WASHINGTON, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Secretary of State John Kerry bade farewell to colleagues on Thursday and made way for one of his deputies to take charge of US diplomacy until his successor is confirmed. Incoming president Donald Trump has chosen former ExxonMobil chief Rex Tillerson to take over Kerry’s post, but the Texas oilman has yet […]
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Kerry deputy to head State Department until Trump pick confirmed
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Canadian army investigates mysterious Arctic noise
MONTREAL, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – A strange beeping noise in the Arctic has Canadians puzzled. Is it marine mammals doing something weird? A foreign submarine? Collective hallucination? A military patrol and acoustic specialists are being dispatched to investigate, the army said Thursday. Speculation has abounded since Inuit hunters in the village of Igloolik heard the beep several […]
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Strong quake hits off Solomon Islands
SYDNEY, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – A 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit off the Solomon Islands on Friday, seismologists said, with officials in the Pacific island nation saying there were no initial reports of damage. The US Geological Survey said quake struck at 10:04 am local time (2304 GMT Thursday) at a depth of 33 kilometres (20 miles) some 70 […]
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Fed’s Yellen says global growth, fiscal policy key to outlook
WASHINGTON, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – “Surprises” in the world economy and the still undetermined spending policies of the Donald Trump administration have the potential to impact the course of US interest rate policy, Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen said Thursday. Speaking on the eve of Trump’s inauguration, Yellen’s only mention of the future president’s possible policies came […]
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African forces suspend operations in Gambia for talks
DAKAR, MILLAT+(APP/AFP) – African troops have suspended an operation to force Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh to hand over power, launching a last bid to convince him to leave the country through talks, the president of regional bloc ECOWAS said Thursday. The talks will be led by Guinean president Alpha Conde in the Gambian capital Banjul […]
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French left battles for relevance in Socialist primary
PARIS, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – France’s ailing, divided Socialists hold the first round of voting in their presidential primary Sunday, seeking unity and relevance as the country veers to the right after four years of leftist rule. Leading the field of seven candidates chasing the Socialist nomination is former prime minister Manuel Valls, who put a stern […]