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Hong Kong stocks extend gains by break

  • Hong Kong stocks extend gains by break Hong Kong, (MILLAT ONLINE):Hong Kong stocks ended the morning with slight gains, extending a recent rally into a sixth day, a day after breaking 30,000 points for the first time in a decade. The Hand Seng Index jumped 0.07 percent, or 20.51 points, to 30,024.00.

  • Malaysia arrests Uighur escapee from Thailand

    Malaysia arrests Uighur escapee from Thailand Kuala Lumpur, (MILLAT ONLINE):Malaysian authorities have arrested a Uighur Muslim man from China who was part of a group who made a dramatic escape from an immigration detention centre in Thailand, police said Thursday. Asri Yusoff, police chief in the northern Malaysian state of Kedah, said the fugitive was […]

  • Yugoslav war crimes court helped end era of impunity

    Yugoslav war crimes court helped end era of impunity The Hague, (MILLAT ONLINE):Born from the fires engulfing the Balkans in the 1990s, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia closes next month having tried and judged dozens of those behind Europe’s worst atrocities since World War II. From helping to write the history of […]

  • Western Sahara UN envoy says ‘encouraged’ after first meetings

    Western Sahara UN envoy says ‘encouraged’ after first meetings United Nations, United States, (MILLAT ONLINE):Fresh from a regional tour to discuss the dispute over Western Sahara, the new UN envoy said Wednesday he was “encouraged” but did not announce plans for new political talks. Former German president Horst Koehler was appointed in August as special […]

  • Pope to visit as Baltic states mark 100 years of independence

    Pope to visit as Baltic states mark 100 years of independence Vilnius, (MILLAT ONLINE):Pope Francis will pay his first visit to the Baltic states next year, when Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania mark 100 years since they gained independence from Russia, the region’s three presidents said Wednesday. “In principle, we have the decision, we’ve heard it, […]

  • Dollar struggles in Asia on Fed rate hike uncertainty

    Dollar struggles in Asia on Fed rate hike uncertainty Hong Kong, (MILLAT ONLINE):The dollar struggled Thursday in Asia following the previous day’s losses as dovish Federal Reserve minutes rowed back expectations for US interest rate hikes. While board members at the US central bank will likely lift borrowing costs next month, official records of their […]