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USA Malta
Editorial: A country in shock – farewell the Azure Window
The day many had feared finally arrived yesterday, when Gozo’s most iconic feature was lost to the wind and waves.Soon after the news broke the country went into a state of shock. All attention on the social media turned to this national tragedy. For the first few minutes everyone was ...
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Spagna
Cardona garnishee order against Daphne Caruana Galizia to stand, court decides
Warrants filed by Minister Chris Cardona and his personal consultant lawyer Joseph Gerada against blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia are to stand, a court ruled today.Magistrate Francesco Depasquale declared that the warrants were justified and not excessive, as had been alleged by Ms Caruana Galizia in her arguments against the precautionary ...
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Malta
No to surrogacy: ‘A woman’s uterus is not up for rent’ – Nationalist Party
The Nationalist Party is categorically against surrogacy, believing that “a woman’s uterus is not up for rent,” Opposition Leader Simon Busuttil told The Malta Independent.Surrogacy is an arrangement whereby a woman agrees to carry a pregnancy for another person.Dr Busuttil was echoing the PN’s Shadow Minister for Health Claudette Buttigieg, ...
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Australia
Man allegedly posing as Justin Bieber charged with child sex crimes
A 42-year-old Australian man who allegedly posed as Justin Bieber online to solicit explicit images from children has been charged with more than 900 child sex offenses, police said Thursday.Bieber, a 23-year-old Canadian pop singer, is currently in Australia performing his "Purpose World Tour." Police have warned young fans and ...
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Malta
Main parties hint full-time MPs a must to eliminate conflict of interest
Both the Labour Party and the PN have hinted that the one possible solution for eliminating cases of conflict of interest by politicians with private business is to have full-time MPs.The two parties were replying to questions sent by The Malta Independent on the involvement of individual MPs from both ...
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Belgio
La Chambre approuvera jeudi la réforme de la loi de 1996 qui ressert la marge salariale
La Chambre approuvera jeudi la réforme de la loi de 1996 sur la compétitivité des entreprises. Le texte constitue l'une des mesures phares prises par le gouvernement dans le cadre de ses travaux budgétaires au mois d'octobre. Il vise à encadrer de manière encore plus stricte l'évolution des salaires ...
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Belgio
SRIB: environ un million d'euros par an pour les 4 membres du comité de direction
Les quatre membres du comité de direction de la Société régionale d'investissement de Bruxelles, la SRIB, se partagent chaque année environ un million d'euros de rémunérations brutes, hors avantages de différentes natures, peut-on lire jeudi dans les pages du Soir.
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Cina
Cyberattacks open new front in Korea, China THAAD spat
Korea and China are on the verge of a cyberwar as Chinese hackers that crashed the website of Lotte Duty Free are report
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USA
Korea's trade minister meets with US counterpart
South Korea's trade minister met with his US counterpart to increase understanding on economic cooperation between the t
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USA
Five years into effect, Korea-US FTA helps both
Contrary to what many in the United States may believe, the country's bilateral free trade agreement with South Korea ha