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Tue, 06 Sep 2022 10:07:00 +0200
Outgoing UK PM Johnson promises full backing for Truss
Boris Johnson on Tuesday promised unswerving support for his successor Liz Truss, as he left Downing Street for the final time as British prime minister to tender his resignation. Johnson, whose tenure was dominated by Brexit and COV...

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 10:00:00 +0200
Coach Mark Gatt does not believe points reflect Malta women’s showings
A final test awaits the Malta women’s national team as they will wrap up their 2023 Women’s World Cup commitments with an away game against Montenegro in Podgorica, on Tuesday (kick-off: 6pm). The Maltese girls are on the back ...

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 09:39:00 +0200
PA sanctions illegal works in Bidnija ODZ with a €1,200 fine
The Planning Commission has green-lighted illegal works on an ODZ site in Bidnija where the owner had previously tried to relocate a farmhouse from Fgura. The commission ignored warnings by the environment watchdog on the sanctioning...

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 09:14:00 +0200
Irish data watchdog fines Instagram €405 million over children
Ireland's Data Protection Commission on Monday said it had fined Instagram a record €405 million for breaching regulations on the handling of children's data. "We adopted our final decision last Friday and it does contain a fine of...

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 09:03:00 +0200
Gender identity gets starring role at Venice Film Festival
Transgender issues have taken centre stage at the Venice Film Festival this year, with Italian director Emanuele Crialese even using the platform to reveal he was born a woman as he presented his new film starring Penelope Cruz.  Th...

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 09:00:00 +0200
Team spirit the key as Malta waterpolo face Germany at Euros
Malta waterpolo coach Karl Izzo believes that team spirit was his side’s winning card after the national team defied the odds to secure an historical top 14 finish at the European Championships in Split Croatia. Izzo’s men beat S...

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 08:57:00 +0200
Three main rivals face off in Sweden's tight election race
Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson, the head of the opposition conservative Moderates Ulf Kristersson, and far-right leader Jimmie Akesson face off as the three main candidates in Sunday's general election. 'Bulldozer' PM vyi...

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 08:37:00 +0200
Man fighting for his life after being hit by motorbike in Victoria
A 62-year-old man is fighting for his life after he was hit by a motorbike in Victoria on Monday. The police said the accident happened in Triq ir-Repubblika at 9.30pm. The man, who lives in Fontana, was hit by a Honda CRF, that was ...

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 08:27:00 +0200
Money market report for the week ended September 2
ECB monetary operations On August 29, the European Central Bank (ECB) announced the seven-day main refinancing operation (MRO). The operation was conducted on August 30 and attracted bids from euro area eligible counterparties of €...

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 08:20:00 +0200
Nadal stunned by Tiafoe at US Open as Swiatek makes last-eight
Rafael Nadal fell to his earliest US Open loss in six years on Monday when he was knocked out by Frances Tiafoe while Iga Swiatek became the first Polish woman to reach the quarter-finals. Four-time US Open champion Nadal, bidding f...

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 08:00:00 +0200
What’s on in Malta and Gozo – September 6
FILM Anime Festival The Eden Cinemas in St Julian’s is hosting its first-ever Anime Festival, showing feature-length films of some of the most popular anime series of all time, including Dragon Ball Z, Demon Slayer and My Hero Acad...

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 07:55:00 +0200
One suspect dead, another on the run after Canada stabbing rampage
One of two brothers who were the target of a massive manhunt in Canada after allegedly carrying out a stabbing spree that left 10 dead and 18 wounded has been found dead, police said Monday. The killings in the remote James Smith Cre...

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 07:53:00 +0200
Man who had been found near burning car in Marsamxett dies
The 41-year-old man who had been found passed out alongside a burning car in Marsamxett, Valletta on September 3 has died, the police said on Tuesday. The man, who lived in Ta’ Xbiex, had been receiving treatment at Mater Dei Hosp...

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 07:42:00 +0200
Limiting energy subsidies for wealthy and wasteful is ‘not easy’ – Robert Abela
Capping energy subsidies for the wealthy is no simple feat and could even have a negative impact on lower income earners, according to Prime Minister Robert Abela. “To reduce waste is desirable, but it doesn’t work in such an eas...

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 07:00:00 +0200
Editorial: Liz Truss’s bulging in-tray
The new UK Prime Minister Liz Truss must already have switched her political tactics from campaign mode to real mode. The first thing she needs to do is to banish the fallacy that the UK can have all the benefits of a particular econ...

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 07:00:00 +0200
Xagħra marks Marija Bambina coronation anniversary
Xagħra sanctuary is commemorating the 50th anniversary of the coronation of the statue of Marija Bambina. To open the festivities marking this event,  Bishop George Bugeja OFM, Tripoli Apostolic Vicar, led a Pontifical Mass on Sept...

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 06:55:00 +0200
England vs Malta? – Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando
Anyone who knows me well enough would feel the need to check on my state of mental health if I were to be overly critical of England. English literature was my favourite subject at school. I am thoroughly annoyed whenever the pseudo-...

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 06:52:00 +0200
Shelling forces Ukraine nuclear plant off grid as Zelensky warns of 'disaster'
The last working reactor at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant was disconnected from the grid after shelling caused a fire, with the UN's atomic watchdog due to brief the Security Council about the crisis on Tuesday. Soon after it ...

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 06:45:00 +0200
This is a country with a servant mentality – Aleks Farrugia
In ‘The German Ideology’, Karl Marx argues that for the working classes to achieve their material emancipation, they need to gain consciousness of their own condition. In other words, there is no material freedom unless you free ...

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 06:40:00 +0200
Today's front pages - September 6, 2022
The following are the main stories in Tuesday’s newspapers. Times of Malta says the CEO of a leading logistics company in Malta has warned that consumers will continue to pay rising prices for goods if the costs connected with logi...



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