TOKYO, (MIiLLAT+APP/AFP) – A Japanese city on Tuesday reopened a busy street that collapsed into a giant sinkhole, with the efforts of workers who toiled around the clock for a week drawing praise on social media. The gigantic sinkhole, measuring around 30 metres (98 feet) wide and 15 metres deep, appeared last Tuesday in a […]
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Japan street swallowed by giant hole reopens
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Russia detains economy minister for $2 mln bribe over Rosneft deal: investigators
MOSCOW,(MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Russia’s Investigative Committee said Tuesday that it had detained Economy Minister Alexey Ulyukayev on suspicion of taking a two-million-dollar bribe over a massive deal involving state-controlled oil giant Rosneft. The Investigative Committee said in a statement Monday that Ulyukayev had been detained as part of a probe into large-scale bribe taking, claiming he […]
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Five dead as Med migrant death toll continues to rise
ROME, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Another five people have been added to the tally of more than 4,200 migrants who have died trying to cross the Mediterranean this year, Italy’s coastguard said Tuesday. The coastguard, which coordinates search and rescue operations in the waters between Libya and Italy’s southern coast, said a total of 550 people had […]
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Obama leaves US on final foreign trip — to Greece, Germany and Peru
WASHINGTON, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – US President Barack Obama headed across the Atlantic late Monday on his final foreign trip while in office — a farewell tour of Europe and a summit with Asia-Pacific leaders to reassure concerned allies after Donald Trump’s election. Obama will first go to Greece, where he will visit the Parthenon and hold […]
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Obama leaves US on final foreign trip — to Greece, Germany and Peru
WASHINGTON, Nov 15 (APP/AFP) – US President Barack Obama headed across the Atlantic late Monday on his final foreign trip while in office — a farewell tour of Europe and a summit with Asia-Pacific leaders to reassure concerned allies after Donald Trump’s election. Obama will first go to Greece, where he will visit the Parthenon […]
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Hong Kong stocks tick up at open after sell-off
HONG KONG, Nov 16 (APP/AFP) – Hong Kong stocks edged up at the start of trade Tuesday after tumbling more than two percent over the previous two days on worries about the impact of a Donald Trump presidency on world trade and interest rates The Hang Seng index rose 0.22 percent, or 48.68 points, to […]