• Nigeria

    Police probe female student’s death

    Oyo State Police Command has begun investigation into the death of Miss Deborah Effiong, a 100-level Law student at the University of Ibadan. Police Commissioner Mr. Abiodun Odude, in a phone interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday in Ibadan, said the investigation followed a report by the university authority. He said the outcome ...

  • Israele

    Business in brief: Justice minister opposes raising pay cap

    UroGen Pharma raises $58m in U.S. IPO | Nice beats forecasts for first-quarter profit | Tel Aviv shares end higher in heavy trading

  • USA Giappone

    In latest viral airline video, Delta boots family from flight over child’s seat

    A California family says they were forced off a Delta plane and threatened with jail after refusing to give up one of their children’s seats on a crowded flight. A video of the April 23 incident was uploaded to YouTube on Wednesday and adds to the list of recent encounters ...

  • Spagna

    Spain orders money laundering probe against HSBC executives

    Spain's National Court said it is investigating seven current and former HSBC executives in the private banking business accused of money laundering and criminal organisation. HSBC's Swiss banking unit has been investigated in several countries after leaked documents suggested it helped wealthy people around the world dodge taxes. A former IT employee, ...

  • Malta

    Mosta FC appeal not upheld

    An appeal lodged by Mosta FC against a Control and Disciplinary Board decision fining the club €5,000 and ordering a deduction of five league points has been turned down by the Malta Football Association’s board of appeal. Read: Mosta FC deducted five points, fined €5,000 The Control and Disciplinary Board had ruled that ...

  • Malta

    Central Bank allays financial services concerns

    Despite the alarm bells being sounded about Malta’s reputable financial services sector, the Central Bank is insisting it has no indications to substantiate these concerns. Deputy governor Alexander Demarco commented to that effect yesterday when the Times of Malta sought the Central Bank’s reaction to the effects of corruption allegations and ...

  • USA

    OPM Chief of Staff Keith Schembri will not resign, his lawyers say; Brian Tonna reacts

    OPM Chief of Staff Keith Schembri will not resign according to his lawyers, who insist that the court decree delivered earlier today only states that a separate magistrate should handle the Keith Schembri allegations as they have nothing to do with the original inquiry's scope.Earlier this afternoon, PN Leader Simon ...

  • Panama Malta

    Watch: ‘Joseph Muscat can pledge a lot of things, but not honesty and trust ’ – Simon Busuttil

    Prime Minister Joseph Muscat can pledge a lot of things, but he cannot pledge honesty and trust, according to Leader of the Nationalist Party Simon Busuttil, making reference to this evening's Magistrate declaration.Dr Simon Busuttil, on the fourth anniversary of his position as leader of the Nationalist Party, was addressing ...

  • Malta

    Magistrate says enough evidence to launch criminal investigation into Schembri, Tonna – Busuttil

    Magistrate Aaron Bugeja has ruled that there is enough evidence to warrant a criminal investigation into the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff Keith Schembri, and the PM's consultant, Nexia BT Owner Brian Tonna. This was announced by the Leader of the Oppositon Simon Busuttil.The evidence given to the magisterial inquiry ...

  • USA Regno Unito Malta

    Brexit, Trump are the result of abnormal feelings – Finance Minister Edward Scicluna

    Finance Minister Edward Scicluna said today that Brexit and President Donald Trump are the result of abnormal feelings.He was addressing the 20th European Corporate Governance Conference held at Le Meridien. The Malta Independent was a media partner.In Malta, “we see that these as abnormal expressions of opinion, referendums, etc. They are ...