• Brasile

    Forças de segurança iniciam 2ª fase da ação contra o crime organizado no RJ

     As forças de segurança do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, com apoio do Exército e da Marinha, realizam desde a madrugada de hoje (5) uma grande ofensiva contra o roubo de cargas e tráfico de drogas em quatro comunidades da capital fluminense. A ação conta também com homens da Polícia ...

  • Brasile

    Criadores de cavalos saem em defesa da regulamentação da vaquejada

    A proibição de esportes equestres entrou em pauta no Brasil tendo como foco a vaquejada — atividade na qual dois vaqueiros tentam derrubar um boi puxando-o pelo rabo. Os opositores à tradição nordestina alegam que os bois sofrem lacerações, têm o rabo arrancado e ossos quebrados, além de danos psicológicos. ...

  • Kenya

    Nairobi: ‘Watchies' want to be part of election security

    Security guards want to be recognised as special police officers, arguing the law allows them to cooperate with other national security organs

  • Cina USA Singapore Hong Kong

    Singapore accuses university professor of being a spy

    Singapore said yesterday it had cancelled the permanent residence status of a professor at a prominent postgraduate school whom it identified as a US citizen, and accused him of being an agent of influence for a foreign country. The Ministry of Home Affairs said Huang Jing, a professor of US-China relations ...

  • Russia

    Russia: new EU sanctions over Siemens turbines violate international law

    Russia said today the European Union's decision to sanction a Russian deputy energy minister over the delivery of Siemens' turbines to Moscow-annexed Crimea was politically motivated and illegal. The EU first imposed sanctions on Russia after the 2014 military annexation of Crimea from Ukraine. On Friday, it introduced additional measures in ...

  • Regno Unito

    UK needs Brexit fall-back position, says ex-BoE governor King

    Britain needs to make clear to the European Union that it is prepared to go it alone if it fails to reach a satisfactory deal in Brexit talks, former Bank of England Governor Mervyn King said today. King - who said in December that Britain should leave the EU's single market ...

  • Brasile Grecia Malta Italia

    New Apolostolic Nuncio arrives in Malta

    The new Apostolic Nuncio for Malta, Monsignor Alessandro D’Errico, titular Archbishop of Carini and currently Apostolic Nuncio in Croatia, has arrived in Malta. He was greeted at the airport by Archbishop Charles Scicluna, among others. Mgr D’Errico was born in Frattamaggiore in Naples, Italy, in 1950. He was ordained priest in 1974 ...

  • Malta

    Watch: Delia would publish assets declaration only if elected leader

    PN leadership candidate Adrian Delia will be only publishing his declaration of assets if he is elected leader, saying by law this obligation only applies for MPs. However, he made it clear he had no foreign companies, bank accounts nor any commercial interests with Labour officials. Dr Delia was replying to Times ...

  • Malta

    The Times of Malta leaves Valletta after almost 90 years

    The Times of Malta moved out of its Valletta offices this week after almost 90 years of operation from Strickland House in St Paul Street. The newspaper will now be run from its new complex in Mrieħel, which also houses Progress Press. Allied Newspapers Limited’s managing director, Michel Rizzo, said the time ...

  • Malta

    Adrian Delia expresses opinion against legalisation of recreational marijuana use

    PN Leadership candidate Adrian Delia this morning expressed his opinion against legalising recreational marijuana use.Delia was replying to questions by the press following a news conference at the skate park near the University of Malta.He stated that he does not agree with Health Minister Chris Fearne's stance that marijuana use ...