BANGKOK, (MILLAT/APP/AFP) – Three people leading protests against the construction of a coal-fired power plant in southern Thailand were detained by the army on Saturday, as activists voiced alarm that the trio were being held in a notorious barracks prison. Hundreds of protesters have gathered outside government offices in Bangkok since Friday to demonstrate against […]
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Anti-coal protest leaders detained by Thai army
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Philippine Church in ‘show of force’ vs drug killings
MANILA, (MILLAT/APP/AFP): Thousands of Catholic faithful gathered in the Philippine capital on Saturday for a “show of force” in the biggest rally yet to stop extrajudicial killings in President Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war. More than 6,000 people have died since Duterte took office seven months ago and ordered an unprecedented crime war that has drawn […]
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Tennis: Young topples Isner in Memphis Open quarter-finals
MEMPHIS, (MILLAT/APP/AFP) – American John Isner became the latest seed to be upset at the ATP Tour’s Memphis Open on Friday as the second seed lost in three sets to unheralded Donald Young. The world No. 81 Young posted his first career win over Isner in four meetings by outlasting the fellow American 7-6 (7/5), […]
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Friends save spearfisherman from shark mauling off Australia
SYDNEY, (MILLAT/APP/AFP): A shark badly mauled a man spearfishing Saturday in northern Queensland leaving him in serious condition after friends saved his life by pulling him aboard their boat, the ambulance service said. The 26-year-old suffered severe blood loss with multiple bites to his upper and lower leg, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported. “Rescue […]
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Malaysia police arrest N. Korean man over Kim murder
KUALA LUMPUR, (MILLAT/APP/AFP): Malaysian police said on Saturday they had arrested a North Korean man, the fourth person to be detained in connection with the murder of the brother of North Korea’s leader. The man was carrying Malaysian documentation issued to foreign workers, which identified him as 46-year-old North Korean citizen Ri Jong Chol, when […]
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Trump attempts reset with American jobs pitch
NORTH CHARLESTON, United States, (MILLAT/APP/AFP): President Donald Trump tried to put a first month of tumult behind him Friday, pitching himself as a champion of US jobs and industry during a visit to Boeing in South Carolina. A day after a grievance-filled press conference that raised questions about his temperament, the real estate mogul got […]