Good morning,
Your morning briefing presents a quick review of the headlines from Malta, Europe and around the world.
Start your day informed.
These are the main headlines selected by our editorial team :
Five people dead and one person unaccounted for after two floatplanes carrying passengers from a cruise excursion collided mid-air in Alaska
Donald Trump meets Viktor Orban
United Nations expresses concern on weapons flow into Libya
Facebook urges users to update WhatsApp after major vulnerability leads to remote installations surveillance software
New Zealand sets precedent in its ‘Wellbeing budget by measuring and addressing country’s success by people’s wellbeing rather than just GDP
A Libyan migrant has been filmed being picked up by a private tug boat after jumping from a vessel that suffered technical failure.
Former US President Carter breaks hip after fall
UK : Deaths of despair claim more middle-aged life than heart disease
Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton sends car and trophy to cancer-stricken child who inspired his victory in Spain
These are the main stories from Malta’s newspaper front pages:
The Times carries a story about shipping giant Maersk transferring operations from Malta to North Africa.
The Malta Independent reports that the final sitting in the case of the MV Lifeline, impounded 10 months ago, will be held today.
The Times speaks to Children’s Commissioner Pauline Miceli who said that babies and children should not feature in political messaging by parties. T
The Malta Independent says that Air Malta and the Airport have scored poorly in the latest rankings by air passenger’s rights organisation AirHelp.
L-Orizzont quotes General Workers Union general secretary Josef Bugeja who said that the fight against extremism should be a priority for Europe in the new legislature.
In-Nazzjon says that parliament has been lifted until after the elections at the end of the month.
L-Orizzont speaks to counsellor Matthew Bartolo who insisted on the need to educate children about sexuality.
In-Nazzjon says that prison guards at Corradino are unhappy with the ‘lack of planning’ by the management, forcing them to work as many as 80 hours every week.
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Portugal's President António Jose Seguro has enacted a law banning face coverings in public spaces, a measure widely seen as targeting Muslim women who wear full-face veils.
"The face...
Merck and Moderna's success with a personalized cancer vaccine designed to keep melanoma at bay opens a new avenue of treatment that doctors hope will work against many types of tumors...
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MFSA highlights reporting and governance weaknesses in financial sector
Regulatory reporting and weaknesses in governance and client-fund safeguards remain key are...
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St George’s Bay tops list of Malta’s most polluted beaches
St George’s Bay has been ranked as Malta’s most polluted beach this summer, according to an analysis of ...
The European Commission has unveiled an ambitious package of tax reforms aimed at simplifying tax rules across the European Union, reducing compliance burdens for businesses and strength...
The European Union's new Migration and Asylum Pact enters into force on 12 June, ushering in the most significant reform of the bloc's migration framework in years and placing renewed em...
The United States has crossed a historic fiscal milestone, with total federal debt surpassing $40 trillion for the first time, according to new Treasury data. The figure reflects a decad...
Oil prices climbed on Thursday on concerns the impasse in the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran will continue to disrupt supply from the key Middle Eastern producing region and tighten glob...
Artificial intelligence has already transformed industries such as finance and education, but one of its most important tests may come in medicine: discovering new drugs.
Pharmaceutic...
Malta’s new pay transparency regulations, which came into effect on the 5th of June, aim to strengthen fairness and equality in the workplace, but employers are warning that the rushed i...
The autonomous bus project in Gozo commenced its public testing phase after the completion of the commissioning phase, marking another important milestone in the rollout of this innovati...
By Joseph Bugeja, Chairman of ATTO
Malta’s logistics operators and consumers are already experiencing the economic impact of the European Union’s Emissions Trading System (ETS). The r...
President Donald Trump announced late Saturday that he had called off planned U.S. strikes on Iran, saying renewed negotiations had raised hopes of easing the conflict and reopening ship...
Gulf states have backed a proposal aimed at reducing disruption to global oil trade by allowing Iran to collect voluntary fees from ships using the Strait of Hormuz, according to sources...
At least 32 people have been killed and more than 700 injured after two powerful earthquakes — measuring 7.2 and 7.5 — struck central Venezuela seconds apart, causing widespread destruct...
Thousands of Cuban security personnel have begun leaving Caracas after nearly two decades in Venezuela, as Washington ramps up efforts to dismantle the long standing alliance between the...
Ukraine launched 620 drones at Moscow and surrounding areas into the early hours of Tuesday, in one of its biggest air assaults on the region, while Russian-controlled Crimea reported po...
Civilian casualties in Ukraine have climbed to their highest monthly level since the early weeks of Russia's full-scale invasion, according to the United Nations.
The UN Human Rights ...
