MOSCOW, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – A plane carrying Russian soldiers crashed in Siberia on Monday, seriously injuring 16, the defence ministry said, quoted by Russian news agencies. The Ilyushin-18 plane carrying 32 passengers and seven crew made an emergency landing around 4:45 am Moscow time (01:45 GMT) in the eastern Siberian region of Sakha, RIA Novosti news […]
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16 Russian soldiers hurt in plane crash: ministry
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16 Russian soldiers injured in plane crash: defence ministry
MOSCOW, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – A plane carrying Russian soldiers crashed early Monday, seriously injuring 16, the defence ministry said, quoted by Russian news agencies. The Ilyushin-18 plane carrying 32 passengers and seven crew made an emergency landing around 4:45 am Moscow time (01:45 GMT) in the eastern Siberian region of Sakha. Everyone survived but 16 received […]
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‘Rasputin’ at heart of S. Korea crisis appears in court
SEOUL,(MILLAT+APP/AFP) – The woman at the centre of a corruption scandal that triggered the biggest political crisis for a generation in South Korea appeared in court Monday for a preliminary hearing in her trial on fraud charges. It was the first public appearance since October for Choi Soon-Sil, who has been dubbed Korea’s “female Rasputin” […]
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Philippines taps China-backed AIIB to fix infrastructure
MANILA,(MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has tapped a China-backed multilateral lender to help fund his government’s “unprecedented infrastructure buildup”, the finance minister said Monday, as he seeks closer relations with Beijing. The Beijing-based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has been viewed by some as a rival to the World Bank and the Philippines-based Asian […]
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UN report calls for global support to least developed countries facing poverty
UNITED NATIONS, (MILLAT+APP): Even as the international community pledged to ‘leave no one behind’ with the adoption of the 2030 Agenda, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has warned that without stronger global support, 48 of the world’s most vulnerable countries will lose ground in economic development and face increasing levels of […]
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Hillary blames FBI director & Russia for her election defeat
NEW YORK, (MILLAT+APP): US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton told her donors that FBI Director James Comey and Russian President Vladimir Putin were the chief culprits for her election loss to Donald Trump, her Republican rival, in the November elections. Clinton made the comments in a meeting with her Democratic campaign donors in New York […]