Female Sherpa from Nepal scales new heights Kathmandu, (MILLAT ONLINE):When Dawa Yangzum Sherpa first set her sights on being a mountain guide, she was told it was no job for a girl. Now she has proved her doubters wrong, becoming Nepal’s first woman to earn a prestigious international qualification. Last month, the 27-year-old completed a […]
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Female Sherpa from Nepal scales new heights
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US government in shutdown as midnight deadline passes
US government in shutdown as midnight deadline passes Washington, (MILLAT ONLINE):The US government officially shut down on Saturday, the first anniversary of President Donald Trump’s inauguration, after lawmakers failed to agree a stop-gap spending deal. Senators were still negotiating on the Senate floor as the clock turned midnight, but Trump’s office issued a statement blaming […]
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Trio acquitted of negligence in Canada railway disaster
Trio acquitted of negligence in Canada railway disaster Montreal,(MILLAT ONLINE):A Canadian jury on Friday cleared three railway workers of criminal negligence in one of the nation’s worst train disasters, which killed 47 people in Lac-Megantic, Quebec in 2013. Former Montreal, Maine & Atlantic (MM&A) train conductor Thomas Harding, operations manager Jean Demaitre, and railway traffic […]
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More than half a million Venezuelans have fled to Colombia
More than half a million Venezuelans have fled to Colombia Bogota, (MILLAT ONLINE):More than half a million Venezuelans have taken refuge in Colombia to escape the crippling economic crisis in their country, Bogota’s migration authority said Friday. It said the number of Venezuelans entering the country — 550,000 — had increased by 62 percent in […]
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S&P 500, Nasdaq end at records despite US shutdown risk
S&P 500, Nasdaq end at records despite US shutdown risk New York, (MILLAT ONLINE):The S&P 500 and Nasdaq finished at records Friday as Wall Street investors shrugged off worries about a US government shutdown amid partisan bickering in Washington. The broad-based S&P 500 finished up 0.4 percent to 2,810.30, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index […]
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US needs reality check on Afghan strategy, Pakistan tells UN
US needs reality check on Afghan strategy, Pakistan tells UN UNITED NATIONS,(MILLAT ONLINE):In a forceful rebuttal of U.S. accusation of terrorist ‘safe havens’ on Pakistan’s soil, Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi told the UN Security Council Friday that envisioning that these sanctuaries lie outside Afghanistan need a reality check. “Afghanistan and its partners, especially the US, need […]