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Hong Kong stocks down at break

  • Hong Kong stocks down at break Hong Kong, (MILLAT ONLINE):Hong Kong stocks fell in the morning session Tuesday, with technology firms tumbling in line with a sell-off in their US counterparts. The Hang Seng Index dipped 0.30 percent, or 86.65 points, to 29,051.63 by the break.

  • UN envoy bound for North Korea as tensions soar

    UN envoy bound for North Korea as tensions soar Beijing, (MILLAT ONLINE):A senior United Nations envoy arrived at Beijing’s airport on Tuesday on his way to North Korea for a rare visit aimed at defusing soaring tensions over Pyongyang’s intercontinental ballistic missile launch. The unusual trip by Jeffrey Feltman, which runs to Friday, comes less […]

  • Judge refuses to free four Catalan leaders as elections near

    Judge refuses to free four Catalan leaders as elections near Madrid, (MILLAT ONLINE):Catalonia’s sacked vice president Oriol Junqueras and three other separatist leaders will remain in prison pending a probe over their role in the region’s independence drive, a Spanish judge decided Monday, as critical Catalan elections approach. Six other former ministers who were also […]

  • Yemen govt offers amnesty to those who cut ties with rebels: PM

    Yemen govt offers amnesty to those who cut ties with rebels: PM Aden, (MILLAT ONLINE):Yemen’s internationally-recognised government said Monday it would grant amnesty to anyone who cuts ties with Huthi rebels, after a key rebel ally turned his back on the insurgents. “The president will soon announce a general amnesty for all those who collaborated […]

  • Merkel’s coalition woes pile up as ally weakened

    Merkel’s coalition woes pile up as ally weakened Munich, Germany, (MILLAT ONLINE):German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s struggling bid to form a government was hit by a new setback Monday as her key ally was weakened in a leadership tussle. Horst Seehofer, head of Merkel’s Bavarian allies the CSU, will step down as premier of the wealthy […]

  • Dollar jumps on US tax-cut passage

    Dollar jumps on US tax-cut passage London, (MILLAT ONLINE):The dollar advanced against major rivals Monday after US senators squeezed through a tax-cut bill at the weekend. Elsewhere, European stock markets rallied and Asian indices diverged as traders awaited a key Brussels summit on Brexit and digested news that a former aide to Donald Trump had […]