Elephant ‘poisoned’ in Indonesian palm plantation Banda Aceh, Indonesia, (MILLAT ONLINE):An elephant has been found dead in a palm oil plantation on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, in what authorities suspect was a deliberate poisoning, an official said Wednesday. The animal’s body was found near the remote Seuneubok Bayu village in Aceh on December 22, after authorities […]
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Elephant ‘poisoned’ in Indonesian palm plantation
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UNGA approves $5.4 billion UN budget for next two years
UNGA approves $5.4 billion UN budget for next two years UNITED NATIONS, (MILLAT ONLINE):The United Nations General Assembly has approved a nearly $5.4 billion programme budget for the world body for the biennium 2018-2019, as it concluded the main part of its 72nd session. The budget covers UN activities across a range of areas, including […]
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Gualtiero Marchesi, father of Italian nouvelle cuisine, dies
Gualtiero Marchesi, father of Italian nouvelle cuisine, dies Rome, (MILLAT ONLINE):Italian chef Gualtiero Marchesi, widely considered the father of the country’s nouvelle cuisine, died Tuesday in his native city of Milan at the age of 87, local media said. Marchesi ran the restaurant “Marchesino”, located in the heart of Milan on the prestigious Piazza della […]
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Myanmar court remands Reuters journalists for 2 more weeks
Myanmar court remands Reuters journalists for 2 more weeks Yangon, (MILLAT ONLINE):The detention of two Reuters journalists in Myanmar was extended for two more weeks, a court said Wednesday, in the pair’s first public appearance since their December 12 arrest under a draconian colonial-era secrecy law. Wa Lone, 31, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 27 — […]
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Hong Kong stocks finish morning flat after holidays
Hong Kong stocks finish morning flat after holidays Hong Kong, (MILLAT ONLINE):Hong Kong stocks were flat Wednesday morning, with trading sluggish on the return from a four-day holiday. The Hang Seng Index rose just 0.03 percent, or 8.31 points, by the lunch break to 29,586.32.
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Turning e-waste into art at Ghana’s toxic dump
Turning e-waste into art at Ghana’s toxic dump Accra, (MILLAT ONLINE):Joseph Awuah-Darko sits on a stool at one of the world’s largest electronic waste dumps, watching polystyrene and insulation cables burn on the blackened ground. “It’s survival and dystopia,” says the 21-year-old British-born Ghanaian, surveying the stretch of wasteland around him as dense plumes of […]