NEW YORK, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – US President-elect Donald Trump on Friday agreed to a $25 million deal to settle lawsuits accusing his now-defunct Trump University of fraud, sparing him the embarrassment of further legal wrangling as he prepares to enter the White House. A trio of suits brought by former students alleged that the training program […]
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Trump settles Trump University lawsuits for $25 mn
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Gunmen kidnap 12 people in southern Mexico
ACAPULCO, Mexico(MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Gunmen have kidnapped at least 12 people, including two children, in a southern Mexican region where gangs have perpetrated a series of mass abductions, authorities said Friday. The van that was used to transport the group was found burnt on a road between the hamlets of San Jeronimo and San Cristobal, Guerrero […]
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Fresh protest pushes defiant S. Korea president to resign
SEOUL, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Up to half-a-million protestors were expected to take to the streets of Seoul on Saturday for the fourth week in a row, demanding President Park Geun-Hye resign over a corruption scandal. The weekly mass demonstrations — among the largest seen in South Korea since the pro-democracy protests of the 1980s — have […]
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Thousands demonstrate against scandal-hit Malaysia PM
KUALA LUMPUR, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Thousands of yellow-clad Malaysians gathered in the capital Saturday to demand Prime Minister Najib Razak resign over a corruption scandal, as protesters braced for clashes with pro-government rightists. For the second time in 15 months, leading reformist group Bersih has organised a demonstration to demand Najib resign and face justice over […]
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Trump’s daughter sits in on landmark Japan PM talks
TOKYO, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Photos of US President-elect Donald Trump’s landmark first talks with a foreign leader show his daughter Ivanka was present, underscoring the family’s influence as he readies to take power. In the meeting with Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the mogul’s Trump Plaza residence, Ivanka — a model-turned-business executive — was seen […]
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Three Turkish miners killed after copper mine collapse: governor
ANKARA, (MILLAT+APP/AFP): At least three Turkish miners were killed after a copper mine collapsed late Thursday in the southeastern province of Siirt, the governor’s office said in a statement. Three bodies had been found after the collapse caused by a “landslide”, the statement said, a lower number than the four dead earlier reported by local […]