Allianz confident for 2017 after hurricane-battered Q3 Berlin, (MILLAT ONLINE):German insurer Allianz reported plunging profits for the third quarter as a series of natural disasters undermined its earnings, but said it was on track to hit its full-year targets. The Munich-based group on Thursday reported a net profit down 17.3 percent year-on-year at 1.6 billion […]
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Allianz confident for 2017 after hurricane-battered Q3
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Default day looms for cash-strapped Venezuela
Default day looms for cash-strapped Venezuela Caracas, (MILLAT ONLINE):Venezuela slipped inexorably towards a formal debt default Friday, with analysts saying it was all but inevitable for the sinking OPEC state which owes about $150 billion. “With Venezuela’s state-owned oil company having reportedly failed to make a principal payment on a bond that has now matured, […]
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TOPSHOTS Safe in a camp, Rohingya children face death by malnutrition
TOPSHOTS Safe in a camp, Rohingya children face death by malnutrition Balukhali, Bangladesh, (MILLAT ONLINE):Tiny Mohammad Sohail cries uncontrollably as he waits to see a doctor — one of the thousands of Rohingya children at risk of an agonising death from malnutrition even after reaching the safety of refugee camps in Bangladesh. His father was […]
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Philippines’ Duterte says he once stabbed a person to death
Philippines’ Duterte says he once stabbed a person to death Danang, Vietnam, (MILLAT ONLINE):Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said he stabbed a person to death as a teenager, in a defiant speech to promote his drug war ahead of a summit of world leaders in Manila. Speaking to the local Filipino community in the Vietnamese […]
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US ‘will not tolerate’ unfair trade relations: Trump
US ‘will not tolerate’ unfair trade relations: Trump Danang, Vietnam, (MILLAT ONLINE):US President Donald Trump vowed his nation “will not tolerate” chronic trade abuses as he delivered a defiant speech to APEC leaders, taking aim at the architecture of global commerce. America will not “be taken advantage of any longer” he said, railing against subsidies […]
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Tokyo stocks sink for third straight day
Tokyo stocks sink for third straight day Tokyo, (AFP/APP):Tokyo stocks fell for the third straight session on Friday as investors continued to cash in on recent gains following a negative lead from Wall Street. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index lost 0.82 percent, or 187.29 points, to close at 22,681.42 while the broader Topix index was […]