THE HAGUE, (MILLAT+APP/AFP): Romanian police have smashed, with the help of European law enforcement agencies, a computer fraud gang accused of stealing millions of euros from unsuspecting victims, officials said Thursday. Twelve suspected gang members were arrested on Wednesday and 64 homes and offices raided, in an operation by the Romanian officers that was supported […]
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Romania smashes cybercrime gang
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Asia-Pacific leaders talk trade in a Trump world
LIMA, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Top world leaders meet from Thursday to try to save their cherished free trade accords from feared extinction under US President-elect Donald Trump. Here are three big factors looming over the 21-nation Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit from Thursday to Sunday in Lima, Peru. – Trump effect – ================ Trump has cast uncertainty […]
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US-Canada free trade will continue: Ambassador
MONTREAL, (MILLAT+APP/AFP): Canada expects to keep its 1989 bilateral free trade agreement with the United States if US President-elect Donald Trump withdraws from NAFTA, the Canadian ambassador to the US said Wednesday. The Canada-US Free Trade Agreement was superseded in 1994 by the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, which added Mexico to […]
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Indonesia says not to blame for missing WWII shipwrecks
JAKARTA, (MILLAT+APP/AFP): Indonesia refused to take the blame Thursday for the disappearance of at least six British and Dutch World War II shipwrecks — considered war graves — that investigators believe could have been salvaged for scrap. Former colonial ruler The Netherlands has launched a probe into how three Dutch navy ships seemingly vanished from […]
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New York mayor says he raised with Trump immigrants’ concerns
NEW YORK, (MILLAT+APP): New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has he raised concerns with President-elect Donald Trump about some his proposals, including the threat to deport illegal immigrants. The Democratic mayor, after emerging from a 62-minute meeting at Trump Tower with the Republican billionaire businessman, said he also told the president-elect he does not support […]
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Indian-American Nikki Haley under consideration for secretary of state
NEW YORK,(MILLAT+APP): The Governor of the U.S. State of South Carolina, Nikki Haley, who is of Indian ancestry, is under consideration by President-elect Donald Trump for secretary of state, and other cabinet positions, CNN reported Wednesday evening. Trump is set to meet with Ms. Haley, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, Florida Governor Rick Scott, […]