NEW YORK, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – President-elect Donald Trump gave sworn testimony Thursday in his $10 million lawsuit against celebrity chef Jose Andres for canceling a deal to open a restaurant in Trump’s new Washington hotel. The deposition of Trump, who takes office on January 20, lasted just over one hour, said Alan Garten, the chief attorney […]
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Trump deposed in lawsuit against celebrity chef Andres
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Former Haiti coup leader, wanted in US, arrested
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Onetime Haiti coup leader Guy Philippe, who has long been wanted by US authorities on drug trafficking charges but was recently elected to the country’s senate, was arrested Thursday, police said. Philippe, 48, was participating in a live radio talk show in a Port-au-Prince suburb when heavily armed antinarcotics police took position […]
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Mexico gas protests marred by looting, death
MEXICO CITY,(MILLAT+APP/AFP) – More looting and protests against a gasoline price increase erupted in Mexico on Thursday, a day after an officer was killed and hundreds of people were arrested. Demonstrators blocked highways and service stations again as protests continued for a fifth day since the government hiked gasoline prices by 20.1 percent on January […]
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Six dead in southern Thai floods
BANGKOK, (MILLAT+APP/AFP): Torrential rain and flooding across southern Thailand have killed at least six people, delayed flights and disrupted holidays during peak tourist season, officials said Friday. Nine provinces in Thailand’s south have been beset by monsoon rains for nearly a week, the Interior Ministry said in a statement. Six people have been killed and […]
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British prime minister to visit Donald Trump in spring
LONDON, (MILLAT+APP/AFP): British Prime Minister Theresa May will visit Donald Trump this spring, following his inauguration as US president, Downing Street announced on Thursday. May’s joint chiefs of staff Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill travelled to the US last month to meet Trump’s team. “This was part of a process leading towards the PM’s first […]
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Derailed New York commuter train was going too fast: probe
NEW YORK, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – A New York commuter train that derailed this week at a Brooklyn station, leaving more than 100 people injured, was going twice the speed limit at the time of the crash, federal investigators said Thursday. The Long Island Rail Road train was going more than 10 miles (16 kilometers) per hour […]