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USA
Bill Cosby jury sent home after deliberating 4 hours, no verdict reached
The jury at Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial deliberated without reaching a verdict Monday over whether he drugged and molested a woman more than a decade ago in a case that already has helped demolish the 79-year-old comedian's good-guy image.A conviction could send Cosby to prison for the rest of ...
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Live: Why does Malta still have a minister named in the Panama Papers? - EPP chairman
The EU Parliament is discussing Malta in the wake of the Panama Papers, as well as the rule of law.The item on the agenda is listed as: "Council and Commission statements - Panama Papers follow-up and the rule of law in Malta." Following statements by the Council and the Commission, ...
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FIRST: My Father… memories and thoughts on the main man in our lives
Kenneth Zammit Tabona - Artist and Artistic Director at the Valletta International Baroque Festival and the Manoel TheatreI was only nine years old when my father died. He was 58 and could have been my grandfather. He was a very charming man; very tall and a little rugged - like most ...
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Malta conference: Confidant of Pope praises ‘Nordic Model’ on prostitution to fight slavery
Important changes to legislation in various European countries have come a long way to help in the fight against modern day slavery, Mgr. Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo said while addressing a conference on the issue.The conference focuses on sharing models and best practices to end modern day slavery and restore dignity ...
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Malta
Brighter future for the Malta Stock Exchange - Edward Scicluna
Availability of credit in Malta and in the EU is constrained by the willingness of the banks to extend it to those seeking it. A stronger capital market will seek to address such shortfall, Minister for Finance Prof. Edward Scicluna said.Speaking at the Malta Stock Exchange, Minister Scicluna addressed the ...
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Malta
President urges private sector to ‘do its part’ in fight against modern slavery
President Marie Louise Coleiro Preca today stressed that around 11 per cent of the overall child population are estimated to be affected by modern slavery. She added that more than half of them, roughly 85 million, are “engaged in hazardous work”.“Men and women, girls and boys, are being objectified for ...
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USA Malta
TMID Editorial: Cabinet appointments - Speculating around the prerogative
Choosing the Cabinet, as every prime minister is fond of telling us, is the prime minister’s prerogative. And that is how it should be.But that does not mean that we common mortals cannot use our heads and try to delve into the backdrop of some at least of a prime ...
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Malta
Birkirkara incident ‘sparked by domestic violence, not car crash’
Last Sunday, David Joseph Gauci and a former police inspector were involved in an aggressive fight in Birkirkara. Sections of the media reported that the fight, which took place in front of Gauci’s home, was sparked by a car crash. But according to Gauci’s partner Michaela, who is undergoing separation ...
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Opinion: What does the Nationalist Party stand for? - Tonio Fenech
The only true answer I can give is I don’t know. During this legislature it stood against corruption and for honest politics but beyond that the Party has been left in a vacuum, bringing it to the point of irrelevance. Over the past four years this was the hardest question that ...
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Panama Nuova Zelanda Malta
PM Muscat to face MEPs in Strasbourg today in debate on rule of law
The EU Parliament today is set to discuss Malta in the wake of the Panama Papers, as well as the rule of law.The item on the agenda is listed as: “Council and Commission statements - Panama Papers follow-up and the rule of law in Malta.” Following statements by the Council ...