Tokyo stocks open lower after Nasdaq sell-off Tokyo, (MILLAT ONLINE):Tokyo stocks opened lower on Tuesday as investors reacted with caution to a sell-off in US technology shares. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index fell 0.40 percent, or 90.54 points, to 22,616.62 in early trade while the broader Topix index was down 0.29 percent, or 5.21 points,at […]
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Tokyo stocks open lower after Nasdaq sell-off
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Thurman brings Trumpland critique to Broadway
Thurman brings Trumpland critique to Broadway New York, (MILLAT ONLINE):Donald Trump’s name is mud in New York, a city tormented that a man who embodies the antithesis of everything it holds dear is president, and that to cap it all, he’s a New Yorker. So what could be more timely than Oscar-nominee Uma Thurman making […]
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Catalan election campaign kicks off with candidates in jail
Catalan election campaign kicks off with candidates in jail Barcelona, (MILLAT ONLINE):Catalan political parties officially kicked off their campaign for a December 21 regional election on Tuesday, with separatist candidates either in exile or in jail and polls pointing to a tight race. The first rallies were held with Catalonia’s sacked vice president Oriol Junqueras […]
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UN envoy bound for NKorea as tensions soar
UN envoy bound for NKorea as tensions soar United Nations, United States, (MILLAT ONLINE):The United Nations has dispatched an envoy to North Korea for a rare visit aimed at defusing tensions over Pyongyang’s intercontinental ballistic missile launch, as the US and South Korea began joint military exercises condemned by Kim Jong-Un’s regime. The unusual visit […]
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Sierra Leone’s huge ‘peace diamond’ fetches $6.5 mn
Sierra Leone’s huge ‘peace diamond’ fetches $6.5 mn New York, (MILLAT ONLINE):A huge so-called “peace diamond” sold by the government of Sierra Leone to discourage crime-tainted “blood diamonds” fetched $6.5 million on Monday. The 709-carat stone, which was unearthed in March, is the largest discovered in Sierra Leone in almost a half-century and is between […]
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Supreme Court allows Trump travel ban to take effect pending appeal
Supreme Court allows Trump travel ban to take effect pending appeal Washington, (MILLAT ONLINE):The US Supreme Court said Monday that the government could fully enforce a revised ban on travelers from six mainly Muslim countries pending appeal, backing President Donald Trump in the year-long battle over the controversial measure. The court stayed October rulings from […]