Day: June 27, 2018
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Breaking News: Joe Jackson, the patriarch of the America’s most famous musical family, father of Michael Jackson, has died.
AP: Joe Jackson, the patriarch of the America’s most famous musical family, father of Michael Jackson, has died. … Read more
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Emotional and historical significance of the Chapel chosen for the christening of Prince Louis
Vogue: Kate Middleton and Prince William have announced that Prince Louis will be welcomed into the Church of England on July 9 at the Chapel … Read more
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Breaking News: Agreement on Summit between Trump and Putin
News Agencies: Presidential adviser to Vladimir Putin on foreign affairs, Yuri Ushakov, said that Moscow and Washington have reached an agreement on Putin having … Read more
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Alexandria Ocasio Cortez – The millennial who defeated the veteran and which immediately ignited hope in the US
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 28, defeated political veteran Joe Crowley, 56, on Tuesday night in their party’s congressional primary in New York City.
Mr Crowley, a 10-term … Read more
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UK: Supreme Court rules that heterosexual couples can enter into a civil partnership
BBC: A heterosexual couple have won their legal bid for the right to have a civil partnership instead of a marriage.
The couple wanted that … Read more
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US: Supreme Court deals blow to Trade Unions
New York Times: The Supreme Court on Wednesday dealt a major blow to organised labor. By a 5-to-4 vote, with the more conservative justices in … Read more
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Germany vs South Korea expected to cost German employers €200 million
DW: Only around 30 percent of German workers are expected to keep their noses to the grindstone until the end of their shift to be … Read more
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MV Lifeline to enter Maltese harbours on Wednesday; 234 persons on board to be taken by 8 countries; MV Lifeline to be impounded and NGO investigated
The charity boat Lifeline docked at Malta on Wednesday evening, bringing to an end a saga which had more than 200 migrants stranded at sea … Read more
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Fonzie’s 1949 Triumph TR5 Trophy from the hit sitcom Happy Days sells for $179,200
The Drive: Among the high-dollar Hollywood memorabilia sold at Julien’s Auctions Hollywood Legends auction at Planet Hollywood in Los Angeles last weekend was Han Solo’s … Read more
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INSIGHT: Italy vs France – How oil interests and territorial control are fuelling the migration disputes and stand offs
Il Fatto Quotidiano reports that it is not all as it seems in the very tough clash between Italy and France, between Matteo Salvini and … Read more
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Martina Caruana receives The Queen Young Leaders Award
Martina Caruana received the Queen’s Young Leaders Award for the work she is doing to support women to assume leadership roles by raising awareness of … Read more
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Wednesday’s Morning Briefing
Good morning,
Here is our Wednesday’s morning briefing.
… Read moreThe Malta Independent and The Times report the latest developments about the MV Lifeline. The Independent focuses
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Cautious green light given to open accession negotiations with Albania and Macedonia
The door to EU membership for Albania and Macedonia remains closed at least until June 2019, but accession is on offer if the countries make … Read more
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Israel asks Cyprus to consider port for Gaza
DW: Israel’s defense minister has said the proposal aims to “change the reality in the Gaza Strip.” For years, the coastal enclave has been under … Read more
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Seventeen US states sue Trump administration to force migrant family reunification
AP: Seventeen states, including New York and California, sued the Trump administration Tuesday to force it to reunite the thousands of immigrant children and parents … Read more
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Macron and Conte meet to defuse tension between the two over immigration
A report on Financial Times says that Giuseppe Conte and Emmanuel Macron held an unscheduled dinner this week to defuse tension over immigration — the … Read more
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US Supreme Court upholds legality of Travel Ban
AP/CNN The US Supreme Court upheld the legality of the latest version of President Trump’s travel ban holding that the President was within his authority… Read more