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USA
EU puts sanctions on Syrian scientists, military officials over gas attack
The European Union today imposed sanctions on 16 Syrian scientists and military officials for their suspected involvement in a chemical attack in northern Syria in April which killed scores of civilians. Western intelligence agencies accuse the government of Bashar al-Assad of carrying out the attack, arguing that rebels in the area ...
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Malta
Discussions on Air Malta collective agreement to resume next week
The discussions on the collective agreement with the various unions involved in the national airline will resume next week, Tourism Minister Konrad Mizzi said in parliament this evening.Replying to multiple parliamentary questions by Nationalist MP Claudio Grech and Mario de Marco, former President George Abela will be mediating the discussion ...
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Malta
Libyan whistleblower faces criminal charges over claims on medical visa racket and Neville Gafa
The Libyan whistleblower who landed Health Ministry official Neville Gafa in hot water was summoned before the courts to face criminal charges over his claim.Khaled Ben Nasan had alleged that Gafa was the chief architect behind the Libyan medical visa racket which he claimed saw the latter pocket roughly €38,000 ...
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Panama Malta
New Deputy Prime Minister Fearne pledges to ‘continue developing’ social structure
Newly-appointed Deputy Prime Minister Chris Fearne plans to focus on “continuing to develop the country’s social structure, and looking at more logical working times” for parliamentarians, amongst others. The Malta Independent contacted the Minister for Health following his victory in the PL Deputy Leadership race on Saturday. He won the ...
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USA Malta Pakistan
Clerical sex abuse victims to seek relocation of fundraising marathon
The victims of sexual abuse carried out by priests at St Joseph Home in Santa Venera decades ago will seek legal help to stop an annual fundraising marathon from being held at the premises. Speaking to The Malta Independent yesterday, one of the victims, Lawrence Grech, said that seeing the ...
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USA Panama
PN leadership contestant Adrian Delia pledges 'a new way', with 'fresh energy'
Contestant for the PN Leadership Adrian Delia launched his campaign for the Nationalist Party leadership this morning, saying that he is sure that an MP will cede his parliamentary seat should he be elected to the post.Being a new face in the political scene, Delia sees this as an advantage ...
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USA Regno Unito
FIRST: Sleeping with the enemy - How cyber criminals are the new monsters under our beds
"Hey @CloudPets, someone named S. Atan keeps sending messages to my kids' cloud pets and the app won't let me block him. Please help."This chilling tweet was posted by a father complaining that his child's smart toy had been hacked by a stranger who was posting unwanted messages to his ...
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USA Malta
Women with drug problems may hesitate to ask for help due to child custody fears, drugs expert says
The annual European Drug Report published last month showed that there is a surprisingly large disparity in Malta between the number of male and the number of female drug users enrolling in specialised drug treatment programmes. In fact, the report for Malta states that fewer than one-fifth of such clients ...
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Brasile
Prefeitura do Rio assina acordo para repasse de verbas a escolas de samba
O prefeito do Rio de Janeiro, Marcelo Crivella, assinou segunda-feira (17/7) um acordo com a Liga Independente das Escolas de Samba (Liesa), garantindo um repasse de R$ 13 milhões para as agremiações. Cada uma das 13 escolas receberá R$ 1 milhão, em cinco parcelas, até novembro deste ano, para que ...
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USA
The Cost of a Hot Economy in California: A Severe Housing Crisis
An explosion in costs has emerged as a central problem for the state, and state and local governments are pondering a series of measures to correct course.