GABORONE, Botswana, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 struck the southern African nation of Botswana on Monday, US seismologists said, with the tremor felt in several neighbouring countries. The epicentre of the quake, which hit at 7:40 pm (1740 GMT), was in a sparsely populated area 238 kilometres (about 150 […]
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6.5-magnitude quake shakes southern Africa
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Putin visits scene of Saint Petersburg blast: AFP
SAINT PETERSBURG, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin went to lay flowers late Monday at the scene of the deadly blast that hit Saint Petersburg’s metro, an AFP photographer said. Putin, who made no comment, left a bouquet of red flowers at the entrance to the Technological Institute metro station where 11 people were […]
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Survivors sought after Colombia mudslide kills 262
MOCOA, Colombia, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – Rescuers clawed through mud and timber Monday searching for survivors of a mudslide in southern Colombia that killed 262 people, including 43 children, and left relatives desperately seeking loved ones. Survivors told of scrambling onto roofs or hanging onto trees as a sea of mud, boulders and debris engulfed the […]
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NHL won’t participate in 2018 Olympic Games
NEW YORK, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP): The National Hockey League announced on Monday that it will not participate in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The NHL had sent players to the past five Winter Olympics, starting with the Nagano Games in 1998, interrupting it’s regular season to do so.
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11 dead in Russian metro ‘terror attack’
SAINT PETERSBURG, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP): Eleven people were killed and dozens more injured as an explosion rocked the Saint Petersburg metro Monday, with the Kremlin saying it bore “all the hallmarks of an attack.” Authorities shut down the metro system in Russia’s second city for several hours as security services said they had also defused a […]
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Ecuador opposition candidate Lasso rejects vote result
QUITO, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP): Ecuador’s conservative presidential candidate Guillermo Lasso said Monday he will not accept the result of a runoff election won by his socialist rival Lenin Moreno, alleging fraud. “I cannot accept these results because they do not reflect the will of the people,” the former banker told a press conference after Sunday’s vote. […]