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Italian President receives PM Conte’s resignation

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte went to see the head of state on Tuesday to hand in his resignation, hoping to be given the opportunity to try to put together a new coalition and rebuild his parliamentary majority. Conte lost his absolute majority in the upper house Senate last we...

Scarce niche syringes complicate U.S. plan to squeeze more COVID shots from Pfizer vials

(Reuters) - The U.S. government's effort to squeeze more doses from Pfizer Inc's COVID-19 vaccine vials is spurring unanticipated demand for specialized syringes that the world's largest syringe supplier says exceeds existing capacity. Becton Dickinson and Co began scaling up syri...

China to conduct military drills in S. China Sea amid tensions with U.S

BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Tuesday it will conduct military exercises in the South China Sea this week, just days after Beijing bristled at a U.S. aircraft carrier group's entry into the disputed waters. A notice issued by the country's Maritime Safety Administration prohibited e...

New restrictive measures expected in Feb – Malta News Briefing – Tuesday 26 January 2021

Updated 1300 - Covid-19 update The Health Department reported 138 new cases of coronavirus in the previous 24 hours, with 128 recovering. The number of active cases has reached 2,640. 3,248 swab tests were carried out in the past 24 hours.Meanwhile, the number of deaths linked to Covid-...

Maltese Editors’ Perspectives

The Times of Malta delivers a scathing assessment of Infrastructure Minister Ian Borg, saying that a court indictment on the credibility of the evidence he presented in the same court, should have immediately rendered him unfit for public office. The Editor argues that Abela’s failure to t...

Malta: Family of construction accident victim demands public inquiry

In-Nazzjon says that the Prime Minister rejected calls for a public inquiry into the construction accident in Ħamrun that took the life of Miriam Pace last year. Lawyers for the Pace family urged parliament to discuss a motion to launch a public inquiry into the case. Another story quot...

EU Commission proposes harsher travel restrictions

The European Commission is pushing for further travel restrictions both within its borders as well as for passengers coming from third countries. This plan builds on proposals announced by President von der Leyen last week to to add a dark-red, very high risk category to the bloc’s shar...

EU warns it may block COVID-19 vaccine exports over AstraZeneca dispute

The EU warned that it will block exports of COVID-19 vaccines outside of the EU over the AstraZeneca's announcement that deliveries will be reduced for a few weeks. On Friday AstraZeneca told the EU that there would be delivery delays in the first quarter of this year following an annou...

EU seeks answers from AstraZeneca on cut to vaccine supplies in Monday meeting

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union will meet AstraZeneca executives on Monday to seek further clarification on why they unexpectedly announced a large cut in supplies of COVID-19 vaccine to the bloc for the first quarter of the year, EU officials said. AstraZeneca, which developed ...

Mastercard to increase charges for UK purchases from EU – FT

Financial Times - Mastercard will increase fees more than fivefold when a British shopper uses a debit or credit card to buy from an EU-based company, sparking alarm among companies that rely on online payments and concern among MPs over higher consumer prices. Mastercard and Visa levy an...

MEPs vote to add Channel and British Virgin Islands to tax haven blacklist

The European parliament is pushing for UK overseas territories including the British Virgin Islands, Guernsey and Jersey to be added to an EU tax havens blacklist after the conclusion of the Brexit deal. Sending a signal that tougher action on tax avoidance was required in response to t...

EU to seek more time to ratify trade deal with UK – FT

The Financial Times reports that the EU is set to ask Britain for more time to ratify the new trade deal despite the UK urging the EU to press ahead quickly, with the issue becoming a fresh point of tension between the two sides. The report states that the diplomats which are quoted b...

Barilla boosts women’s representation in executive roles, achieves pay equality

MILAN, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Italian food company Barilla last year increased women's representation in executive roles and achieved gender pay equality for all employees, it said on Tuesday, as it stepped up efforts to become a more inclusive workplace. The family-owned group has been wor...

Photo Story: Invasion Day rally in Melbourne

People take part in an Invasion Day rally in Melbourne, Australia, on 26 January 2021. Australia Day marks the anniversary of the 1788 raising of the British flag at Sydney Cove by Arthur Phillip. It is also unofficially known as Invasion Day as it marks the colonization of the country's A...

Blast heard in Saudi capital Riyadh – UPDATED

RIYADH, Jan 26 (Reuters) - An explosion was heard in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh on Tuesday and the cause was not immediately known. Several witnesses also reported hearing two loud bangs and seeing a small plume of smoke above the capital just before 1 P.M. local time (10 A...