WASHINGTON, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – The US unemployment rate fell in March to 4.5 percent, its lowest level in nearly 10 years, but job creation tumbled unexpectedly, government data showed Friday. After months of pumping out new jobs at a steady clip, the world’s largest economy added only 98,000 net new positions, the Labor Department reported […]
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US job creation tumbles in March
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Australian NRL result
BRISBANE, Australia, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – Results of matches played in the Australian National Rugby League on Friday: Newcastle Knights 12 Canterbury Bulldogs 22 Penrith Panthers 20 South Sydney Rabbitohs 21 Thursday: Brisbane Broncos 32 Sydney Roosters 8
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Football: Australian A-League result
MELBOURNE, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – Result of a match played in the Australian A-League on Friday: Melbourne City 1 (Cahill 36) Adelaide Unted 0
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Iran FM says US strike in Syria based on ‘bogus’ allegations
TEHRAN, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted on Friday that a US missile strike on a Syrian airbase was based on “bogus” chemical weapons allegations. Washington “resorts to military force over bogus CW (chemical weapons) allegations: 1st in 2003 and now in Syria,” he tweeted. He was comparing the strike to […]
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Global markets roiled by US attacks on Syria
LONDON, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – Global markets shook Friday, with stock indices largely downbeat but oil, gold and the yen higher after US missile strikes on Syria fanned geopolitical concerns. In a busy day for markets, investors were awaiting key US monthly jobs data while keeping a watch over a second day of summit. “News of […]
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Greece agrees ‘in principle’ on fresh bailout reforms: EU’s Moscovici
VALLETTA, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – Greece agreed on a fresh set of reforms with its eurozone creditors on Friday, boosting hopes Athens can unlock fresh bailout cash in time to avert a debt default this summer. “I welcome the agreement in principle on Greece at the Eurogroup after several months of difficult negotiations,” EU Economic Affairs […]