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Crime against women is a 'scourge in society' - President
Femicide must be called by its name, and action must be taken to protect girls and women with the full force of our laws, President Marie Louise Coleiro Preca appealed on Thursday. “We cannot allow...
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MSE Equity Price Index climbs to near 2-month high
The MSE Equity Price Index erased Wednesday's decline of 0.12% as it rebounded by 0.3% to a near two-month high of 4,510.887 points. Overall, the gains in the share prices of GO, HSBC, BOV and MIA...
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Penknife held to singer's throat by Paceville handbag thief
A Maltese singer and her friend, victims of a recent violent mugging on the streets of Paceville, on Thursday recounted their harrowing experience in open court in the presence of their alleged...
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French judge steps up Le Pen investigation over Islamic State tweets
A judge placed France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen under formal investigation on Thursday on suspicion of disseminating violent images over tweets she posted of Islamic State executions, a move...
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Jay-Z is wealthiest hip-hop star in the world
Jay-Z has bagged the crown of wealthiest hip-hop star in the world. The US rapper - who released his latest album 4:44 in 2017 - saw his net worth jump from 810 million dollars to 900 million dollars...
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All governments guilty of clientelism, says Busuttil
All governments were guilty of clientelism to some extent, according to the Opposition’s spokesman on good governance, Simon Busuttil. "Clientelism still plagues politics, and all governments are...
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Unwarranted motorbike attention, verbal abuse lands victim with knife lodged...
A violent fight, sparked off by unwelcome attention for a man's motorbike, landed the victim with a knife lodged in his back and the aggressor with a five-year jail term. Valletta resident Giovanni...
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Replacing tribunal by the courts may not bode well for consumers, association...
Replacing the competition tribunal with a proper court does not bode well as it may result in delays in the imposition of fines on those breaching the law, the Consumer Association has warned. The...
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Reeling from Trump gun meeting, Republicans mull next steps
Republican senators in the US Congress signaled on Thursday that they were hesitant to embrace a call from President Donald Trump for sweeping changes to gun laws, including measures more typically...
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New York nanny accused of killing two children heads to court
A New York nanny accused of stabbing to death two children in her care was taken to a Manhattan courtroom on Thursday for opening statements in her trial for the 2012 killing. Nanny Yoselyn Ortega is...
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Tattoos discovered on mummies after millennia under wraps
Researchers have discovered the oldest figurative tattoos in the world on the upper arms of two ancient Egyptian mummies, the British Museum said on Thursday. A male mummy was found to have tattoos...
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Watch: NBA roundup: Rockets win 14th straight
James Harden scored 17 first-quarter points Wednesday night as the Houston Rockets pushed a winning streak to 14 games for the second time this season, beating the host Los Angeles Clippers 105-92....
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Puigdemont to withdraw candidacy for Catalan presidency - newspaper
Former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont will withdraw his candidacy for president of the Spanish northeastern region on Thursday to let another candidate to take his place, El Nacional newspaper said...
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Hamilton fastest as F1 wraps up first test of 2018
Formula One wrapped up the first pre-season test of the year in Barcelona on Thursday with four-times world champion Lewis Hamilton back on top of the timesheets for Mercedes. The Briton, who had done...
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Trump says US to impose hefty tariffs on steel, aluminium imports
US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday he would impose tariffs of 25 per cent on imported steel and 10 per cent on aluminium, in a move the administration said would protect US industry, but...
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Sprinkling of sugar to take the sting out of snow delays
A Greggs delivery driver has been thanked for handing out cakes, pasties and doughnuts to stranded drivers on the A1. He unloaded the treats from the back of the lorry and shared them out with...
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Women’s Day: dialogue of Chinese and Maltese artists
As the world celebrates women next week, two female artists – one Chinese and the other from Malta – will enter into a dialogue about nature, humankind and the cosmos. In an exhibition of paintings at...
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Gazprom stops gas supplies to frozen Ukraine
Kiev and Moscow plunged into a new gas dispute on Thursday after Russia's Gazprom unexpectedly decided not to restart supplies, forcing Ukraine to cut usage despite freezing weather. Ukraine's...
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Announcements - March 2, 2018
BUSUTTIL. On February 8, at Kings College Hospital, London, FRANZ, aged 78, passed away having not regained consciousness following a stroke on Christmas Eve. He had been rehearsing with his choir in...
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Prisoner takes selfie in cell, posts on Facebook
A prisoner at Corradino Correctional Facility was caught in possession of a mobile phone after he took a selfie in his cell and posted it on Facebook, the Times of Malta has learnt. Minutes earlier,...
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