BEIJING (China) (MILLAT/APP): With related major energy and infrastructure projects being in full swing, China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has become the center-point where transit trade routes converge linking Russia with Central Asia. Pakistan has also provided a special security division to secure CPEC from all dangers, a Chinese official website ‘China.org.cn’ opined on Tuesday. The […]
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CPEC becomes center-point of transit trade routes
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Pressure mounts on Uber and CEO after missteps
WASHINGTON, (MILLAT/APP/AFP) – After a series of embarrassing revelations, ridesharing giant Uber faces challenges in keeping growth on track, with top executive Travis Kalanick likely to face pressure to give up some control. Analysts say Uber’s rocky past month — marred by disclosures about a culture of sexism and its covert use of law enforcement-evading […]
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Tusk row threatens to overshadow EU summit
BRUSSELS, (MILLAT/APP/AFP) – A row over Poland’s bid to replace EU President Donald Tusk threatens to overshadow a summit this week that was meant to focus on post-Brexit unity. Most of the 28 European Union leaders had hoped to push through Polish ex-premier Tusk’s re-election with a minimum of fuss so they could concentrate on […]
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Malaysia PM says citizens ‘effectively hostages’ in N. Korea
KUALA LUMPUR, (MILLAT/APP/AFP) – Malaysian citizens are effectively being held hostage in North Korea, the prime minister said Tuesday after Pyongyang banned them from leaving the country in a row over the assassination of Kim Jong-Nam. “This abhorrent act, effectively holding our citizens hostage, is in total disregard of all international law and diplomatic norms,” […]
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Anti-IS assaults gain ground in Iraq and Syria
MOSUL, Iraq, (MILLAT/APP/AFP) – Iraqi forces advanced in west Mosul and fighters in neighbouring Syria seized a key supply route to Raqa Monday, as twin US-backed offensives gained ground against the Islamic State group. Supported by the US-led anti-IS coalition, Iraqi forces and a Kurdish-Arab alliance in Syria are battling to push the jihadists from […]
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Environmental risks kill 1.7mn kids under 5 a year: WHO
GENEVA, (MILLAT/APP/AFP) – More than one in four deaths in children under five are linked to polluted environments, according to two new World Health Organization reports published Monday. Each year, environmental risks such as indoor and outdoor pollution, second-hand smoke, unsafe water and poor sanitation kill around 1.7 million children between the ages of one […]