BOGOTA, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – A plane carrying 81 people, including members of a Brazilian football team, crashed late Monday near the Colombian city of Medellin, officials said. The airport that serves Medellin said that among the 72 passengers and nine crew were members of Chapecoense Real, a Brazilian football club that was supposed to play against […]
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Plane carrying football players from Brazil crashes in Colombia
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Thai parliament invites prince to become new king
BANGKOK, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Thailand’s parliament on Tuesday invited Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn to become the next king, resolving lingering anxiety over his accession following his father’s death last month. The country has been plunged into mourning since widely revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej died on 13 October, ending a remarkable seven-decade reign and removing a key […]
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Experts, officials trash Trump claim of mass fraud
NEW YORK, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Experts and elected officials on both sides of the political aisle on Monday dismissed Donald Trump’s claim that “millions” of Americans voted illegally on Election Day, as efforts expanded to organize recounts in swing states. The Republican billionaire’s victory on November 8 saw him clinch the crucial Electoral College count, which […]
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Former US President Carter asks Obama to recognize Palestine before Trump presidency
WASHINGTON, (MILLAT+APP):”Former US President Jimmy Carter is asking outgoing President Barack Obama to grant diplomatic recognition to Palestine before Present-elect Donald Trump begins his tenure in January. In an op-ed published in the New York Times on Monday, Carter said that prospects of a negotiated settlement to the prolonged conflict was in “grave doubt”, and […]
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Local vote in London becomes Brexit battleground
LONDON, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – A local by-election for parliament in the posh London suburb of Richmond on Thursday is threatening to turn into a mini-referendum on Brexit, with the defending MP a Brexiteer in a pro-EU heartland. Liberal Democrat challenger Sarah Olney, whose party wants a second referendum on Brexit, is hoping the result will shock […]
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UKIP names new leader to replace Trump ally Farage
LONDON, (MILLAT+APP/AFP): Britain’s anti-UE party UKIP elected former history lecturer Paul Nuttall as its new leader on Monday to take over from Brexit firebrand Nigel Farage, a political ally of US President-elect Donald Trump. Nuttall promised to unite the party — a driving force behind Britain’s vote to leave the EU — which has been […]