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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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
‘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...
GFA approves Standard Player Contract to take effect from 2025/26 Season
Ghana Soccer Net
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July 15, 2025
The Executive Council of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) has approved the GFA Standard Player Contract (GSPC), which will come into force from the 2025/26 football season across the Ghana Premier League, Malta Guinness Women’s Premier League,...
PN proposes carrying capacity solution to waste crisis in tourist-heavy localities
The Malta Independent
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The Nationalist Party has proposed a carrying capacity policy as a key solution to Malta’s growing garbage problem, especially in localities heavily impacted by tourism such as Swieqi, St Julian’s and Msida. The suggestion came during a press...
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...
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....
PN officials criticised citizenship scheme while profiting from it – Abela
Times of Malta
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July 20, 2025
People are angry at the Opposition for “damaging” a citizenship scheme that generated wealth for the whole country, Robert Abela said on Sunday. Speaking during an interview on ONE TV, the prime minister accused the Nationalist Party of hypocrisy....
Can You Disappear? Experts Explain Legal Identity Transformation
Justice News Flash
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July 21, 2025
A 2025 In-Depth Guide to Lawful Identity Change, Digital Privacy, and Rebuilding Your Life Without Breaking the Law VANCOUVER, British Columbia — In today’s digital era, disappearing seems impossible. From biometric identification at airports to...
Green is the new black
Australian Geographic
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July 21, 2025
Reading Time: 16 Minutes • Print this page The Illawarra escarpment never strays far from the sea in Wollongong, an industrial port city directly south of Sydney. Save for the bulge of Lake Illawarra, rainforested cliffs threaded with rich, black...
1 dead, 1 hospitalized after rollover crash on I-84 in Cassia County
KTVB 7 - Idaho
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July 13, 2025
A 57-year-old Florida man died in a truck rollover on I-84 near Malta early Sunday. BOISE, Idaho — A man died after being in a rollover crash on I-84 near Malta early Sunday morning. Idaho State Police said at 6:53 a.m., a 57-year-old man from...
Un muerto y otro hospitalizado tras un accidente en la I-84 en el condado de Cassia
KTVB 7 - Idaho
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July 14, 2025
Un hombre de Florida de 57 años murió cuando un camión volcó en la I-84 cerca de Malta la madrugada del domingo. BOISE, Idaho — Un hombre falleció tras sufrir un vuelco en la I-84 cerca de Malta la madrugada del domingo. La Policía Estatal de...
Cyprus union leader hits back at CoLA critics
Cyprus Mail
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July 21, 2025
Sek general secreatary Andreas Matsas on Monday issued a strong defence of the Cost of Living Allowance (CoLA), warning against what he called “a dangerous effort to demonise and dismantle” a key component of labour relations. In an opinion...
Today's front pages - July 15, 2025
Times of Malta
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July 15, 2025
The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Tuesday. Times of Malta reports that Malta is blocking new sanctions against Russia because of fears that a proposed price cap on Russian energy will disproportionately impact Malta’s...
‘Barriers in participatory leadership for women are obvious to the blind’
Business Day
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July 20, 2025
You can call her the voice behind the vision; yes, she is. Collette Chibundo Mbamalu, who goes with the pen name ‘Collette Davidson’, is a certified counsellor, social enterprise expert, life coach, and passionate naturalist. An author of many...
Protecting common interests
Times of Malta
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July 9, 2025
Malta has long demonstrated how thoughtful diplomacy, grounded in principle and partnership, can help advance global norms and foster meaningful international cooperation. From visionary proposals in international law to forward-looking diplomacy...