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Nuclear reactor restarted in Japan, close to 2 other functioning units

  • Nuclear reactor restarted in Japan, close to 2 other functioning units TOKYO, (MILLAT ONLINE)::Kansai Electric Power Co. on Wednesday resumed operations of its No. 3 reactor at its Oi nuclear plant on the Sea of Japan coast, despite ongoing local opposition. The No. 3 reactor now comprises three reactors that the utility has brought back […]

  • EU unlocks new 3 bn euro Turkey migrant deal tranche

    EU unlocks new 3 bn euro Turkey migrant deal tranche Brussels, (MILLAT ONLINE):The EU on Wednesday unlocked a further three billion euros ($3.7 billion) for refugees in Turkey, the second tranche of a controversial 2016 deal to curb the flow of migrants coming to Europe. “The Commission is today launching the mobilisation for the second […]

  • Kremlin says ties with US cannot get any worse under new Secretary of State

    Kremlin says ties with US cannot get any worse under new Secretary of State Moscow, (MILLAT ONLINE):The Kremlin on Wednesday said ties with the US could not get any worse under next Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, after the sacking of Rex Tillerson. “It’s hardly possible to fall below the floor, so it is unlikely […]

  • Erdogan hopes Kurdish-held Afrin ‘will fall by evening’

    Erdogan hopes Kurdish-held Afrin ‘will fall by evening’ Ankara, (MILLAT ONLINE):Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday said he hoped that the Kurdish-held Syrian city of Afrin would fall by the evening to Turkish forces who have surrounded it. “We have got a little bit closer to Afrin. I hope that Afrin will, God willing, […]

  • German parliament confirms Chancellor Merkel for fourth term

    German parliament confirms Chancellor Merkel for fourth term Berlin, (MILLAT ONLINE):German Chancellor Angela Merkel, bruised by half a year of post-election coalition haggling, was Wednesday elected by parliament to her fourth and likely final term at the helm of Europe’s biggest economy. Lawmakers in Berlin’s glass-domed Reichstag voted 364-315 with nine abstentions for Merkel who […]

  • Merkel re-elected by German parliament to fourth term

    Merkel re-elected by German parliament to fourth term Berlin, (MILLAT ONLINE):German Chancellor Angela Merkel was Wednesday elected by parliament to her fourth term at the helm of Europe’s biggest economy. Bundestag lawmakers voted 364-315 for Merkel, with nine abstentions. Merkel is to be formally appointed by President Frank-Walter Steinmeier before taking the oath of office […]