Good morning
Our morning briefing for today follows.
Investigations are underway following the stabbing of Hugo Chetcuti. Chetcuti who owns a number of entertainment places in Paceville (Malta) has been stabbed in the stomach. Well informed sources confirmed with Corporate Dispatch that one foreign person has been arrested close to Tigne in connection with the stabbing of Hugo Chetcuti. Sources informed us that the person is Serbian. However there are media reports claiming that the person is Syrian (TVM).
Theresa May won her battle with Eurosceptic ministers on Friday night as she announced the Cabinet has signed up to a Brexit deal that keeps Britain tied to EU rules and regulations indefinitely.
The luxury cars, pleasure boats, questionable overseas wire transfers and huge sums of cash moved through casinos by two of the men charged with the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia were detailed in court yesterday. Brothers George and Alfred Degiorgio and George Degiorgio’s partner, Anca Adelina Pop, a Romanian, stand accused of money laundering.
Syrian State news agency SANA said the capture of the Naseeb border crossing happened Friday afternoon after a deal was reached between rebels and Russian mediators to end fighting in southern Syria. Syrian government forces raised the national flag there, for the first time in years.
Speaking to the Malta Independent, Former Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi cannot ‘understand what could possibly the justify’ the Maltese government’s decision to block NGO Sea-Watch’s search plane.
The Foreign ministers from Britain, France, Germany, China and Russia met in Vienna on Friday with their Iranian counterpart to discuss an economic plan that could save the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which was designed to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons and took 12 years to negotiate.
The Malta Independent front page refers to the fact that a young Dutchman was left fighting for his life and five others were injured when a car mounted a pavement and ploughed into pedestrians early yesterday morning. The driver of a car which injured eight people early yesterday morning, one critically, was allegedly more than three times over the legal alcohol limit, the Times of Malta has learnt.
A teenager has appeared in court charged with the rape and murder of six-year-old Alesha MacPhail.
The Malta Independent reports that the NAO report has lambasted the ‘outdated’ and ‘restrictive’ infrastructure at Mount Carmel Hospital in its report on the state-run institution, pointing to its ‘unacceptable’ sanitary facilities, crowded living spaces, and generally inefficient building plan.
The world’s two biggest economies have fired the opening shots in a trade war that could have wide-ranging consequences for consumers, workers, companies, investors and political leaders.
Targeting iconic American products such as Harley-Davidson motorbikes and bourbon in the fight against US president Donald Trump’s first round of transatlantic tariffs was just a start — the EU is now eyeing humble staples such as ketchup.
The Times of Malta reports that nurses and midwives are this morning expected to suspend industrial action that has caused delays in appointments during a meeting with the government. The Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses will reassess the situation after the meeting, general secretary Colin Galea told Times of Malta.
Former Pakistani Prime Minister sentenced to 10 year in prison by Anti-Corruption court in case revealed in Panama Papers.
A diver has died trying to rescue 12 boys and a football coach who are trapped in a Thailand cave.
Seven members of the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult which carried out a deadly chemical attack on the Tokyo underground in 1995 have been executed, including cult leader Shoko Asahara.
The movie Forrest Gump opens in U.S. theatres 24 years ago. A huge box-office success, the film starred Tom Hanks in the title role of Forrest, a good-hearted man with a low I.Q. who winds up at the center of key cultural and historical events of the second half of the 20th century.
Many claim that penguins and humans have a whole lot in common. This video from South Africa shows a loving couple strolling by the beach.
France won through to the World Cup semi-finals for the first time in 12 years after seeing off a combative Uruguay side that struggled in the absence of the injured Edinson Cavani.
Belgium beat Brazil 2-1 in Kazan to set the first semi-final of 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ in stone, and booking their return to the final four for the first time in three decades.
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Frozen food sold in some of Britain’s biggest supermarkets including Tesco, Lidl, Waitrose, and Iceland has been removed from their shelves because of a deadly outbreak of bacteria.





