SYDNEY, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Global terror attacks have cast a pall over 2016 but Australia was Saturday set to defy the threats and ring in the New Year with bumper crowds gathering to watch a firework extravaganza on Sydney’s glittering harbour. Some 1.5 million people are packing Australia’s biggest city to watch the midnight fireworks, a […]
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Australia kicks off global New Year party defying terror threat
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India mine collapse toll rises to 11 as rescuers search
NEW DELHI, MILLAT+(APP/AFP) – The toll from a deadly mine collapse in eastern India’s Jharkhand state rose to 11 on Saturday with rescue workers searching for more dead bodies under the rubble. A massive mound of earth caved in late Thursday at the Lalmatia open cast mine, around 240 miles (390 kilometres) from the state […]
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Central Baghdad blasts kill at least 18: police
BAGHDAD, MILLAT+(APP/AFP) – Two bombs exploded in a busy market area in central Baghdad on Saturday, killing at least 18 people and wounding dozens, Iraqi police said. The blasts ripped through shops in the Al-Sinek area, a police colonel said, adding that at least 38 people were wounded.
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Twitter users ask to add edit button to fix spelling, grammar errors
WASHINGTON, MILLAT+(APP): Adding an edit button for users to fix spelling and grammar errors was the most-requested feature of the responses to Twitter as to what’s the most important thing users want to see from the social-media service, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. The CEO of the Twitter Inc, Jack Dorsey, […]
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China to ban ivory trade by end of 2017
BEIJING, MILLAT+(APP/AFP) – China will ban all ivory trade and processing by the end of 2017, the government said, in a move hailed by conservationists as a “game changer” for African elephants. African ivory is highly sought after in China, where it is seen as a status symbol, with prices for a kilo (2.2 pounds) […]
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French workers win ‘right to disconnect’
PARIS, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – French companies will be required to guarantee a “right to disconnect” to their employees from Sunday as the country seeks to tackle the modern-day scourge of compulsive out-of-hours email checking. From January 1, a new employment law will enter into force that obliges organisations with more than 50 workers to start negotiations […]