Ex-Catalan leader’s bid to rule from abroad ‘absurd’: Spanish PM Madrid, (MILLAT ONLINE):Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Friday denounced as “absurd” the idea that ousted Catalan president Carles Puigdemont could govern from Belgium where he is in self-imposed exile to avoid arrest. “It is absurd to pretend to be the president of a region […]
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Ex-Catalan leader’s bid to rule from abroad ‘absurd’: Spanish PM
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Hot air balloon carrying tourists in Egypt crashes: officials
Hot air balloon carrying tourists in Egypt crashes: officials Cairo, (MILLAT ONLINE):A hot air balloon carrying around 20 people including tourists crashed near Egypt’s ancient city of Luxor on Friday, security and medical officials said. Luxor governor Mahmoud Badr confirmed the accident, telling AFP he was at a hospital in the city checking on passengers […]
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New Chinese naval destroyer outfitted in Shanghai
New Chinese naval destroyer outfitted in Shanghai BEIJING, (MILLAT ONLINE):A new type of China-built navy destroyer is being outfitted at Jiangnan Shipyard (Group) in Shanghai. Workers are installing conduits and cables in the 10,000-tonne vessel, Zhou Xin, a military representative stationed in the shipyard to oversee the building of the warship, was quoted by the […]
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Erdogan seeks reset with Europe on Paris visit
Erdogan seeks reset with Europe on Paris visit Paris, (MILLAT ONLINE):Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan travels to Paris on Friday for talks with France’s Emmanuel Macron aimed at improving relations with Europe, after a war of words in 2017. The lunch and talks at the Elysee Palace are expected to take in Syria and EU-Turkey […]
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Minimum wage hikes not enough to boost broader US salaries
Minimum wage hikes not enough to boost broader US salaries Washington, (MILLAT ONLINE):Minimum wage increases take effect this week in about 40 US states and municipalities but they will not be enough to boost US salaries more broadly, economists say. Congress has not approved a federal minimum wage hike since 2009, and it was not […]
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North and South Korea agree to first talks in two years
North and South Korea agree to first talks in two years Seoul, (MILLAT ONLINE):North and South Korea agreed on Friday to hold their first talks in more than two years, hours after Seoul and Washington decided to defer joint military exercises which always infuriate Pyongyang until after the Winter Olympics. The meeting, the first since […]