YANGON, (MILLAT/APP/AFP) – Four men accused of plotting the murder of a prominent Myanmar lawyer and adviser to de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi appeared in a Yangon court on Friday. Ko Ni was shot in the back of the head in late January in broad daylight outside Yangon’s airport while waiting for a […]
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Four in court over murder of top Myanmar lawyer
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Tennis: Wawrinka holds off Thiem to reach Indian Wells semi-finals
INDIAN WELLS, United States, (MILLAT/APP/AFP) – World number three Stan Wawrinka out-lasted rising star Dominic Thiem 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (7/2) on Thursday to reach the semi-finals of the Indian Wells Masters for the first time. Wawrinka, the highest-ranked player left in the field after the early exits of world number one Andy Murray and number […]
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Pakistan calls for ending growing nexus between trans-national human traffickers and terrorists
UNITED NATIONS, (MILLAT/APP): Pakistan has warned against the growing nexus between trans-national organized criminal gangs engaged in human trafficking and terrorists, saying their connection was of global concern as it bears on international peace and security. “Conflict situations, through their confluence of circumstance and opportunity, provide an ideal environment for such unholy alliances,” Ambassador Maleeha […]
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Tennis: Vesnina vanquishes Venus to set semi-final with Mladenovic
INDIAN WELLS, United States, (MILLAT/APP/AFP) – Elena Vesnina denied Venus Williams another great escape, beating the seven-time Grand Slam champion 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 Thursday to reach the semi-finals at Indian Wells. As Williams shook off a lethargic start and began to apply some pressure, Vesnina kept her poise, finishing off the contest on her fourth […]
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NFL: Peterson won’t be back with Vikings
LOS ANGELES, (MILLAT/APP/AFP) – Running back Adrian Peterson and the Minnesota Vikings are officially parting ways as the National Football League team confirmed Thursday that he won’t return to the club next season. General manager Rick Spielman announced that the Vikings will not resign Peterson to a contract for the 2017 season. Minnesota did not […]
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G20 finance ministers meet as America First casts pall
BADEN-BADEN, Germany, (MILLAT/APP/AFP) – Finance ministers from the world’s top nations gather in Germany on Friday as fears grow of a looming trade war over US President Donald Trump’s America First policy. Trump has already torn up a trans-Pacific free trade pact, threatened punitive tariffs against multinationals with factories outside the United States and attacked […]