SINGAPORE, Oct 5, (APP/AFP) – A Singaporean diver has died after being struck on the chest by stingray in a closed underwater attraction in the city-state, the aquarium’s owners said Wednesday. Veteran diver Philip Chan, 62, was stung on Tuesday at Underwater World Singapore in a “tragic accident”, while readying stingrays for transfer to another […]
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Singapore aquarium diver killed in stingray attack
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Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba brace for Hurricane Matthew’s wrath
KINGSTON, Jamaica,(MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Hurricane Matthew powered toward densely populated Jamaica and Haiti on Sunday, unleashing winds that could fell homes and power lines and torrential rain that may trigger potentially deadly landslides and floods. As the powerful storm churned north, dozens of people were trapped on cays — tiny islands — off the coast of […]
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Police in California kill black man acting erratically
LOS ANGELES, (NILLAT+APP/AFP): Police in a California city fatally shot a black man who had been acting erratically, prompting protesters to quickly gather and accuse officers of an unjustified killing. The shooting Tuesday afternoon in El Cajon, 15 miles (24 kilometers) east of San Diego, was the latest in a string of killings of black […]
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India allows accused Italian marine to stay in home country
NEW DELHI, (MILLAT+APP/AFP): India’s top court ruled on Wednesday that a second Italian marine accused of killing two fishermen can stay in his home country pending a ruling on whether he should be tried in New Delhi. Two marines are accused of shooting the fishermen while protecting an Italian oil tanker off India’s southern state […]
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Entire Australian state without power after massive storm
SYDNEY, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – The entire state of South Australia was without power Wednesday after being pummelled by a severe storm, with the blackout causing chaos as authorities warned of more wild weather. The state — about one and a half times the size of France and with a population of some 1.7 million — lost […]
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Bahrain Prime Minister hails strong relations with Pakistan
BAHRAIN, (MILLAT+APP):Prime Minister of Bahrain, Prince Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa here on Wednesday said that he regards Pakistan as his home and highlighted the need to further expand the bilateral relations the both. “More high level visits from both countries would continue to maintain the momentum of expansion of our relations”, Prince Khalifa Bin […]