ROME, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Sixteen people died when a bus carrying Hungarian teenagers crashed and caught fire on a motorway in northern Italy, firefighters said Saturday. The new toll — up from seven dead reported earlier — is not expected to increase further, the fire service said. The crash came when the bus hit a pylon […]
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Italy bus crash death toll rises to 16: firefighters
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US Senate confirms James Mattis as Trump’s defense secretary
WASHINGTON, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – The US Senate on Friday overwhelmingly voted to confirm retired Marine general James Mattis as defense secretary for President Donald Trump. Mattis’s confirmation was the first action taken by senators after Trump was sworn in. His path to the cabinet was uncontroversial compared to that of some of Trump’s other nominees. At […]
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Trump signs executive decree against Obamacare health law
WASHINGTON, (MILLAT+APP/AFP): President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order aimed at limiting the “burden” of the Obamacare health law that the incoming US leader has vowed to repeal. During the signing in the Oval Office, Trump’s chief of staff Reince Priebus described the executive order as aimed at “minimizing the economic burden” of […]
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Yachting: Thomson finishes second in Vendee Globe
LES SABLES-D’OLONNE, France, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Alex Thomson finished second in the Vendee Globe solo round the world yacht race, the Welsh yachtsman crossing the finish line at Les Sables d’Olonne at 0737GMT on Friday. Thomson’s Hugo Boss boat arrived back at the French Atlantic port almost 16 hours behind Armel Le Cleac’h, who set a […]
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Pakistan can maintain high growth rate with current policies
ISLAMABAD, (MILLAT+APP): President, Pakistan Economy Watch Dr. Murtaza Mughal Friday said that Pakistan could maintain high growth rates in the coming years with continuation of current policies. Talking to Radio Pakistan, he said that Pakistan was now in a better fiscal position and certainly out of economic crisis. Pakistan is an ideal place of investment […]
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UN chief calls businesses “best allies” to curb poverty, climate change
UNITED NATIONS,(MILLAT+APP): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for a new generation of partnerships with the business community to limit the impact of climate change and to reduce poverty. Addressing the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday, the Secretary-General said he was particularly interested in the “alignment of the core business of […]