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Bulgarian bus crash: At least 16 killed as tourist bus flips on highway

Published On: August 26, 2018 10:01 AM NPT By: Agencies

Aug 26: At least 16 people were killed and another 26 were injured when a tourist bus flipped over on a highway near Bulgaria's capital Sofia.

China manages joint ventures under WTO framework: Experts

Published On: August 25, 2018 12:00 PM NPT By: Agencies

Aug 25: China had strictly fulfilled its commitment after its entry to the World Trade Organization (WTO), experts said, adding that its regulations established for joint ventures were completely consistent with relevant WTO rules, and therefore the US accusations were totally groundless.

S. Korean, U.S. diplomats discuss Washington's Indo-Pacific strategy

Published On: August 25, 2018 11:30 AM NPT By: Agencies

Aug 25: South Korean and U.S. diplomats held talks over Washington's Indo-Pacific strategy on Friday, drawing fresh attention to whether Seoul will join the new geopolitical initiative seen as targeting an assertive China.

Pakistan PM Imran Khan's cabinet bans top officials from flying first-class

Published On: August 25, 2018 11:00 AM NPT By: Agencies

PAKISTAN, Aug 25: Newly-appointed Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's cabinet enforced a ban on first-class air travel for top officials.

Hotel fire in Chinese city of Harbin kills 18

Published On: August 25, 2018 09:44 AM NPT By: Agencies

BEIJING, Aug 25: A fire early on Saturday morning at a hot springs hotel in the far northeastern Chinese city of Harbin killed 18 people, the official Xinhua news agency reported.

Does climbing Everest alter your genetic code?

Published On: August 24, 2018 03:55 PM NPT By: Agencies

Exposure to extreme environments can change our DNA. Everest climbers—and their twins—are the perfect study subjects.

From sink to source: Droughts are changing the Amazon rainforest

Published On: August 24, 2018 12:40 PM NPT By: Agencies

But new research finds just one season of drought can reduce the carbon dioxide absorption ability of the world’s biggest rainforest – the Amazon – for years to come.

Trump impeachment: Is it possible – and how would it play out?

Published On: August 24, 2018 12:32 PM NPT By: Agencies

WASHINGTON DC, Aug 24: Michael Cohen’s testimony on Monday, that he broke campaign finance laws at Donald Trump’s direction, has renewed calls for Trump’s impeachment or even his removal – but is that likely, and what would actually happen if it did?

Indian rupee weakens further against US dollar

Published On: August 24, 2018 12:00 PM NPT By: Agencies

MUMBAI, Aug 24: The Indian rupee along with emerging Asian currencies weakened against the US dollar on Friday as prospects for a quick resolution of the US-China trade war faded after two days of talks ended with little progress.

REVEALED: Cousin of Manchester City owner Sheik Mansour failed with world record £2bn takeover of Liverpool

Published On: August 24, 2018 11:16 AM NPT By: Agencies

LIVERPOOL, Aug 24: Cousin of Manchester City owner Sheik Mansour has failed in a stunning £2billion proposal to buy Liverpool. Sheik Khaled Bin Zayed Al Nehayan, an Emirati member of the family who governs Abu Dhabi, approached representatives of Liverpool's owners over the course of several months in late 2017 and into early 2018.

Ethiopia: First Waste-to-Energy facility opens in Africa

Published On: August 23, 2018 03:00 PM NPT By: Agencies

CARACAS, Aug 23: Ethiopia has become the first African country to build a fully dedicated waste-to-energy facility. Called the Reppie project, it was launched by President Mulatu Teshome, along with a host of other high-ranking government officials.

Ex-beauty queen on trial for hiring assailant to kill millionaire husband

Published On: August 23, 2018 01:30 PM NPT By: Agencies

MOSCOW, Aug 23: A former beauty pageant winner from Puerto Rico, 38-year-old Aurea Vazquez Rijos, has appeared before a US court for hiring a man to murder her millionaire husband back in 2005, after years of a legal battle, when she evaded justice by fleeing to Italy and then Spain. The trial began on Tuesday and may take several days.

Israeli defense officials approve plans for 1,000 West Bank settlement homes

Published On: August 23, 2018 12:30 PM NPT By: Agencies

WASHINGTON DC, Aug 23: Israel’s government has advanced plans to build over 1,000 new homes in West Bank settlements, an Israeli watchdog group has said. According to Peace Now, nearly 400 homes received final approval from defense officials for construction to begin, while the rest require further bureaucratic approvals.

Thickest Arctic ice breaks up as Trump admin rolls back pollution regulations

Published On: August 23, 2018 12:30 PM NPT By: Agencies

Some of the thickest Arctic sea ice has begun breaking up, revealing open sea that is typically always frozen, indicating that Arctic ice may even more vulnerable to global warming than previously thought.

‘Other things’ in Iran? Bolton says regime change ‘not US policy,’ but has more tricks up his sleeve

Published On: August 23, 2018 12:00 PM NPT By: Agencies

WASHINGTON DC, Aug 23: National security advisor John Bolton declared that regime change in Iran is not a US objective. But he did promise to hit Tehran with sanctions and “other things.” So where does pressure end and regime change begin?

Trump orders Pompeo to ‘closely study’ South Africa’s land expropriation

Published On: August 23, 2018 11:30 AM NPT By: Agencies

WASHINGTON DC, Aug 23: US President Donald Trump has expressed concern over the fate of white farmers in South Africa, where the extremely controversial land redistribution reform might leave owners without their properties or any compensation.

Another Argentine woman dies from clandestine abortion

Published On: August 22, 2018 04:00 PM NPT By: Agencies

CARACAS, Aug 22: Another Argentine woman has died because of a botched abortion just as the Senate failed to pass the highly-debated abortion bill.Romina Fernandez had a clandestine abortion to terminate her pregnancy at the Sanguinetti Hospital in Pilar, Argentina, a suburb of Buenos Aires on August 8, a day before the country’s upper house slimly rejected the bill.