British PM May plans Brexit speech next week London, (MILLAT ONLINE):Prime Minister Theresa May will make a speech next week on Britain’s partnership with the EU after Brexit, her office said Thursday, after she chaired an eight-hour cabinet meeting to thrash out a plan. May took senior ministers to the premier’s country retreat of Chequers […]
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British PM May plans Brexit speech next week
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Korean pile-up wipes out Choi’s treble title bid
Gangneung, South Korea, Feb 22 (AFP/APP):Choi Min-jeong’s bid for an Olympic short track treble ended in a wipe-out with fellow South Korean Shim Suk-hee on Thursday. The winner of the women’s 1,500m and 3,000m relay clipped the blades of Shim in the final lap of the 1,000m, sending both skaters hurtling into the side padding. […]
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Amnesty slams Trump-led ‘politics of hate’
London, Feb 22 (AFP/APP):The “politics of demonization” provided fertile ground for human rights abuses in 2017, exemplified by the response of Europe and Donald Trump’s US to the refugee crisis, rights group Amnesty international said Thursday. The British-based group in its annual report took particular aim at the US president’s “transparently hateful” executive order banning […]
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Taiwan to ban disposable plastic items by 2030
Taiwan to ban disposable plastic items by 2030 Taipei, Feb 22 (AFP/APP):Taiwan is planning a blanket ban on single-use plastic items including straws, cups and shopping bags by 2030, officials said Thursday, with restaurants facing new restrictions from next year. It is the latest push by Taiwan to cut waste and pollution after introducing a […]
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European stocks join world slide on Fed rate-rise fears
European stocks join world slide on Fed rate-rise fears London, Feb 22 (AFP/APP):European stock markets slid on Thursday following sharp declines in Asia and on Wall Street after Federal Reserve minutes fanned expectations that US interest rates would rise further. Around 1100 GMT, London’s benchmark FTSE 100 index was down 0.9 percent, as investors also […]
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Prosecutors raid former Audi board members in diesel probe
Frankfurt am Main, Feb 22 (AFP/APP):German prosecutors said Thursday they had raided the homes of three people including two former board members at luxury carmaker Audi, the third search this year related to diesel emissions cheating at the Volkswagen subsidiary. “There is suspicion that the accused were partly responsible for at least a significant proportion […]