SEOUL, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – South Korean lawmakers began voting Friday on an impeachment motion to strip President Park Geun-Hye of her sweeping executive powers over a corruption scandal that has paralysed her administration and triggered massive street protests. Members of the 300-seat national assembly cast anonymous, paper ballots that will be counted manually, with a two-thirds […]
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S. Korea lawmakers cast votes on impeachment motion
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Japan switches on nuclear reactor after safety shutdown
TOKYO, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Japan has restarted one of its few operating nuclear reactors after a two-month safety checkup, despite still-heated debate over atomic power following the Fukushima disaster. The unit was shut down in October for inspections and maintenance under stricter rules brought in after a quake-sparked tsunami swamped the Fukushima plant in 2011, sending […]
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Biden to shore up Canada ties before Trump inauguration
OTTAWA, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – US Vice President Joe Biden brought reassurances to Canada on Friday that its historically close relationship with America will not suffer under Donald Trump’s administration. The two-day visit to Ottawa, which started with a dinner hosted by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Thursday, comes as Canada’s regional leaders met in the capital to […]
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Japan swinging into 2017 with Trumped-up good luck charm
TOKYO, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Donald Trump only wants to make America great again, but one Japanese firm hopes that painting his face on a traditional good luck charm will make the whole planet a better place in 2017. The billionaire property magnate is among a string of celebrity faces adorning the special collection of hagoita racquets, […]
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Toxic rice wine kills 10, hospitalises 50 in Cambodia
PHNOM PENH, (MILLAT+APP/AFP): Home-brewed toxic rice wine is believed to have killed 10 people and hospitalised 50 others from a Cambodian village in recent weeks, officials said Thursday. Residents started falling ill after drinking the traditional sprit at a series of funerals in a village in central Kampong Chhnang province, according to the director of […]
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No casualties yet after 6.2 magnitude quake hits Xinjiang
URUMQI,(MILLAT+APP/Xinhua): No casualties have yet been reported after a magnitude 6.2 earthquake jolted Hutubi County in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region at 1:15 p.m. Thursday. The epicenter is located at 43.83 degrees north latitude and 86.35 degrees east longitude. The quake struck at a depth of 6 km, and was strongly felt in Urumqi, […]