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Russia USA Iran Giordania
Putin and Trump agree Syria ceasefire - Lavrov
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump agreed on a ceasefire in southwestern Syria during talks at the G20 summit, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said today. The truce, agreed during talks held in a "constructive atmosphere", would start on July 9, Lavrov told reporters. US Secretary of State ...
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USA
German states send more police to Hamburg as G20 violence escalates
Protesters injured at least 160 police officers, torched cars and lorries and broke into a locked-down metro station today, seeking to wrest control of the streets of Hamburg as leaders from the world's biggest economies met nearby. The escalating violence prompted Hamburg's police to call in reinforcements from around Germany to ...
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Malta
MSE Share Index retreats from over 3-month high
The MSE Share Index trended lower for the first time in the last three trading sessions as it slipped by 0.13% to 4,723.692 points from its highest level in over three months of 4,729.757 points. The declines in the share prices of IHI (-1.6%), BOV (-0.4%) and Farsons (-0.4%) outweighed ...
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Spagna Paesi Bassi Malta Yemen
Coppini moves to Von der Heyden Group
Luke Coppini is joining the Von der Heyden Group as group chief financial officer and will be appointed as a management board member of Timan Investments Holdings Ltd as of September 18. Mr Coppini has gained vast experience in the field of finance during the last more than 30 years of ...
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Malta
Illegal street betting gets men deported
Two men who engaged unwary passers-by in an illegal game of chance were each fined €500 today and ordered to leave Malta this very evening. Over the past days, police had been alerted to various instances of illegal betting allegedly taking place on the streets. Reports had even been published on social ...
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Francia
France to sell €10 billion worth of state assets - source
France will sell €10 billion worth of state assets to finance projects geared towards innovation, a finance ministry source said today. "It will be done as soon as market conditions will allow," the source said, adding that these would mostly concern minority stakes. While campaigning for the presidency, Emmanuel Macron had said ...
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Malta
A&H: Oral health... rotting teeth
Tooth decay is more common than we might think. Often, children have as many as eight holes in their teeth or teeth that are worn down to stumps. The cause is a diet that is high on sugary and acidic food and drink. Counterintuitively, "healthy" drinks are partly to blame. From ...
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Malta
Vassallo told Busuttil, PN whip of decision to vote against gay marriage before Parliament speech
Nationalist Party MP Edwin Vassallo had told Opposition Leader Simon Busuttil and Whip David Agius of his decision to vote against the Marriage Equality Bill before yesterday morning’s Parliamentary session where he made his position publicly known.Parliament was debating the second reading of the Marriage Equality Bill that will establish ...
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USA
EU states on the periphery rely on tax flexibility to promote economic activity - Alfred Sant
Former Prime Minister and MEP Alfred Sant told the European Parliament that EU member states having limited endowments, especially if situated at the periphery, must rely on tax flexibility to promote economic activity. Dr Sant made this statement when explaining why he was abstaining on a report on the proposal ...
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USA Grecia Italia
Migration: Rights group warns of ‘perfect storm’ as EU looks to Libya
Europe has made a dangerous turn on the Mediterranean Sea as it looks to Libya for help in slowing the number of migrants attempting to reach the continent in flimsy boats, Amnesty International said in a report released Thursday. The organization called the European Union's strategy of training the Libyan ...