International News

Dortmund’s Bartra has wrist surgery after bus explosions – club

  • DORTMUND, Germany, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – Spain international Marc Bartra underwent wrist surgery on Tuesday after being injured when the Borussia Dortmund team bus was rocked by a series of explosions that forced the postponement of their Champions League match against Monaco. Dortmund’s press spokesman confirmed the 26-year-old Bartra needed an operation on his right wrist. […]

  • Houses damaged as strong quake hits south Philippines

    MANILA, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – A strong magnitude 6.0-earthquake hit the southern Philippines at dawn on Wednesday, damaging dozens of houses and sending people fleeing into the streets for safety, authorities said. There were no immediate reports of serious casualties but electricity was cut and water pipes ruptured in Lanao del Sur, a mainly rural region […]

  • RugbyU: Kenya return to Singapore ‘pumped up by history’

    SINGAPORE, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – Kenya’s Sevens rugby team is “pumped up” about their chances at defending its Singapore title this weekend against the likes of Olympic champions Fiji and series leaders South Africa, one of its top players said Tuesday. In spite of a rough season this year, Kenyan star player Collins Injera, who until […]

  • UK inflation stuck at 3.5-year high: data

    LONDON, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – Rising clothing and food prices kept British annual inflation at its highest level in three and a half years in March, official data showed on Tuesday. The 12-month inflation rate stood at 2.3 percent last month, the same rate as in February, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said in a […]

  • German investor confidence leaps in April: survey

    FRANKFURT AM MAIN, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – Confidence among German investors beat analysts’ expectations to reach its highest level since summer 2015 in April, a monthly survey by the ZEW economic institute showed Tuesday. The institute’s headline index measuring expectations for the coming months leapt to 19.5 points, from 12.8 in March. Analysts surveyed by Factset […]

  • Toshiba warns over survival as it reports delayed results

    TOKYO, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – Toshiba on Tuesday warned its survival was at risk as the struggling Japanese industrial giant reported a loss of $4.8 billion in long-overdue financial results. One of the country’s best-known firms, Toshiba had twice delayed its earnings and faced the possibility of an embarrassing delisting from the Tokyo stock exchange if […]