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Koreas hold talks on North.’s participation in Paralympics

  • Koreas hold talks on North.’s participation in Paralympics SEOUL, (MILLAT ONLINE)::South and North Korea held working-level talks Tuesday to discuss details of the North’s participation in the Paralympics to be held in the South Korea next month, Yonhap reported. Officials from the two sides met at the Tongilgak administrative building on the northern side of […]

  • China to tighten crackdown on illegal fundraising to curb financial risks

    China to tighten crackdown on illegal fundraising to curb financial risks BEIJING, (MILLAT ONLINE)::China will tighten its crackdown on illegal fundraising to fend off financial risks in 2018, according to an inter-agency anti-illegal fundraising meeting, Xinhua report said. China will strengthen supervision mechanism for illegal fundraising, hold local government officials accountable, and improve the legal […]

  • Over 30 reported dead after 7.5-mangitude earthquake hit Papua New Guinea

    Over 30 reported dead after 7.5-mangitude earthquake hit Papua New Guinea SYDNEY, (MILLAT ONLINE)::Over 30 people are reported to have died following Monday’s massive 7.5-magnitude earthquake that struck 96 km south-west of Mendi, in the Southern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea, Xinhua report said here on Tuesday. Although full details are still unclear, local […]

  • Greek economy minister quits in housing stipend row

    Greek economy minister quits in housing stipend row Athens, (MILLAT ONLINE):Greece’s economy minister quit early Tuesday, the prime minister’s office said, hours after his wife was ousted as a junior minister over a housing stipend controversy. “Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has accepted the resignation of Economy Minister Dimitri Papadimitriou,” the premier’s office said in a […]

  • ‘Beast from the East’ sends Europe mercury plummeting

    ‘Beast from the East’ sends Europe mercury plummeting Rome, (MILLAT ONLINE):A blast of Siberian weather dubbed “The Beast from the East” sent temperatures plunging across much of Europe early Tuesday as commuters braced themselves for another day of travel chaos. Freezing temperatures have claimed at least 10 lives across the continent in the last three […]

  • Strikes shut down Guinean capital

    Strikes shut down Guinean capital Conakry, (MILLAT ONLINE):One man died and several were injured Monday when thousands of young people erected barricades and blocked traffic in the Guinean capital Conakry as mass strikes gripped the city. A general strike was called by the Guinea General Union of Workers (UGTG) in addition to an ongoing walkout […]