals…

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed the first-ever national drinking water standard for six cancer-causing chemicals known as polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The proposal is a…

By Elaine Lies NAMIE, Japan (Reuters) – Jinichi Abe grins as he watches diggers working earth near his rice fields, knowing they are returning still more fields to productivity after Fukushima nuclear…

By Rod Nickel BILOZERKA, Ukraine (Reuters) – When Ukraine recaptured Kherson in November, Andrii Povod returned to find his grain farm in ruins. Two tractors were missing, most of the wheat was…

By Julio Cesar Chavez and Brad Brooks EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (Reuters) -A U.S. train derailment that spilled toxic chemicals in an Ohio town might have been avoided if the railway company’s alarm…