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Parents angry as Delhi schools reopen despite smog

  • Parents angry as Delhi schools reopen despite smog New Delhi, (MILLAT ONLINE):Angry parents accused Delhi authorities on Monday of “playing with children’s health” as schools reopened despite a fresh surge in pollution to emergency levels. Doctors declared a public health emergency last week when choking smog descended on the capital and elsewhere in northern India, […]

  • Tokyo stocks lose ground in morning as investors opt for profits

    Tokyo stocks lose ground in morning as investors opt for profits TOKYO, (MILLAT ONLINE):Tokyo stocks lost ground Monday morning as sentiment was weakened by Wall Street’s decline at the end of last week, coupled with investors opting for profits after the markets’ recent gains. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average lost 154.21 points, or 0.68 percent, […]

  • Breakaway Somaliland votes for new president

    Breakaway Somaliland votes for new president Mogadishu, (MILLAT ONLINE):Residents of the self-proclaimed state of Somaliland voted Monday in its third presidential poll, hoping to prove its democratic credentials and strengthen the case for independence from troubled Somalia. The northern territory, which is more tribally homogenous and stable than the rest of Somalia, broke away in […]

  • S.Korea’s import, export prices rise for 4th consecutive month in October

    S.Korea’s import, export prices rise for 4th consecutive month in October SEOUL, (MILLAT ONLINE):South Korea’s import and export prices both rose for the fourth consecutive month in October, central bank data showed Monday. The import price index stood at 83.17 in October, up 0.6 percent from the previous month, according to the Bank of Korea […]

  • Tokyo stocks close lower on US tax reform jitters

    Tokyo stocks close lower on US tax reform jitters Tokyo, (MILLAT ONLINE):Tokyo stocks closed lower on Monday, hit by fears of a delay in US corporate tax cuts and selling to lock in profits after recent gains. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index lost 1.32 percent, or 300.43 points, to 22,380.99, closing down for a fourth […]

  • Trump hails ‘great relationship’ with self-proclaimed killer Duterte

    Trump hails ‘great relationship’ with self-proclaimed killer Duterte Manila, (MILLAT ONLINE):Donald Trump declared Monday he had a “great relationship” with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, a self-proclaimed killer who is waging a drugs war that rights groups say involves mass murder, as the leaders joked with each other in Manila. The US president is in the […]