LOS ANGELES, MILLAT+(APP/AFP) – A member of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir has quit the group rather than sing at Donald Trump’s inauguration and appear to endorse “tyranny and fascism.” In a resignation letter posted on her Facebook page Thursday, Jan Chamberlin said she had agonized over whether to sing at the January 20 ceremony and […]
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Mormon choir member quits rather than sing for Trump
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Greek envoy feared killed in ‘crime of passion’ in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Brazilian police suspect Greek Ambassador Kyriakos Amiridis was killed in a “crime of passion,” a source close to the investigation said Friday, as detectives interrogated his wife and a policeman who was reportedly her lover. Amiridis went missing while vacationing with his family in Rio de Janeiro, a picturesque but […]
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Trump praises ‘very smart’ Putin for holding off on reprisals against US
WASHINGTON, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – US President-elect Donald Trump on Friday praised Russian President Vladimir Putin for not quickly hitting back at Washington for the punitive measures imposed over alleged interference in the November election. “Great move on delay (by V. Putin) – I always knew he was very smart!” Trump tweeted. Earlier, the Russian leader ruled […]
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Last day for fabled New York ‘outcry’ commodity trading
NEW YORK, MILLAT+(APP/AFP) – It’s the end of an era and another sign of digital dominance: Friday is the final day screaming, gesturing traders can buy and sell commodities, including oil, on a trading floor in New York. The death knell for “open outcry” trading in New York came in April when the CME Group […]
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Punjab government Plans to cultivate sunflower,oil seeds crops over 87,000 acres of land
SIALKOT, (MILLAT+APP): The Punjab government has formulated a well-knitted plan for promotion of sunflower and other oil seed crops in the province. The sources in local agriculture department told APP on Friday that under the programme over 87,000 acres of land would be brought under sunflower crop, in various areas of the Punjab. They said […]
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Romania president names new prime minister: official
BUCHAREST, MILLAT+(APP/AFP) – Romanian President Klaus Iohannis on Friday named social-democrat Sorin Grindeanu as the nation’s new prime minister, bringing to a close weeks of uncertainty since the left won a parliamentary vote on December 11. The centre-right president has signed a decree naming Grindeanu, a 43-year-old former communications minister, as the new premier. Grindeanu […]