UNITED NATIONS, July 10 (Reuters) - The United Nations
Security Council will meet on Sunday at the request of the
United States to discuss new fighting in South Sudan's capital
Juba, diplomats said.
KAMPALA, July 10 (Reuters) - The residence of South Sudan's
vice president and former rebel leader Riek Machar was attacked
on Sunday by forces loyal to President Salva Kiir, but the
situation in the capital Juba has calmed down since then,
Machar's spokesman said, speaking from outside the country.
July 10 (Reuters) - Oil's big rebound in the first half of
the year was a squandered opportunity for most hedge funds with
positions in crude, and a surge in volatility is likely to make
it harder for them to call the market in the second half.
JUBA, July 10 (Reuters) - At least 272 people have died in
fighting between South Sudan's rival factions in the capital
Juba, including 33 civilians, a government source said on
Sunday, as heavy gunfire erupted again in parts the city.
HAVANA, July 9 (Reuters) - Cuba is drastically cutting
electricity, imports and investment, as well as reducing fuel
consumption by 28 percent through the end of the year, its
economy minister said on Friday in a closed-door speech to the
National Assembly published by official media on Saturday.
SYDNEY, July 9 (Reuters) - China Molybdenum Co Ltd (CMOC)
is interested in acquiring more mining assets
globally including in Australia, the company's international
chief executive was quoted as saying in The Australian
newspaper's Saturday edition.
If renewables didn't have policy support, there wouldn't be much of a market, so the saying goes.
In mid-May, The Dow Chemical Company said that it was raising its 2025 corporate clean energy target from 400 MW to 750 MW.
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 7 (Reuters) - Brazil's state-led oil
firm Petrobras may never collect some debts owed it by state-run
power utility Eletrobras, the energy ministry said on Thursday,
acknowledging the government has little cash to provide new
capital to the debt-ridden electricity company.
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