COLOMBO, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – Sri Lanka has moved over 400 families to temporary shelters after tonnes of rotting garbage collapsed onto a slum on Friday, killing 26 people. Some 145 homes were destroyed when the 300-foot (90-metre) rubbish mountain came crashing down and police say many more buildings were damaged and could collapse at any […]
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Hundreds evacuated after deadly Sri Lanka dump collapse
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Japan volcanic island may hold key to coral survival
ABOARD THE SCHOONER TARA, Japan, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – The key to the survival of the world’s threatened coral reefs may lie in the waters surrounding a small volcanic island off the coast of Japan, scientists say. The seabed of Shikine island is a “living laboratory” for researchers aboard the schooner Tara, a French-led scientific expedition, […]
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Trump back at White House after Easter church service in Florida
PALM BEACH, United States, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – US President Donald Trump was back in Washington late Sunday, after attending Easter church services near his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, the culmination to his latest weekend away from the White House. The US leader and a retinue of family and aides, including First Lady Melania Trump and […]
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US VP Pence arrives near DMZ after failed N.Korea missile: AFP
MUNSAN, South Korea, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – Mike Pence arrived at the gateway to the Demilitarized Zone dividing the two Koreas on Monday, an AFP correspondent reported, in a show of US resolve hours after North Korea failed in its attempt to test another missile. The US vice president flew by helicopter into Camp Bonifas, a […]
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Bayern face familiar Champions League fate in Madrid
MADRID, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – Bayern Munich face a familiar problem as they travel to old European foes Real Madrid on Tuesday needing to make history to keep faint hopes of Champions League glory alive. Cristiano Ronaldo’s second-half double in Munich last week made him the first man to reach a century of European goals, but […]
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Prince Harry suffered ‘total chaos’ over Diana’s death
LONDON, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – Britain’s Prince Harry suffered “total chaos” before eventually seeking help to deal with the death of his mother Princess Diana, he said in an interview published Monday. Speaking to The Telegraph newspaper, the 32-year-old prince said he had spent years trying to ignore his emotions following Diana’s death in 1997 when […]