KIEV, MILLAT+(APP/AFP) – Outgoing US Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Ukraine on Monday to support the war-scarred country’s leaders amid concerns that ties could chill under Donald Trump. Biden’s one-day visit to meet President Petro Poroshenko and Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman was his last to Kiev before leaving office and was aimed at underscoring […]
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US vice president visits Ukraine in show of support
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EU should face Trump with ‘confidence’: German vice chancellor
BERLIN, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Europe should face Donald Trump with “confidence”, German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel said Monday, after the US president-elect had predicted that more EU members would leave the bloc and charged that NATO was “obsolete”. “I think we Europeans shouldn’t somehow plunge into a deep, great depression,” Gabriel told Bild daily ahead of […]
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China will ‘take the gloves off’ over Taiwan: media
BEIJING, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – China is running out of patience with Donald Trump’s stance on Taiwan, state media said Monday, and will “take the gloves off” if he keeps challenging the One China policy. The US president-elect told the Wall Street Journal over the weekend the longstanding policy was up for negotiation, in his latest comment […]
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Indian policeman arrested over rape charge
BANGALORE, India,(MILLAT+APP/AFP) – A police officer has been arrested for allegedly raping a mentally challenged woman in southern India, an officer said Monday. He is accused of raping the 30-year-old woman in a moving vehicle after spotting her walking along a deserted stretch of road and offering her a lift. “The accused ASI (assistant sub […]
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At least two dead in Nigeria suicide attack
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – At least two people were killed in a suspected suicide bomb attack on a university campus in northeast Nigeria, a local resident, a lecturer and emergency services told AFP on Monday. The blast happened at 5:25 am (0425 GMT) at a mosque in the staff quarters area of the University of […]
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French group Essilor to buy Ray-Ban maker Luxottica
PARIS, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – French lensmaker Essilor said Monday it has agreed to buy Italy’s Luxottica, maker of Ray-Ban sunglasses, in a bid to create a new global giant in the sector. The news sent Essilor shares up by more than 14 percent on the Paris stock exchange and Luxottica shares upo more than 13 percent […]