US Supreme Court delays execution of inmate with dementia Washington, (MILLAT ONLINE):The US Supreme Court granted a last-minute stay of execution late Thursday to an Alabama inmate suffering from dementia. Vernon Madison, 67, had been scheduled to die by lethal injection for the killing of a police officer in Mobile in 1985. His lawyers say […]
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US Supreme Court delays execution of inmate with dementia
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Hospital blaze kills 41, injures more than 70 in Miryang
Hospital blaze kills 41, injures more than 70 in Miryang MIRYANG, South Korea, (MILLAT ONLINE):Fourty-one people were killed and more than 70 others injured in a hospital fire in the southeastern city of Miryang early Friday, with the number of casualties likely to rise further, firefighters said. The fire is suspected to have started at […]
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Thousands protest ‘Invasion Day’ on Australia’s national day
Thousands protest ‘Invasion Day’ on Australia’s national day Melbourne, (MILLAT ONLINE):Tens of thousands of people marched across Australia Friday in an “Invasion Day” protest calling for a rethink of the national day they say is offensive to indigenous people. The annual January 26 Australia Day holiday commemorates the arrival of the first British settlers in […]
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East Timor parliament dissolved, new elections called
East Timor parliament dissolved, new elections called Dili, East Timor, (MILLAT ONLINE):East Timor is set to hold fresh elections after president Francisco Guterres dissolved parliament Friday, ending a months-long political impasse that plunged Asia’s youngest democracy into a post-election stalemate. Fighting among lawmakers paralysed the former Portuguese colony and has left it on the brink […]
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100 years after ‘Spanish flu’, new global pandemics feared
100 years after ‘Spanish flu’, new global pandemics feared Davos, Switzerland, (MILLAT ONLINE):Ebola, zika, SARS: a century after the “Spanish flu” killed 50 million people, humanity now risks a new wave of deadly diseases, and in today’s globalised world another such pandemic may be unavoidable, experts warned at the Davos summit this week. “Pandemics are […]
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Asian dealers resume dollar-selling after Trump rally
Asian dealers resume dollar-selling after Trump rally Hong Kong, (MILLAT ONLINE):The dollar edged back down in Asian trade Friday as a Donald Trump-inspired surge petered out with analysts tipping the US unit to continue weakening. The recovery in the greenback helped Tokyo’s Nikkei recover some of the past two day’s sharp losses while Hong Kong […]