Day: May 15, 2018

• North Korea cancels meeting with South Korea and threatens to cancel summit with the USA

  on May 15, 2018

  

  South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency says North Korea is canceling a high-level meeting between the two countries and is threatening also to cancel a summit … Read more

• Royal Wedding – Meghan Markle’s father has been the subject of atrocious and intrusive media attention

  on May 15, 2018

  

  Meghan Markle’s half sister has argued that her father has been subjected to “atrocious and intrusive” media attention. Her statement followed media reports that he … Read more

• The Panama Papers, the movie coming soon

  on May 15, 2018

  

  The Panama Papers leak will be the subject of new cinema production. International sources have announced that the film which will be called The Laundomat… Read more

• ‘Constructive meeting’ between Iran and and the EU

  on May 15, 2018

  Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has hailed as “very good and constructive” the meeting he had in Brussels with the European Union’s foreign-policy chief, … Read more

• Ukraine expresses its anger as Putin inaugurates bridge to the Crimean Peninsula.

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  Russian President Vladimir Putin has opened the country’s newly built bridge to the annexed Crimean Peninsula, driving a truck across the span and drawing angry … Read more

• WTO rules against the European Union in landmark Airbus, Boeing judgement

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  The World Trade Organisation ruled on Tuesday the European Union had ignored requests to halt all subsidies to plane maker Airbus, prompting the United States … Read more

• Statement by High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini on violence in Gaza and latest developments

  on May 15, 2018

  

  Dozens of Palestinians, including children, have been killed and hundreds injured from Israeli fire today, during ongoing mass protests near the Gaza fence. We expect … Read more

• Eight month baby, eight children under age of 16, amongst the 59 killed in Gaza

  on May 15, 2018

  

  Palestinians held funerals for 59 killed by Israeli forces in the violence which erupted yesterday in the Gaza neighbourhood. Today coincides with the day Palestinians … Read more

• Editor Perspectives – Tuesday 15th May 2018

  on May 15, 2018

  

  The Times’ editorial focuses on how Enemalta’s latest controversy following the publication of a leaked report that shows that, were Enemalta not obliged to … Read more

• Malta Newspapers Review – Tuesday 15th May 2018

  on May 15, 2018

  

  Good morning,

  Today’s Newspaper Review follows.

  The Malta Independent carries a photo story with reference to the violence that erupted in Gaza, following protests which … Read more

• DFB reprimands football players, Mesut Ozil and Ilkay Gundogan for meeting Erdogan

  on May 15, 2018

  

  Germany players Mesut Özil and Ilkay Gündogan have been criticized for meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Both are of Turkish heritage, but chose … Read more

• Tunisia’s largest trade union considers preventing American ships from entering the country’s ports over US embassy move to Jerusalem

  on May 15, 2018

  

  Tunisia’s largest trade union is considering preventing the unloading and launching of American ships in the country’s ports in response to the US decision to … Read more

• First Lady Melania Trump treated for benign kidney condition

  on May 15, 2018

  

  President Donald Trump’s wife, Melania Trump, underwent a surgical procedure on Monday to treat a benign kidney condition and will remain at Walter Reed medical … Read more

• The world reacts after 60 Palestinians killed and over 2,700 injured in Gaza – Updated

  on May 15, 2018

  

  Updated: 

  Egypt issued a rare condemnation Monday of Israel’s deadly response to clashes along the border with the Gaza Strip, while Turkey said the United … Read more

• USA: ‘Our future children’: Families speak after loss of frozen embryos in tank failure

  on May 15, 2018

  

  CNN reports that Kate Plants organised a memorial service on Saturday, near Cleveland to grieve for the eggs and embryos that she and hundreds of … Read more

• Royal Wedding – Meghan Markle’s father says he will not attend daughter’s wedding

  on May 15, 2018

  

  Meghan Markle’s father, Thomas Markle, told American publication TMZ on Monday that he will not attend his daughter’s wedding to Prince Harry after it was … Read more

• Italy : The long obstacle race for government formation is still on

  on May 15, 2018

  

  There was no agreement on who will be the next Prime Minister of Italy and both M5s and Lega asked Italian President Mattarella for more … Read more

• Iraq elections – Muqtada al-Sard’s coalition comes first

  on May 15, 2018

  

  The release final results of Iraq’s parliamentary vote indicate that Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr’s Sairoon coalition (the Alliance of Revolutionaries for Reform) is leading in … Read more

• One man helps 2.4 million babies with blood donation

  on May 15, 2018

  

  An Australian man has donated his last drop of blood after 60 years uninterrupted visits to the Red Cross Blood Service. 81-year-old James Harrison affectionately … Read more

• “We will build a Catalan republic” – Catalonia Leader

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  Newly appointed regional president Quim Torra declared that the vision for an independent Catalonia is still alive. A close ally of exiled leader Carles Puigdemont, … Read more

• Potential motive for Salisbury poisioning

  on May 15, 2018

  

  Attack victim Sergei Skripal gave briefings to European intelligence in the past years, reports say. The former Russian spy who moved to Britain was targeted … Read more