• Malta

    Today's newspapers in review

    The following are the top stories in national newspapers today. Times of Malta says diabetics who need regular insulin injections are being forced to get by with the needles usually used by children as the eight-millimetre ones for adults are out of stock. In another story, the newspaper says Gozo’s first ...

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    Fitch affirms Malta's rating, gives positive outlook

    Fitch Ratings has affirmed Malta's long-term foreign and local currency issuer default ratings (IDR) at 'A' with a positive outlook. The issue ratings on Malta's senior unsecured foreign and local currency bonds have also been affirmed at 'A' and 'F1', respectively. The country ceiling has been affirmed at 'AAA' and the short-term ...

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    Autopsy on North Korean leaders half-brother inconclusive as 4th person arrested

    Malaysia performed a second autopsy on the estranged half brother of North Korea's leader because the first procedure was inconclusive, piling on the intrigue surrounding what appeared to be a well-executed assassination at an airport in Kuala Lumpur, an official said Saturday. Police arrested a fourth suspect, identified as a ...

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    PN believes bill on press law is a knee-jerk reaction by the government

    The Nationalist Party believes that the bill proposed by the government, flanked by Ministers Owen Bonnici and Evarist Bartolo, is a knee-jerk reaction to the recent events.PN Deputy Leader Mario de Marco said, in a press conference, quoted from a report published by the Malta IT law association, which said ...

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    Watch: Satire, sugar and a carnival float

    ‘Tishetnix ghax naqa’ a sugar paste carnival float will be on display in front of the Law Courts in Valletta over the carnival weekend. Noel Borg, of Mannarinu Caterers in Valletta, along with his two sons Carlos and Ismael, used roughly 40kg of sugar to mold the float, which ...

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    Proposed media law 'serious threat to internet freedom', 'perverse affront to basic online rights'

    The Malta Information Technology Law Association (MITLA) said the Bill presented by Government entitled the Media and Defamation Act, 2017 (MADA) is a serious threat to internet freedom and a perverse affront to basic online rights.. MITLA is concerned about the newly proposed obligations for websites, as defined in MADA, ...

  • Malta

    Fitch gives positive outlook, affirms Malta’s rating

    Fitch Ratings affirmed Malta's long-term foreign and local currency issuer default ratings (IDR) at 'A' with a positive outlook.The issue ratings on Malta's senior unsecured foreign and local currency bonds have also been affirmed at 'A' and 'F1'.The country ceiling has been affirmed at 'AAA' and the short-term foreign and ...

  • Kenya

    Raila starts to close gap with Uhuru, poll shows

    ODM leader Raila Odinga appears to have narrowed the gap between him and President Uhuru Kenyatta in the latest Star poll. According to last week's survey, Raila has gained five percentage points over one month, while Uhuru has lost the same over the same period. Factors may be the 76-day-long ...

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    Business: US billionaire to give thousands of Kenyans free cash for 12 years

    The billionaire co-founder of e-Commerce company eBay, Pierre Omidyar, is donating Sh52 million to give 6,000 poor Kenyans a guaranteed income for 12 years. No strings attached.

  • Kenya

    Business: Farmers in Kenya develop taste for insects as drought hurts crops

    The knee-high dome on Ikung'u Kathimbu's farm in Weru village, Eastern Kenya, shelters an unusual crop: a termite swarm.