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Two prisoners hospitalised, including one who allegedly drank disinfectant
Times of Malta
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July 16, 2025
Two inmates at Corradino Correctional Facility were hospitalised following two separate incidents in recent days, including one who allegedly drank disinfectant. While details are sparse, sources close to the prison informed Times of Malta that...
Man charged over jewellery heist given suspended sentence for beating up inmate
Malta Today
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A man tied to Malta’s biggest jewellery heist has been sentenced to an 18-month suspended term for assaulting a fellow inmate. Begtash Muka, 33, an Albanian national already known to the Maltese courts for his involvement in a high-profile...
Australia Joins 27 Nations in Condemning ‘Inhumane Killing’ of Gaza Civilians
The Epoch Times
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July 22, 2025
Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong at the State Department in Washington, DC, on July 1, 2025. Allison Robbert/AFP via Getty Images Australia has joined other 27 countries in condemning Israel for the slow rollout of aid and the “inhumane...
Letters to the editor - July 16, 2025
Times of Malta
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July 16, 2025
Looking ahead Ray Azzopardi of St Julian’s writes: I write in agreement with Nicole Portelli’s recent opinion piece ‘Mhux xorta … we’re going to lose anyway’ (July 11), where she rightly calls for a political shift towards real-life issues – the...
Brit woman dies white water rafting in hols hotspot as cops launch manslaughter probe into tour guides
The Scottish Sun
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July 20, 2025
A BRIT woman has died after a horror whitewater rafting accident in the French Alps sparking a manslaughter investigation. The tragic accident occurred shortly after 12pm on Saturday in the southeast of the country while she rafting was in the...
Alex Borg and Adrian Delia have 'sold themselves out' to PN 'extremists' - Robert Abela
The Malta Independent
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Prime Minister Robert Abela dismissed both PN leadership candidates Adrian Delia and Alex Borg as potential leaders of the Nationalist Party, saying that the party’s "establishment" remains in control and that both men had “sold themselves out to...
Despite 2 Sabotage Attempts, the Gaza Flotilla Ship Handala Sails Onward
Common Dreams
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July 21, 2025
Mere hours before the Gaza Freedom Flotilla ship Handala was to sail with 21 participants on board, in the Italian port of Gallipoli, two attempts to sabotage the ship were made. The Freedom Flotilla Coalition stated in its Instagram: Just hours...
I moved our family of four from the US to France & pay just $2,235 for everything – but the grocery stores blew me away
The U.S. Sun
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July 19, 2025
ONE woman up and left America with her husband, two children, and dog five years ago and has since been enjoying an affordable lifestyle across the globe in France. The expat has come to love not only the rich culture and beautiful landscape of...
‘We are glued to each other and he pines like a banshee if we are separated’ – singer Paul Byrom on his dog Bradley
Irish Independent
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The tenor says that bringing his tiny, loyal dog Bradley into his life was the best thing he ever did It’s 2014, I’m living in New York, and early that summer I’m invited to a party in Chelsea; it’s a party for a friend’s child. So after a few...
Court hears how man raped his wife, threatened to circulate explicit images of her
Malta Today
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DISCLAIMER: This article contains graphic details that some readers might find disturbing A man was remanded in custody after pleading not guilty to raping his wife. The man, a 36-year-old who works in the construction sector, was also charged...
Roll out of Labour Migration Policy begins on 1 August
Malta Today
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Malta will begin rolling out its Labour Migration Policy on 1 August with 12 of the 20 measures moving into their implementation phase. The policy, launched for public consultation in January by the Ministry for Work, aims to regulate the...
Wasteserv promises to clean up its trucks before they board Gozo ferries
Times of Malta
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July 21, 2025
Wasteserv has promised to thoroughly clean its trucks before they are driven onto the Gozo ferries after the Ombudsman raised concerns about their condition. The Office of the Ombudsman said that last month during a noon crossing from Mġarr to...
Forbes Daily: Consumer Sentiment And Spending Defied Expectations In June
Forbes
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You might have to say goodbye to free snacks in the office thanks to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Food and drinks were some of the many perks companies have offered as they try to lure workers back to the office. But the just-signed legislative...
Gozo blood donation session this Tuesday in Xewkija
Gozo News
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July 5, 2025
This Tuesday, there will be a blood donation session in Gozo, all groups are needed, the National Blood Transfusion Service said. The summer heat is upon us, but blood is still needed whatever the weather. The Service continues to encourage...
‘My entire face was burned’ – mother on suffering in Gaza
Times of Malta
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July 21, 2025
A Palestinian mother of three has told of her young family’s experience of death, injury and desperation during the war in Gaza, in a plea for audiences abroad not to become densensitised to the conflict. Ilham Ali said her family lost their home...
I was training for my fourth marathon at 39... then diagnosed with a deadly cancer exploding among young people
Daily Mail
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July 20, 2025
Lindsay Barad felt like she was in the best shape of her life. The 39-year-old New Yorker had just run her fourth 26.2-mile marathon, and was avoiding alcohol and even eating clean. She felt unstoppable. But just a month after the race in 2021,...
Announcements – July 16, 2025
Times of Malta
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July 16, 2025
Obituary CLELAND. On July 14, at St James Hospital, SUZANNE, wife of Ronald, aged 81, passed away peacefully comforted by the rites of Holy Church. She leaves to mourn her loss her beloved sons, Richard and his wife Fabrizia, Robin and his wife...
Voting age to be lowered to 16 in landmark electoral reform
The Boar
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The UK Government has announced plans to lower the national voting age to 16, with legislation expected to pass in time for the next general election, which is due to take place by 2029. The move fulfils a key Labour manifesto pledge from the 2024...
Government launches an emergency service for animals that already existed, PN says
The Malta Independent
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The government seems unaware that in Malta an emergency service already exists where one can call outside normal working hours and even on weekends if something happens to our animals, the Natuionalist Party said. In recent days, the government...
Swieqi has been ‘raped and stripped of its dignity’, Mayor says in email to Prime Minister
The Malta Independent
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Swieqi has been "raped and stripped of its dignity", the locality's Mayor Noel Muscat stated in an email sent to Prime Minister Robert Abela, Deputy Prime Minister Ian Borg, as well as the Minister and Parliamentary Secretary for Local Government....