Good evening,
These are the salient news reviewed and covered today.
Hurricane Dorian Makes Landfall Along North Carolina Coast
UK Opposition Parties Agree To Not Vote In Favour Of General Election
Beppe Grillo’s Son Probed For Sexual Violence
Pope Ends Mozambique Visit, Denounces Corrupt Leaders
UK High Court Rejects Legal Challenge To Boris Johnson Parliament Shutdown
Kremlin Critic Navalny’s Offices Raided
Irish PM States No-Deal Brexit Checks Needed Near Irish Border
European Parliament Recognises The Progress Made By EASO To Reform Its Governance
UN Health Agency Welcomes Facebook Pledge To Stop Vaccine Misinformation From Going Viral
Myanmar Military Aircraft Accident Forces The Closure Of Country’s Biggest Airport
Major Review In The UK Into Support For Children With Special Educational Needs
Swiss Artist Installs 300 Trees In Football Stadium
Alitalia Rescuers To Ask For Another Delay
Sudan Names First Government Since Al-Bashir Removal
US Woman Accused Of Hiding Baby In Bag At Manila Airport
Dallas Opera Cancels Gala Starring Placido Domingo As Accusations Pile Up
Romania’s Former Ruling Party Leader And His Family Banned From Entering The US
Women In The UK Pick Jobs Closer To Family Over Bigger Salary
Zimbabwe Ex-President Robert Mugabe Dies Aged 95
Former PM John Major Launches Stinging Attack On Boris Johnson
EU Countries Lost €137 Billion In VAT Revenues In 2017, Malta Registers Large Decrease In VAT Losses
EU Countries Lost €137 Billion In VAT Revenues In 2017, Malta Registers Large Decrease In VAT Losses
US Warns Anyone Fuelling Iran Tanker Risks Being Blacklisted
Pentagon Chief Suggests European Allies Replace Funds Diverted To US Border Wall
Putin’s Anger At The Arrest Of Russian Manager In Naples
Salvini Investigated For Defaming Sea-Watch Captain Rackete
Second Death In The US Linked To Vaping
Death Toll In The Bahamas Expected To Be High, Hundreds, Possibly Thousands, Are Still Missing
US actor Johnny Depp arrives at the Lido Beach for the 76th annual Venice International Film Festival, in Venice, Italy, 06 September 2019. The festival runs from 28 August to 07 September. EPA-EFE/ETTORE FERRARI
14th January 2026
The United States has advised some personnel to leave its largest military base in the Middle East, diplomats said Wednesday, as Washington weighs possible intervention in Iran and Tehra...
14th January 2026
George Vassiliou, a former president of the Republic of Cyprus and a central figure in the island’s modern political and economic development, died overnight at the age of 94, his family...
14th January 2026
Morning Briefing
Engineering Board Resignations Raise Alarm Over Professional Standards
Two members of Malta’s Engineering Profession Board have resigned just hours before discussi...
13th January 2026
Morning Briefing
Malta cautious as Greenland row exposes EU foreign policy gapsMalta will not be rushed into staking out a position on US President Donald Trump’s reported interest in...
9th January 2026
European Parliament President Roberta Metsola has voiced strong support for protesters in Iran as nationwide demonstrations continue to spread and authorities intensify their crackdown, ...
11th December 2025
President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides, has set out two key priorities for Cyprus’ upcoming Presidency of the Council of the European Union: strengthening the EU’s st...
14th January 2026
Coca-Cola has abandoned plans to sell its Costa Coffee chain after offers from private equity firms came in below expectations, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.
The U.S. bev...
14th January 2026
Oil slipped after four days of increases on Wednesday as Venezuela resumed exports and U.S. crude and product inventories rose, though fears of Iranian supply disruptions due to deadly...
19th December 2025
Two local analysts have cautioned that any attempt by EU Member States to block or restrict the passporting of crypto-asset service providers (CASPs) authorised under the Markets in...
18th December 2025
Marina Grech, Partner, Ganado Advocates
As a Partner within Ganado Advocates’ investment services and funds department, Marina Grech has built a career advising clients across Malta’s...
7th January 2026
Focal Logistics Group has been awarded ISO 9001:2015 certification, marking an important milestone following the recent consolidation of the group and reaffirming its commitment to consi...
16th December 2025
Malta Public Transport will hold the ninth edition of Tallinja għal L-istrina on Saturday, 20 December 2025, once again supporting L-istrina through its long-standing collaboration with ...
14th January 2026
The United States has advised some personnel to leave its largest military base in the Middle East, diplomats said Wednesday, as Washington weighs possible intervention in Iran and Tehra...
14th January 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump urged Iranians to keep protesting and remember the names of those abusing them, saying help is on the way, as Iran's clerical establishment pressed its crackd...
7th January 2026
Venezuela transported gold worth almost 4.14 billion Swiss francs ($5.20 billion) to Switzerland during the early years of the leadership of ousted President Nicolas Maduro, customs data...
6th January 2026
More than a dozen journalists were detained on Monday while covering political events in Venezuela’s capital Caracas, including a pro-government march and the swearing-in of a new legisl...
14th January 2026
2025 was the deadliest year for civilians in Ukraine since 2022, according to the United Nations (UN).
Conflict-related violence killed at least 2,514 civilians last year, the UN's Hu...
13th January 2026
Russian forces launched the year’s most intense wave of missile attacks on Ukraine’s two largest cities early on Tuesday, Ukrainian officials and media said, killing four people in the n...