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Asia is one of the world’s least insured places, even as it’s battered by climate change

A lack of insurance coverage in Southeast Asia threatens an increasingly important hub for supply chains, as the region is battered by tropical storms, major flooding, and other natural disasters. Total losses from natural disasters across Asia-Pacific last year totaled $73 billion, yet just $9 billion was insured, according to Germany reinsurance company Munich Re….

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Ladakh’s sky turned blood-red. It wasn’t just beautiful – it was a warning

A powerful solar radiation storm, the most intense since 2003, caused a rare red aurora over Hanle, Ladakh. This event, triggered by an X-class solar flare and Coronal Mass Ejection, highlighted Earth’s vulnerability to solar activity. Scientists warn of more such events as the Sun approaches solar maximum, emphasizing the need for early warning systems…

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Nikkei 225, Kospi, Jakarta Composite Index

A jeweller shows gold and silver bars at his shop in downtown Kuwait City on Jan. 12, 2026. Yasser Al-zayyat | Afp | Getty Images Gold and silver prices fell Friday, after hitting record highs a day earlier, as investors book profits after a record-breaking rally this year. Spot gold prices declined over 4% to…

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Blaze engulfs forested land at Menamkulam

Firefighters douse the blaze that broke out at a vacant plot near the Bharat Gas LPG filling station at Menamkulam, Kazhakoottam in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday. | Photo Credit: JAYAMOHAN A A massive fire broke out in a forested area at Menamkulam near Kazhakuttom on Thursday. No casualties were reported in the incident. The fire broke…

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NASA’s Juno scan reveals what lies below frozen surface of Jupiter’s moon |

NASA’s Juno scan reveals what lies below frozen surface of Jupiter’s moon (AI-generated) New measurements from NASA’s Juno spacecraft have offered a clearer picture of what lies beneath the frozen surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa. During a close flyby in 2022, Juno gathered microwave data that allowed scientists to probe the moon’s icy crust to…

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California Democrats help lead fight vs. Trump immigration crackdown

California Democrats have assumed leading roles in their party’s counter-offensive to the Trump administration’s massive immigration crackdown — seizing on a growing sense, shared by some Republicans, that the campaign has gotten so out of hand that the political winds have shifted heavily in their favor. They stalled Department of Homeland Security funding in the…

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