• Malta

    Could 'social architecture' help people out of the poverty trap?

    Social housing should not just be about putting a roof over people’s heads but also equipping them with basic skills to manage their lives better, according to experts who have the pulse of the poor in different towns and villages. “While it seems that the housing issue is being taken seriously, ...

  • Malta

    Publicity brochure reveals rental rates

    Rental prices for residential dwellings have gone up significantly over the past four years, spurred by a booming economy. Unwittingly, it was government’s own publicity material as part of the bid to attract the European Medicines Agency to Malta that laid bare the average rental prices in different regions of the ...

  • Malta

    Freeport generates €107m for economy

    Birżebbuġa’s container port is a noisy neighbour but its direct impact on the economy will hit the €107 million mark this year, according to new research. The study, by economist Gordon Cordina’s firm E-Cubed Consultants, found that the economic injection increased to €171 million when indirect effects were considered. The study ...

  • USA Spagna

    Updated (2): Barcelona fugitive shot dead outside city wearing bomb belt

    A man thought to be the driver in the Barcelona van attack was shot dead by Spanish police today after authorities announced he also was suspected of killing the owner of a hijacked getaway car. The fugitive was wearing a bomb belt, authorities said.Younes Abouyaaqoub was shot when officers confronted ...

  • Nuova Zelanda

    180 Bay properties fetch over $1m in six months

    Sales of million-dollar plus properties in the Bay are up on last year, bucking a national decrease driven by a drop in Auckland sales. In the first half of 2017 there were 180 properties sold for more than a million across the...

  • Brasile

    Brasil registra mais de 28 mil homicídios no primeiro semestre

    O Brasil já ultrapassou a marca dos 28 mil assassinatos cometidos neste ano. De acordo com dados fornecidos pelas secretarias estaduais de segurança pública, no 1º semestre o País chegou a 28,2 mil homicídios dolosos, lesões corporais seguidas de morte e latrocínios (roubos seguidos de morte). São 155 assassinatos por ...

  • Brasile

    Polícia e Forças Armadas fazem operação em comunidades do Rio

    Forças Armadas e polícias Civil. Militar, Federal, Rodoviária Federal e Força Nacional, além de membros da Agência Brasileira de Inteligência (Abin), fazem operação integrada nesta segunda-feira (21/8) em seis comunidades do Rio de Janeiro. As ações visam cumprir mandados judiciais de pessoas suspeitas de tráfico de drogas e roubos.De acordo ...

  • Nigeria

    Companies must take advantage of cloud technology — Ukiri

    The Chief Executive Officer, Avon Health Maintenance Organisation, Mrs. Adesimbo Ukiri, speaks to OZIOMA UBABUKOH on how cloud, the Internet of Things and other technologies are helping to improve health insurance policies Most global companies are going the cloud technology route to grow their business but the reverse is the ...

  • Nigeria

    Sallah: LASG assures traders of safety

    Oluwatosin Omojuyigbe The Lagos State Government on Monday assured traders on the Lagos Central Business District of their safety during the sallah period. The Special Adviser to the Governor on CBD, Agboola Dabiri, stated this while monitoring the traffic in the Marina, Broad Street and Apongbon areas of the state. ...

  • Nigeria Georgia (Country)

    How Nigeria can reform its economy – Ex-Georgian PM

    A former Prime Minister of Georgia, Nika Gilauri, on Monday urged the Federal Government to step up the Public- Private- Partnership (PPP), Tax to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) income and the anti-graft campaign if Nigeria desires to reform its economy. Gilauri said the country must overshadow its competitors and use ...