WASHINGTON, (MILLAT+APP): Pakistani Americans reacted with cautious optimism to Donald Trump’s stunning victory in the US Presidential elections, expressing hope that the Republican President-elect will adopt a more conciliatory approach towards minorities, especially Muslims who he had berated during his election campaign. His Democratic rival and former First Lady, Hillary Clinton, had a same message […]
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Pakistani Americans react to Trump’s victory with cautious optimism
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Japan’s Abe to meet Trump next week: official
TOKYO, (AMILLAT+PP/AFP) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is to meet US president-elect Donald Trump next week in New York, officials said Thursday, after phone talks between the two following the billionaire’s shock election win. Abe and Trump spoke for about 20 minutes and tentatively set a date of November 17 for the meeting, just […]
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Kerry pledges seamless power transfer to Trump
WELLINGTON, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – US Secretary of State John Kerry congratulated President-elect Donald Trump Thursday and said he aimed to hand over power “without missing a beat” on important foreign policy issues. Kerry said the Republican had emerged victorious from a “momentous” election. “I want to offer my congratulations to President-elect Donald Trump and wish him […]
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Bracing for Trump, some in Canada see ‘nothing good’
OTTAWA, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Canada is one of America’s closest allies and its largest trading partner but observers there worried Wednesday that a Donald Trump presidency might change that. The real estate mogul, reality TV star and now US president-elect campaigned on isolationist and protectionist policies that horrified many Canadians. But a lack of detail in […]
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Australia ratifies climate pact amid Trump fears
SYDNEY, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Australia ratified the Paris climate agreement on Thursday, amid fears US president-elect Donald Trump could follow through on his pledge to “cancel” the landmark pact aimed at tackling global warming. More than 100 nations representing 70 percent of greenhouse gas emissions have inked the historic Paris Agreement, the world’s first universal climate […]
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There’s an ‘extra-super’ Moon on the rise
PARIS, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – An unusually large and bright Moon will adorn the night sky next Monday — the closest “supermoon” to Earth in 68 years and a chance for dramatic photos and spectacular surf. Weather permitting, the phenomenon should appear at its most impressive at 1352 GMT, when it will be at its fullest just […]