In battle for Libya's oil, water becomes a casualty

Published On: July 2, 2019 02:42 PM NPT By: Reuters

TRIPOLI, July 2: While Libya’s oil lies at the heart of three months of fighting over Tripoli and years of power struggles before that, water is becoming a far bigger concern for its people.

BOGOTA, Colombia, July 2: María Victoria Guarín was a key adviser on Colombia’s biggest-ever transportation project: a 1,000-kilometer (620-mile) highway across mountainous terrain connecting the capital to busy Caribbean ports.

WASHINGTON, July 2: The amount of ice circling Antarctica is suddenly plunging from a record high to record lows, baffling scientists.

Heavy rains in India kill 27, cripple Mumbai

Published On: July 2, 2019 12:10 PM NPT By: Reuters

MUMBAI, July 2: Monsoon rains caused wall collapses that killed 27 people in India on Tuesday, as the second day of bad weather disrupted rail and air traffic in the financial capital Mumbai, prompting officials to shut schools and offices, though markets were open.

Amazon plans to create 1,800 jobs in France in 2019

Published On: July 2, 2019 11:30 AM NPT By: Reuters

PARIS, July 2: U.S. online retail giant Amazon (AMZN.O) said on Tuesday it will create 1,800 permanent contract positions this year in France, its largest European market after Britain and Germany.

Six killed, 105 wounded in Taliban attack in Kabul

Published On: July 2, 2019 11:07 AM NPT By: Reuters

KABUL, July 2: Taliban Islamist fighters killed six people and wounded 105 others by blowing up a truck bomb at morning rush hour near an Afghan Defence Ministry compound in Kabul on Monday.

CARACAS/PUNTO FIJO, July 2: Four days before Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido launched a military uprising in a bid to oust President Nicolas Maduro, he told supporters at a rally outside the capital, Caracas: “In the next few days, we’ll decide our destiny.”

China state media runs footage of Hong Kong protests

Published On: July 2, 2019 10:52 AM NPT By: Associated Press

HONGKONG, July 2: Chinese state media has run footage of police in Hong Kong clearing protesters from streets in a break with its silence over past days of pro-democracy demonstrations.

Australian counter-terror police make three arrests in Sydney

Published On: July 2, 2019 10:30 AM NPT By: Reuters

SYDNEY, July 2: Australian counter-terror police said they arrested three men during raids in suburban Sydney on Tuesday as part of an investigation into domestic Islamic State sympathizers.

WASHINGTON, July 2: President Donald Trump said he wants to pull U.S. troops out of Afghanistan but is concerned that without an American military presence, the country could be used as a base for terrorist attacks on the United States.