SpaceX Dragon cargo ship heads back to Earth
A SpaceX Dragon capsule headed back to Earth today, filled with more than 1,678 kg of experiment results and cargo from the International Space Station, a NASA TV broadcast showed. It was the first...
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Western Libyan forces preparing attack on Islamic State stronghold
Forces in western Libya are preparing to advance on the city of Sirte, seized by Islamic State last year, their spokesman said, pushing ahead with plans for a counter-attack after the Islamists made...
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Car wash lands parking attendant in hot water
A parking attendant with a track record of harassing drivers is being investigated by the transport authority yet again. The parking attendant allegedly erected signs at the entrance to the Floriana...
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Move over kale, there's a new top veg in town
Cauliflower is about to become the new kale, according to something I read online. And that's just fine with me, because I have grown awfully tired of kale. When a vegetable becomes nothing but a raw...
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Almost all claims for income tax penalty remissions approved
Almost all requests for the remission of interest and penalties incurred when income tax was not paid have been approved. The 2015 annual report of the Revenue Remissions Supervisory Board, tabled in...
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Valletta ditch finally billboard-free
Valletta's St James' ditch was back to its old self yesterday evening after the second of two political party billboards was removed. The Nationalist Party removed its billboard shortly after a court...
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Juve pair Buffon and Barzagli sign up until 2018
Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon and defender Andrea Barzagli have extended their contracts with the Italian champions until 2018. Italy captain Buffon, 38, and international team mate Barzagli,...
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States should not be able to buy themselves out of responsibility for...
Maltese MEP Roberta Metsola has expressed disagreement with a key point in a European Commission proposal to amend the Dublin Regulation, which currently lays down that the country where the migrant...
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Panama Papers II explained
The publication of the Panama Papers database on Monday evening proved to be an anti-climax as no new names of politically exposed persons emerged apart from those already in the public domain. Yet...
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Italian parliament paves way to legalising same-sex civil unions
The Italian parliament has cleared the way to approving same-sex civil unions and granting some rights to unmarried heterosexual couples in a confidence vote called by Prime Minister Matteo Renzi to...
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Welbeck's England Euro dream over, faces nine months out
Arsenal's England striker Danny Welbeck will miss Euro 2016 after being sidelined for nine months following surgery on his right knee, the Premier League club said today. Welbeck went off in Sunday's...
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Abattoir stench ‘could be incinerator’
The stench of animal carcasses in the vicinity of the abattoir has not been sourced to the slaughterhouse but to an incinerator that could be emitting unpleasant smells. A nauseating smell was...
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‘Excessive’ store in ODZ gets go-ahead
An outside development zone store overlooking San Tumas Bay in Marsascala, deemed “excessive and unjustified” by the Planning Directorate, was sanctioned by the Planning Authority yesterday. The 33sqm...
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Safi man suffers gunshot injury in apparent accident
A 33-year-old man from Safi suffered a serious facial injury wound in what appears to have been an accident this evening. The shooting took place at about 7pm in a field near Hal Far. The man was...
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Rembrandt painting found in New Jersey basement now in museum
A painting languishing in a New Jersey basement that turned out to be one of Dutch master Rembrandt's earliest works goes on display today at the J. Paul Getty Museum in California as a key part of an...
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Mystery ship runs aground in Liberia
Maritime authorities in Liberia have launched an investigation after a mystery ship ran aground on a beach. The tanker was found on the shore in the coastal city of Robertsport. There was no one on...
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Trump, Clinton in poll dead heat for first time as US campaign heats up
Republican Donald Trump pulled even with Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Wednesday, in a dramatic early sign that the Nov. 8 presidential election might be...
View ArticleSpaceX Dragon cargo capsule splashes down in Pacific Ocean
A SpaceX Dragon capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean carrying about 1,678 kg of experiment results and cargo from the International Space Station, NASA said. It was the first return load from...
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Muscat calls for global action to avoid Panama Papers repeat
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat told a Commonwealth civil society meeting in London today that he wants to see global action to avoid a repetition of the Panama Papers. Dr Muscat said he was attending...
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Four years' of waste in a glass jar
A 25-year-old environmentally conscious woman has fit four years’ worth of waste into a small glass jar. New York based entrepreneur Lauren Singer leads a plastic-free lifestyle and shares her tricks...
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