Corporate Dispatch Morning Briefing

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Start your day informed with our morning briefing with headlines from Malta, Europe and the world.

Social media feeds of journalists, football clubs, players and others involved in the sport world have all been full of words of support, expressions of grief and the shock after the announcement of Luis Enrique daughter’s death.

North Korea’s parliament has approved changes to the country’s constitution to solidify leader Kim Jong Un’s role as head of state, state media said on Thursday.

A federal judge on Thursday formally dismissed the criminal sex trafficking case against financier Jeffrey Epstein in light of his death in jail earlier this month.

The United Nations Security Council is considering a draft resolution that would call for a truce in northwestern Syria “to avoid a further deterioration of the already catastrophic humanitarian situation,” though diplomats said on Thursday that such a move is likely to face opposition from veto-power Russia.

Iranian tanker Adrian Darya, at the center of a dispute between Washington and Tehran, has changed course away from the Turkish coast, Refinitiv ship tracking data showed on Thursday.

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Thursday unseen forces were spying on him and his cabinet, revealing that a “sophisticated camera” had been discovered at the presidential offices in central Mexico City.

More than 200 migrants were rescued by the Spanish coastguard as they attempted to make the crossing from Africa to Spain, rescue services said on Thursday.

The White House is reviewing whether $250 million in military assistance should be sent to Ukraine in keeping with President Donald Trump’s view that U.S. foreign aid must be justified, two senior administration officials said on Thursday.

President Donald Trump has canceled his trip to Poland as Hurricane Dorian barrels toward Florida.

Lego is using artificial intelligence to translate building instructions into audio and braille to help visually-impaired children enjoy their play sets.

Malta’s Newspapers

The ratio of the cost of mortgages and the price of property, as indicated by the Central Bank features on today’s newspapers. Another report refers to the situation at Mount Carmel hospital. In another story, we read on the case and says that the court will decide whether to grant brail to the two men charged with the attack on September 18. The former soldiers stand accused of murder of a migrant and attempted murder of another two.

A Buġibba resident who believes that the recent raid operation to evict migrants from the Paloma hotel was ‘inhumane’. The source said that reports of a rat infestation might have only been an excuse to target migrants.

Full Press Review can be read here

On This Day

On this day in 2008 Libya and Italy signed an accord under which Italy will pay $5 billion in compensation for colonial misdeeds during its decades-long rule of the North African country.

Thought of the Day

To me, business isn’t about wearing suits or pleasing stockholders. It’s about being true to yourself, your ideas and focusing on the essentials.”

Sir Richard Branson, CEO of Virgin Group

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