Corporate Dispatch Morning Briefing

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This is your morning briefing with the salient information from Malta, Europe and around the world.

Following days of often tense and difficult talks, the leaders of 5-Star and the PD told Italy’s president that the new government should once again be led by the outgoing prime minister Giuseppe Conte.

Boris Johnson dragged Britain into constitutional uproar on Wednesday after announcing plans to suspend parliament for five weeks, daring opponents of his Brexit strategy to vote down his government in a sharp escalation of tensions in Westminster.

Video footage of the late Jeffrey Epstein’s 2005 arrest has resurfaced showing disturbing images in his Florida home of underage girls, including one — who appears to be about six years old — bending over, according to reports.

Tropical Storm Dorian officially became Hurricane Dorian on Wednesday, its sustained winds topping 80 mph hitting Puerto Rico and St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands before heading northwest.

Hezbollah will respond with a “surprise” strike against Israel after drones crashed in Lebanon, but a new war remains unlikely, the Iran-backed movement said.

Teachers in the UK are set to be backed to use “reasonable force” on pupils in a crackdown on bad behaviour in schools, according to a report.

Romania’s president Klaus Iohannis on August 28 rejected all three minister candidates prime minister Viorica Dancila sent to him before the Government crisis emerged this week.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s national security adviser told Ukraine on Wednesday to avoid being lured into China’s orbit by what he called Beijing’s “debt diplomacy” amid a Chinese move to buy a Ukrainian aerospace giant.

Italy’s Stromboli volcano off the coast of Sicily erupted Wednesday, according to fire fighters who rushed to put out wildfires sparked by lava flows.

Malta Newspapers 

The Maltese Newspapers say the poor conditions of the Paloma hostel in Buġibba have remained largely unaffected by the ‘superficial cleaning exercise’ carried out after the police raided the property on Monday. We also read that the Superintendence for Cultural Heritage withdrew its objections to the proposed conversion of two iconic townhouses in Saqqajja into a boutique hotel. The culture watchdog said revised plans respect the architectural value of the properties. We also read that a report by the Centre for Aviation says that Air Malta made net losses in the financial year ending March 2019. The airline disagreed with the conclusions of the report and insisted it will register a profit.

Today’s newspaper review can be accessed here. 

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Thought for today

Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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