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USA
US space plane lands after two-year secret mission
The US military's experimental X-37B space plane landed yesterday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, completing a classified mission that lasted nearly two years, the Air Force said. The unmanned X-37B, which resembles a miniature space shuttle, touched down at 7:47 a.m. on a runway formerly used for landings of ...
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Australia Nuova Zelanda
Australian customs destroys unique plant specimens after quarantine mix-up
Australian customs officials destroyed two irreplaceable plant specimens that were being loaned to scientists by international institutions, prompting the agriculture department to concede that some missteps had occurred enforcing strict quarantine laws. France's National Museum of Natural History and New Zealand's Landcare Research Allan Herbarium had sent the samples of ...
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USA
Sanofi – an equity to consider for your portfolio
Sanofi S.A. is a French multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Gentilly, France, as of 2013 the world's fifth-largest by prescription sales. The company was formed as Sanofi-Aventis in 2004 by the merger of Aventis and Sanofi-Synthélabo, which were each the product of several previous mergers. It changed its name to ...
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Malta
Labour makes promises in transport, education, health, environment, business sectors
The Labour Party made proposals in the transport, education, health and business sectors today ahead of the June 3 general election. For the business sector, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said a new Labour government would facilitate access to finance for businesses through the Malta Development Bank. He said action would also be ...
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USA Panama
Editorial: Political crisis - PM: stop treating us like idiots
The Prime Minister should stop insulting our intelligence and tackle the FIAU reports issue head-on, instead of beating around the bush, changing subject and shifting the blame. Joseph Muscat had already insulted the country when he did not sack Konrad Mizzi and Keith Schembri a year ago, when the Panama Papers ...
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Spagna Panama Malta
Brian Tonna does not know if HSBC held investigation over reports issued by closed bank branch
Nexia BT's Brian Tonna said today that he does not know whether HSBC Malta held an investigation into information reports issued by the closed Attard Branch on behalf of OPM Chief of Staff Keith Schembri and Kasco's General Manager Malcolm Scerri.Mr Tonna was testifying in a libel case he, along ...
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USA Malta
Brussels confirms Manoel Island project falls under EIA Directive
European Commissioner for the Environment Karmenu Vella this week confirmed that the Manoel Island development “appears” to be subject to the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Directive 2011/92/EU even though the contract for the project had been signed with the government before Malta’s accession to the EU.Labour Party MEP Miriam Dalli ...
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Malta
iSurvey: Majority want permanent link between Malta and Gozo after the election
A majority are in favour of a permanent link between Malta and Gozo either by tunnel or bridge, the seventh edition of The Malta Independent’s iSurvey shows.Respondents were asked: Are you in favour of linking Malta by a bridge or by tunnel? Overall, 62.7% of respondents replied in the affirmative, ...
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USA Malta
Watch: PM not ready to publish documents on Keith Schembri ‘loan’
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat indicated today that he will not publish the alleged documents on a €100,000 loan OPM Chief of Staff Keith Schembri is said to have taken from Nexia BT’s Brian Tonna.PN Leader Simon busuttil had alleged that Keith Schembri received around €100,000 in kickbacks from Brian Tonna ...
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Malta
It is in national interest that FIAU report is published, even if it is illegal – Busuttil
Even though it is illegal to publish Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) reports, it is currently in the national interest to publish any reports that deal with the workings of politically exposed persons, Nationalist Party Leader Simon Busuttil said today.Replying to a question by The Malta Independent in a press ...