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Panama Malta
‘My track record speaks for itself,’ Bartolo tells MEPs, on corruption claims
Education Minister Evarist Bartolo today insisted that he had fought against corruption throughout his 25-year parliamentary career and his track record on the subject “spoke for itself.”Mr Bartolo was being grilled by MEPs in the European Parliament committee for culture. He was accompanied by Justice and Culture Minister Owen Bonnici. ...
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Regno Unito Malta
Drug driving: more data, more education, more awareness
While another substance-filled holiday season has drawn to a close, The Malta Independent met with Chair of the National Centre for the Freedom from Addictions (NCFA) Dr Anna Vella to gauge what the prevalence of drug driving is in Malta, and understand why it is not given much attention in ...
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USA Nuova Zelanda
Godec to remain in office, as other US envoys resign
US Ambassador Robert Godec will not quit and services at the embassy will go on uninterrupted. The Star has learned that Godec is not affected by US President Donald Trump’s anticipated administrative changes in all embassies worldwide. Trump’s transition team early this month demanded all ambassadors appointed by former President ...
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Kenya
Business: CBK says it injected Sh45b to rescue troubled banks in 2016
Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) loaned banks billions of shillings to remain afloat between June 2015 and 2016.
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Cina
Business: Fossils of utterly huge otter unearthed in China
Scientists have unearthed fossils of an intriguingly large otter as big as a wolf that frolicked in rivers and lakes in a lush, warm and humid wetlands region in southwestern China about 6.2 million years ago.
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Kenya
Business News: CBK says it injected Sh45b to rescue troubled banks in 2016
Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) loaned banks billions of shillings to remain afloat between June 2015 and 2016.
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Kenya Regno Unito
UK to negotiate better trade deals with Kenya after Brexit
Britain set to negotiate better and lucrative agricultural produce deals with Kenya.
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USA
Donald Trump bans federal funding for foreign NGOs that support abortion
US president reinstates ban on US funds promoting abortion overseas.
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Regno Unito
Mau Mau veterans from Makueni sue UK govt for colonial era atrocities
They say the UK law firm has mandate of deciding how much compensation they should seek.
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USA
[NEWS FOCUS] Trump’s TPP abandonment fans trade fears in Korea
On his first full weekday in office Monday, US President Donald Trump signed an executive action to abandon a multilater