879 Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Aeterni Patris
1914 WWI: Field Marshal Lord Kitchener becomes British Minister of War after British declaration of war on Germany
1942 1st train with Jews departs Mechelen Belgium to Auschwitz
1944 Anne Frank arrested in Amsterdam by German Security Police (Grüne Polizei) following a tip-off from an informer who was never identified
1962 Nelson Mandela captured by South African police
1970 Jim Morrison arrested for drunkenness
1979 Italian government of Cossiga begins
1984 American athlete Carl Lewis wins the 100m in 9.9 seconds in Los Angeles, first of 9 Olympic gold medals over 3 Games
1984 Prince’s “Purple Rain” album goes #1 & stays #1 for 24 weeks
1993 Rwandian Hutus and Tutsis sign peace treaty in Arusha, Tanzania
1995 Operation Storm begins in Croatia, the Croatian army attacks territory under the Republic of Serbian Krajina in the largest land battle since WWII
2013 Hassan Rouhani is inaugurated as the President of Iran
2015 Muppets Missy Piggy and Kermit the Frog announce the end to their relationship on Twitter
2018 President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela survives an assassination attempt by drone, live on TV
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivers her annual State of the European Union address on Wednesday morning, with defence, Ukraine, migration, competitiveness and gro...
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Council of Europe to investigate Malta’s ‘culture of impunity’
A Council of Europe delegation is expected to visit Malta within the coming months to gather evidenc...
Morning Brieifng
Council of Europe to investigate Malta’s ‘culture of impunity’
A Council of Europe delegation is expected to visit Malta within the coming months to gather evidenc...
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Malta Slips to 15th in EU Minimum Wage Rankings as Eastern Economies Surge: Malta has fallen from eighth to 15th among the 22 EU countries with statutory minimum wages, a...
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...
Wizz Air sees few if any opportunities from airBaltic's bankruptcy and expects a wider shakeout of other European airlines that were unable to hedge against high fuel prices, the budget...
A former Google DeepMind employee became the latest AI researcher to warn that the technology could "kill all humans", saying time could be running out to avoid the outcome.
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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.
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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...
Malta Public Transport is encouraging passengers attending Una Notte Con Le Stelle at The Granaries, Floriana, on Saturday 5 September to make use of the regular night bus services opera...
The first edition of HEKATECH.HEALTH 2026, to be held in Malta on November 26, will focus on how health systems can reconcile two increasingly urgent demands: expanding access to new med...
Fears of renewed escalation gripped the Middle East on Wednesday after the United States and Iran exchanged their biggest barrage since July, with Washington striking Iran's southern co...
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...
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...
Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk said he expected Moscow to escalate the war in "in the coming weeks", following Russian strikes that hit a Warsaw-bound train in Ukraine, just two kil...
The departure from Moldova of a plane carrying Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to Norway was delayed when authorities closed the country's airspace over a drone alert, a Moldov...
