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10 nominations to replace Theresa May

There were 10 nominations to replace Theresa May as prime minister, down from 13 after Kit Malthouse, James Cleverly and Sam Gyimah dropped out. But from former foreign secretary Boris…

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100 believed to be killed in attack in Central Mali village

Nearly 100 people have been killed in attack in a village in central Mali inhabited by the Dogon ethnic group, reports say. The attack happened in Sobale Kou, close to…

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UN warns that the Mediterranean will be a sea of blood due to lack of NGO rescue ships and Libya’s conflict

The risk of migrants and refugees becoming shipwrecked in the Mediterranean and dying at sea is the highest it has ever been due to a lack of NGO rescue ships…

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Fintech is putting the business model of banks and insurance under threat – Christine Lagarde

Global policymakers are wary of fintechs' increasing dominance in mobile payments, as they rethink ways to regulate the banking system. They fear that the stability of the whole economic system…

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Hundreds arrested in protests against stage managed Kazakhstan elections

Hundreds of people have been arrested in Kazakhstan while protesting against a stage-managed election that they say will deprive them of a political voice. Euronews reports that 12 million registered electors of…

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Rafael Nadal wins French Open

Rafael Nadal beat Dominic Thiem at Roland Garros to claim his 12th French Open crown and 18th grand slam title. The Spaniard won 6-3, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1 against the fourth-seeded…

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Snap elections in Moldova, as Constitutional Court relieved President from his duties

Moldova’s newly appointed acting president Pavel Filip on Sunday dissolved parliament and called snap elections, as a political crisis rocks the ex-Soviet country. Filip signed a decree dissolving parliament and…

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British MPs and drug use … confessions

The confession by Environment Secretary Michael Gove that he once took cocaine has again shone the spotlight on past drug use by leading politicians. Boris Johnson, the favourite to succeed…

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Quotas are not the way forward for females in politics – Malta Small Business Chamber GRTU

The small business chamber GRTU has come out against a proposal for gender quotas to increase the number of female MPs in the House of RepresentativesDescribing the proposals as “not…

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Malta’s Newspaper Sunday Headlines – The co-option, the election and the week that was for the PN

The Independent on Sunday says that a meeting of the PN’s Executive Council on Saturday did not discuss issues related to Adrian Delia’s leadership, the party’s administration or its strategy.…

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Malta: President George Vella amongst 670 doctors who joined forces declaring stand against abortion

More than 600 doctors have joined forces to declare their stand against abortion, saying life starts from conception and should be given the opportunity to develop.The Sunday Times reports that Doctors…

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Ryanair to open new airline, based in Malta – UPDATED

The Sunday Times of Malta reports that Ryanair will be opening a new airline to be based in Malta. The report says that the new airline called Malta Air that would…

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Gender, racial and ethnic minorities, have a special calling to step forward and act on behalf of one another – US Presidential Candidate Pete Buttigieg

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg told an audience in Iowa on Friday that coming out as gay has empowered him in a way he did not anticipate, and he called…

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