WELLINGTON, (MILLAT+APP/AFP): New Zealand Finance Minister Bill English became the presumptive prime minister Thursday as his two challengers pulled out of the race to succeed John Key. His confirmation as leader-in-waiting came as he highlighted infrastructure spending as a priority and downplayed the possibility of tax cuts which Key had only two weeks ago hinted […]
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Finance minister presumptive New Zealand PM as challenges fade
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US, UK spies targeted airline passengers’ mobiles: report
PARIS, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – American and British spy agencies have tried to intercept data from passengers’ mobile phones on commercial airlines including Air France, French media has reported, citing documents from US whistleblower Edward Snowden. The French flag-carrier was an early target of the US National Security Agency and its British counterpart GCHQ as it was […]
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Trump taps China ambassador, consults Obama
NEW YORK, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – President-elect Donald Trump selected a political ally with close ties to China as ambassador to Beijing, stressed his determination to create American jobs and revealed he consulted with Barack Obama on his cabinet picks. The Republican tycoon’s election victory shocked the US establishment and alarmed the world, which is now waiting […]
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40 missing after ship sinks off Yemen
ADEN, (MILLAT+APP/AFP): Around 40 people were missing off the Yemeni island of Socotra on Wednesday after a cargo vessel carrying islanders home from the mainland sank in the Indian Ocean, authorities said. Nineteen people were rescued from the water after a major search operation was launched in the early hours, Yemeni Fisheries Minister Fahd Kavieen […]
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Teenager jailed for seven years for Australia terror plot
SYDNEY, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – An 18-year-old was sentenced Wednesday to seven years in prison for planning a Mother’s Day attack in Melbourne, the latest of a series of plots in Australia involving teenagers. The young man, who was 17 when he was arrested by police last year, pleaded guilty to one charge of committing an act, […]
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Officials say no evidence of bomb on LA’s metro
LOS ANGELES, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – An anonymous bomb threat against the Los Angeles metro appears to have been a hoax, officials said late Tuesday after a heightened alert lasting much of the day. Police deployed in force throughout the system following a tip from overseas about an imminent attack on a busy station near the Universal […]