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Brussels waits for the US Midterms, but expects little to change White House prepares to govern through executive powers amid mid-term losses US midterms open after tense final campaign push EU could allow UK to stay outside euro and Schengen if it seeks to rejoin Government must take responsibility for economic strategy, infrastructure planning and meeting its electoral commitments – Malta Employers

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EU Commission · 17 May 2018 European Agenda on Migration: Still fragile situation gives no cause for complacency While joint EU efforts have continued to show results, the situation remains fragile due to ongoing migratory pressure, as evidenced by newly… Italy · 13 May 2018 New photo shows Mafia bosses amongst audience in Maurizio Costanzo show, a year before car bomb directed at TV presenter It's been 25 years ago but new facts emerge on the attack against Italian TV presenter Maurizio Costanzo. The new revelations relate… Eurovision · 13 May 2018 Israel’s song motif – Fun and empowerment, the voice of #MeToo at Eurovision The winning track, which contained refrains such as "I am not your toy, you stupid boy", summed up the concerns of many… MARS · 12 May 2018 NASA will send a helicopter to Mars – a first NASA said on Friday it will send a small helicopter to Mars as part of the U.S. space agency’s 2020 mission to… Italy · 11 May 2018 Italy breaks two jihadist cells Italian police moved in on two jihadist rings accused of raising funding for terrorist attacks. 14 people were arrested in an operation… Saudi Arabia · 8 May 2018 Driving ban for women lifted in Saudi Arabia The General Department of Traffic in Saudi Arabia has announced that women will be allowed to drive in the country as from… USA · 8 May 2018 New York Attorney General resigns after being accused of physically abuse four women New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who positioned himself as a combatant of sexual harassment and abuse in the #MeToo era and… Gibraltar · 7 May 2018 Major drug haul in Campo De Gibraltar (Spain) Spanish authorities have seized over five tonnes of cannabis resin and arrested 31 people in two separate major operations targeting drug traffickers… Gibraltar · 7 May 2018 476 migrants saved in the strait of Gibraltar Spain’s maritime rescue service has said it saved 476 migrants who were attempting to cross the Mediterranean from Africa. The migrants were… Corruption · 5 May 2018 Brasil – ‘Explosive’ operation against laundering ring of politicians and buisinessman Investigators in Brazil raided a ring of powerful politicians and businessmen in what unfolded into one of the biggest anti-graft operations ever.… Nobel Prize · 4 May 2018 No Nobel Prize for Literature amidst sexual harassment allegations For the first time since 1949, the secretive jury within the Swedish Academy which decides the Nobel Prize for Literature that hands… Cinema · 4 May 2018 Oscars – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences expels Bill Cosby and Roman Polanski The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has voted to expel actor Bill Cosby and director…