No clear solution to India’s smog crisis this year BEIJING, (MILLAT ONLINE):As pollution level climbed to 12 times above the recommended limit this week in India’s capital, government officials said they knew what was needed to control the smoky haze, but nothing would be done, at least this year. A major source of the smog […]
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No clear solution to India’s smog crisis this year
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African Union lets SADC bloc take lead on Zimbabwe
African Union lets SADC bloc take lead on Zimbabwe Washington,(MILLAT ONLINE):The African Union will allow Zimbabwe’s southern neighbors in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) regional bloc to mediate in the political crisis there, a senior official told reporters after talks in Washington. Smail Chergui, the AU commissioner for peace and security, said the union […]
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Japan PM confident on progress in amending constitution
Japan PM confident on progress in amending constitution Tokyo, (MILLAT ONLINE):Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is “confident” of progress in amending Japan’s pacifist constitution, he said Friday, in his first policy speech since his landslide election victory. Abe’s conservative coalition held a two-thirds “super majority” in the 465-seat lower house last month, giving him the numbers […]
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Fire sweeps through Cameroon parliament
Fire sweeps through Cameroon parliament Yaoundé, (MILLAT ONLINE):A fire swept through the main building of Cameroon’s parliament in Yaounde overnight, causing substantial damage, local television reported Friday. Public broadcaster CRTV said witnesses reported that the blaze was raging on the third and fourth floors of the building. “Firefighters are working to put out the blaze,” […]
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Mass exonerations in Chicago due to police corruption
Mass exonerations in Chicago due to police corruption Chicago, (MILLAT ONLINE):Prosecutors in Chicago on Thursday exonerated 15 convicts who claimed corrupt cops framed them, marking the third day of overturned convictions in America’s third largest city due to alleged police misconduct. A judge vacated all 15 men’s convictions at once, in what is believed to […]
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Thousands more US troops arrive in Afghanistan: general
Thousands more US troops arrive in Afghanistan: general Washington, (MILLAT ONLINE):Approximately 3,000 additional American troops have now deployed to Afghanistan under President Donald Trump’s revised strategy for the war-torn country, the Pentagon said Thursday. The Pentagon had previously put the number of US forces in Afghanistan at about 11,000 but Trump in August authorized an […]