Japan rejects South Korean attempt to air trade row at WTO

Published On: July 24, 2019 07:30 PM NPT By: Reuters

GENEVA, July 24: Japan told the World Trade Organization on Wednesday its controls on exports to South Korea were based on security concerns unsuitable for discussion at the WTO, in the latest twist in a row between Washington’s two biggest Asian allies.

July 24: Facebook Inc (FB.O) agreed to pay a $100 million fine to settle charges by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it misled investors for more than two years about the misuse of its users’ data, the regulator said on Wednesday.

Croatian soldier dies in Afghanistan suicide attack

Published On: July 24, 2019 06:30 PM NPT By: Reuters

BELGRADE, July 24: A Croatian soldier serving in Afghanistan died and two others were seriously injured in a suicide attack on their convoy outside Kabul on Wednesday, authorities said.

CAIRO, July 24: Libya’s coast guard says it has intercepted around four dozen Europe-bound migrants off the Mediterranean coast and taken them to a detention center that was bombed earlier this month.

DHAKA/MUMBAI, July 24: Onion prices in Bangladesh have doubled over the past two weeks after floods ravaged the crop and as imports from top supplier India became expensive after New Delhi withdrew incentives for overseas sales, industry officials told Reuters.

DHAKA, July 24: Severe flooding has killed at least 61 people, displaced nearly 800,000 and inundated thousands of homes across a third of Bangladesh, government officials said on Tuesday, after two weeks of heavy monsoon rains.

KABUL, July 24: Every day before dawn, 10-year-old Kamran goes to work with his father and other relatives at a brick factory on the outskirts of Kabul.

Johnson to appoint his Brexit team

Published On: July 24, 2019 03:20 PM NPT By: Reuters

LONDON, July 24: Boris Johnson will take office on Wednesday as British prime minister and will unveil the names of the team he has tasked with delivering Brexit by the end of October, with or without a deal.

BEIJING, July 24: China’s central government is pointing to an article in Hong Kong law that allows the army to step in during public security crises.

Britain's Johnson to appoint his Brexit team

Published On: July 24, 2019 01:36 PM NPT By: Reuters

LONDON, July 24: Boris Johnson will take office on Wednesday as British prime minister and will unveil the names of the team he has tasked with delivering Brexit by the end of October, with or without a deal.