SEOUL, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – South Korea’s Constitutional Court will Thursday start hearings into whether to confirm the impeachment of President Park Geun-Hye, with her ruling conservative party deeply split on the issue before a likely fresh election. The court has up to 180 days to decide whether to uphold or reject parliament’s impeachment of the country’s […]
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South Korean court to mull impeachment, ruling party split
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At least 31 dead, 72 hurt in Mexico fireworks market blast
TULTEPEC, Mexico, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – A massive explosion gutted Mexico’s biggest fireworks market on Tuesday, killing at least 31 people and injuring 72, the authorities said. The conflagration in the Mexico City suburb of Tultepec set off a quick-fire series of multicolored blasts that sent a vast cloud of smoke billowing over the capital. The market […]
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6.5-magnitude earthquake rattles northern Australia
SYDNEY, (MILLAT+APP/AFP): A strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake rattled northern Australia and parts of Indonesia Wednesday with residents in Darwin reporting widespread shaking, but there were no immediate reports of damage. The tremor struck off the coast of eastern Indonesia, US seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued. “TV nearly rattled off the cabinet, two storey […]
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At least 60 hurt in Mexico fireworks market explosion
MEXICO CITY, (MILLAT+APP/AFP): Dozens of people were hurt Tuesday when a fireworks market in Mexico’s capital exploded in a rapid-fire sequence of colorful blasts and a vast amount of smoke. Officials with the civil protection service told national television that “at the moment there are 60 people injured” in the incident in the suburb of […]
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Venezuela reopens Colombia, Brazil border crossings
CARACAS,(MILLAT+APP/AFP): Thousands of Venezuelans crossed into Colombia on Tuesday to buy food and medicine after their government partially reopened the border following a messy crackdown on what it called currency hoarders. The border with Brazil was also partially reopened, officials in Brasilia said. “A lot of people have come to shop on the other side, […]
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Deaths, dozens hurt in Mexico fireworks market blast
MEXICO CITY, (MILLAT+APP/AFP): An explosion ripped through a fireworks market in Mexico’s capital on Tuesday, killing an unknown number of people and injuring 60, the head of the civil protection service said. The incident in the suburb of Tultepec set off a quickfire sequence of multicolored blasts and a vast amount of smoke. It left […]