JOHANNESBURG, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP): South Africa’s main opposition party said on Sunday that it had charged a provincial leader with misconduct after she posted on Twitter that colonialism had brought benefits including clean water. Helen Zille, former leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA) and the current premier of the Western Cape province, could be expelled for […]
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S.Africa regional leader charged by party over tweet
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At least 200 Indian police in hospital after meal
NEW DELHI, April 2, (APP/AFP) – At least 200 Indian paramilitary police were hospitalised with suspected food poisoning after eating meals at a training camp in the southern state of Kerala, police said Sunday. Training cadets and security forces belonging to the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) complained of diarrhoea and vomiting after eating rice […]
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Cricket: Sri Lanka 280-9 in third ODI vs Bangladesh
COLOMBO, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – Kusal Mendis and Thisara Perera struck fifties as Sri Lanka made 280-9 in the third and final one-day international against Bangladesh in Colombo on Saturday. Mendis top-scored with 54 while Perera added 52 off 40 balls for the home after they were sent to bat first by Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza […]
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Australia floods still rising with two dead, four missing
BEENLEIGH, Australia, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – Flooded rivers were still rising Saturday in two Australian states with two women dead and four people missing after torrential rains in the wake of a powerful tropical cyclone. Queensland police warned that the Logan River, which runs through Beenleigh south of Brisbane, would only hit peak flood levels during […]
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Tennis: Miami Open results – collated
MIAMI, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – Results from ATP/WTA Miami Open on Friday: Men Semi-finals Roger Federer (SUI x4) bt Nick Kyrgios (AUS x12) 7-6 (11/9), 6-7 (9/11), 7-6 (7/5) Rafael Nadal (ESP x5) bt Fabio Fognini (ITA) 6-1, 7-5
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New York mayor pledges to shutter infamous Rikers Island prison
NEW YORK, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – Rampant violence, aging jails: The notorious Rikers Island prison complex could fade into history after New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, in a political about-face, backed a plan Friday to close it. “We had to do a lot of work to figure out a path that actually could achieve this […]