LOS ANGELES,(MILLAT+APP/AFP): A California woman who was found on the side of a road three weeks after being abducted was branded by her captors who also cut off her hair, authorities said Wednesday. “It is not a symbol, but it was a message,” Shasta County Sheriff Tom Bosenko said, referring to the wounds suffered by […]
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California woman branded by kidnappers: sheriff
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Trump vows to put aside doubts over business empire
NEW YORK, (MILLAT+APP/AFP): Donald Trump on Wednesday sought to head off criticism that his vast business empire poses an unprecedented conflict of interest for an incoming US president, even as he comes under attack for packing his cabinet with fellow billionaires. In one of his trademark pre-dawn tweetstorms, the Manhattan real estate mogul promised that […]
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S. Korean ruling party urges Park to quit in April
SEOUL, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – South Korea’s ruling party on Thursday urged scandal-hit President Park Geun-Hye to step down in April next year, giving her a week to accept their ultimatum or risk impeachment. Park this week said she would be willing to step down early after coming under huge pressure to quit over an influence peddling […]
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Fans mass at Brazil football stadium to mourn dead players
CHAPECS, Brazil, (MILLAT+APP/AFP): Thousands of Brazilians who had been expecting to spend Wednesday night cheering their beloved Chapecoense football team in its hour of glory were instead gathering at the home stadium to mourn dead players. The reality of late Monday’s crash in the Colombian mountains of a charter plane carrying the team to a […]
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Spain arrests 45 over suspected Georgian burglary ring
. MADRID, (MILLAT+APP/AFP): Spanish police have arrested 45 suspected members of a Georgian burglary ring that broke into more than 100 homes, a force spokeswoman said Wednesday after a coordinated nationwide sweep. In 26 searches carried out Tuesday, officers seized 75 watches, fake passports, “countless” items of jewellery, 14,000 euros ($15,000) in cash and 200 […]
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Demonstrators against Haiti vote outcome clash with police
PORT-AU-PRINCE,(MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Haitian police stopped hundreds of demonstrators challenging the presidential election’s outcome on Wednesday, blocking them, clashing with stone-throwers and lobbing tear gas to disperse the crowds. On Tuesday, sporadic violence broke out in some of Port-au-Prince’s poorest neighborhoods — carried by Maryse Narcisse’s Fanmi Lavalas Party — against winner Jovenel Moise, the man […]