1914 WWI: Serbia declares war against Germany
1916 Malta’s former Prime Minister Dom Mintoff was born
1937 Franco’s artillery fires on Madrid
1937 US and USSR sign trade treaty
1945 Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima by the US B-29 Superfortress “Enola Gay” Paul Tibbets, the commander of Enola Gay , drops the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. It was the second atomic bomb, dropped on Nagasaki, that induced the Japanese to surrender.
1960 Chubby Checker performs his version of “The Twist” on “The Dick Clark Show” starting a worldwide dance craze
1964 Pope Paul VI publishes encyclical Ecclesiam Suam
1965 Beatles release “Help” album in UK
1984 American athlete Carl Lewis wins long jump (8.54m), his second of 4 gold medals at Los Angeles Olympics
1993 Pope John Paul II publishes encyclical Veritatis splendor
1996 NASA announces that life may have existed on Mars after examining meteorite ALH84001, thought to be from Mars
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15th June 2026
Morning Briefing
Government Pledges to Move Quickly on Election Pledges
Prime Minister Robert Abela has announced that Parliament will reconvene on 20 June, just three weeks after ...
12th June 2026
European Parliament and Council negotiators have reached a deal on a package of EU measures aimed at speeding up defence investment and improving the bloc’s ability to respond to securit...
15th June 2026
Morning Briefing
Government Pledges to Move Quickly on Election Pledges
Prime Minister Robert Abela has announced that Parliament will reconvene on 20 June, just three weeks after ...
12th June 2026
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Malta Tops EU for Concern Over Loss of Natural Areas, Eurobarometer Finds: Malta ranks first in the EU for concern about the conversion of natural areas to other land use...
10th June 2026
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...
8th June 2026
The European Parliament has approved a major new initiative aimed at reducing workplace accidents and strengthening worker protection across the European Union, as concerns continue to g...
12th June 2026
Malta Public Transport announces a number of network adjustments in connection with the introduction of its Summer Schedule, aimed at meeting seasonal passenger demand and improving serv...
12th June 2026
Mercedes-Benz is moving further into Europe’s fast-growing defence sector through a partnership with Munich-based start-up Tytan Technologies to develop mobile systems designed to counte...
8th June 2026
The European Parliament has approved a major new initiative aimed at reducing workplace accidents and strengthening worker protection across the European Union, as concerns continue to g...
8th June 2026
The European Union has approved new rules aimed at tightening the screening of foreign investments in strategic sectors, marking a major shift in Europe’s approach towards economic secur...
12th June 2026
Malta Public Transport announces a number of network adjustments in connection with the introduction of its Summer Schedule, aimed at meeting seasonal passenger demand and improving serv...
11th June 2026
The global labour market is being reshaped by the combined pressures of escalating geopolitical conflict and rapid artificial intelligence adoption, creating a “dual shock” to jobs, skil...
10th June 2026
The United States launched military strikes against Iran on Tuesday after President Donald Trump said Tehran was responsible for the downing of a U.S. Apache helicopter near the Strait o...
8th June 2026
Israel and Iran exchanged fresh attacks on Monday, marking a significant escalation in tensions and raising concerns over regional stability and global energy supplies.
The Israeli mi...
25th February 2026
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...
9th February 2026
María Corina Machado is a prominent figure in Venezuela’s opposition. She has reported that one of her closest associates, Juan Pablo Guanipa, was abducted. This occurred mere hours afte...
5th June 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy proposed a face-to-face meeting with Vladimir Putin in an open letter to the Russian leader on Thursday, saying he was ready for a "full ceasefire...
4th June 2026
All members of the European Union agreed to open talks with Ukraine and Moldova on the first cluster of issues in their accession talks, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said ...