CARACAS, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – New Venezuelan coins began circulating Wednesday in the capital Caracas, but long-awaited new bills had yet to arrive, prolonging the chaos unleashed by a botched currency reform. President Nicolas Maduro is introducing new coins and bills in larger denominations as he grapples with the world’s highest inflation rate. But the leftist leader […]
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Venezuelans get new coins, still waiting on bills
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Japan defence minister visits Yasukuni war shrine
TOKYO, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Japan’s hawkish defence minister prayed Thursday at a controversial war shrine in Tokyo, the day after accompanying Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on a highly symbolic visit to Pearl Harbor. Yasukuni Shrine honours millions of mostly Japanese war dead, but is controversial for also enshrining senior military and political figures convicted of war […]
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Nearly 115,000 Iraqis displaced, 50,000 children affected by Mosul retake military operation: UN
UNITED NATIONS, (MILLAT+APP): Since operations began to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul from the Islamic State two months ago, some 114,042 people have been displaced and as many as one million are out of reach of humanitarian assistance. According to the latest report from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), […]
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Russia, Turkey agree ceasefire plan for all of Syria: Turkey state media
ISTANBUL,(MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Turkey and Russia have agreed a ceasefire plan for all of Syria that should come into force this evening at midnight, the state-run Anadolu news agency said on Wednesday. The plan aims to expand a ceasefire in the city of Aleppo, brokered by Turkey and Russia earlier this month to allow the evacuation […]
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Israel calls off discussion on permits for settler homes: NGO
JERUSALEM, (MLLAT+APP/AFP): An Israeli committee called off a discussion set for Wednesday on issuing permits for hundreds of new settler homes in defiance of a UN vote demanding a halt to such activity, an NGO and reports said. A member of the Ir Amim NGO, which monitors settlement activity, said the measure had been pulled […]
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Five dead, many injured as train slams into bus near Tunis
TUNIS, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – At least five people were killed and more than 30 injured on Wednesday when a train slammed into a public bus near Tunis, the Tunisian interior ministry said. The bus was torn in two when it was struck on the tracks around 7:00 am local time (0600 GMT) near Sidi Fathallah, about […]