SYDNEY, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – An unprecedented “thunderstorm asthma” event has left four people dead and three fighting for their lives in Australia, with authorities Thursday scrambling to review their procedures after emergency services were overwhelmed. Some 8,500 people have presented to hospital emergency departments, mostly in Melbourne, since a thunderstorm coincided with a high pollen count […]
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Four dead after unprecedented Australia ‘thunderstorm asthma’
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Trump urges unity in Thanksgiving message
WASHINGTON, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – US President-elect Donald Trump acknowledged that a “long and bruising” presidential campaign had left emotions raw and tensions high Wednesday but urged America to come together on its Thanksgiving holiday. In a video address from his Florida golf resort, the 70-year-old tycoon said: “It is my prayer, that on this Thanksgiving, we […]
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Iceland left-green alliance fails to form government
REYKJAVIK,(MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Iceland’s Left-Green movement said Wednesday it had failed in its bid to form a new coalition government, three weeks after snap elections triggered by the Panama Papers scandal. Allied with the anti-establishment Pirate Party, the Social Democrats and the Bright Future party, the Left-Green had been in talks since Sunday in a bid […]
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Pakistan protests Indian attack on civilian bus in Kashmir with top UN leaders
UNITED NATIONS, (MILLAT+APP): A top Pakistani diplomat Wednesday raised with senior UN officials the latest round of atrocities by Indian troops which involved targeting a civilian passenger bus and an ambulance in Kashmir, calling it a grave violation of international humanitarian law. According to a press release of the Pakistan Mission to the UN, Pakistan’s […]
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Costa Rica, Nicaragua brace for deadly Hurricane Otto
BLUEFIELDS, Nicaragua, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Costa Rica declared a national emergency hours before a Caribbean hurricane that was expected to rip into it and neighboring Nicaragua on Thursday. It will be the first time Costa Rica takes a direct hit from a hurricane since records began in 1851. Hurricane Otto, upgraded from a tropical storm by […]
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Trump picks wealthy activist for education secretary
PALM BEACH, United States, (MILLAT+APP/AFP): US President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he intends to nominate Betsy DeVos, a wealthy Republican campaigner for alternatives to public schools, as his education secretary. DeVos is the second woman Trump has tapped to fill a cabinet position. He earlier named South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley to be US […]