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Police have confirmed that 15-year-old Luana Borg has been found, a month after she was reported missing . “The missing person who was published on the 25th December (Luana Borg), has been found safe and well,” the police said in a brief statement this morning. “Thanks to everyone who shared the post and/ or gave us information.” The girl’s announced

Reading Time: 2 minutes BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union will meet AstraZeneca executives on Monday to seek further clarification on why they unexpectedly announced a large cut in supplies of COVID-19 vaccine to the bloc for the first quarter of the year, EU officials said. AstraZeneca, which developed its shot with Oxford University, told the

Reading Time: < 1 minute CNN – Luxury chocolatier Godiva is closing or selling all 128 of its brick-and-mortar stores in North America, it announced in a statement. It plans to complete the closures and sales by the end of March. Godiva will keep its stores open across Europe, Middle East and Greater China. The company did not disclose information

Tista' taqra bil- Malti . A 25-year-old Swiss national was seriously injured after falling off Valletta bastions on Triq San Bastjan in the early hours on Monday morning. The police were called to the Fossa l-Belt at 3.45am. The man was rushed to Mater Dei Hospital where it was certified that he sustained serious injuries. Police are investigating

Tista' taqra bil- Malti . A group of non-governmental organisations were denied legal standing in a case before the Tribunal for Administrative Review where they are contesting a controversial deal that handed the woodland areas of Aħrax and Miżieb to the Federazzjoni Kaccaturi Nassaba Konservazzjonisti. People protest in disapproval of Miżieb government

Ritratt: Miguela Xuereb Tista' taqra bil- Malti . Malta has registered 119 new coronavirus and two new fatalities, the health ministry reported on Saturday. To date, the pandemic has claimed 250 lives. An 89-year-old woman and a 77-year-old man died of coronavirus at the Good Samaritan long facility Mater Dei Hospital. The new infections were detected

WasteServ will be opening four Reuse Centres to enhance its Civic Amenity Site experience and to further widen the concept of a circular economy. These centres, which are expected to be opened by the end of the year, will offer used and ‘pre-loved’ items such as ceramics, toys, books, and loose furniture which still hold value and can be reused. This

Is-Supretendent għas-Saħħa Pubblika, Prof Charmaine Gauci, tieħu l-vaċċin kontra l-COVID-19 Posted by saħħa on Saturday, January 23, 2021 Superintendent of Public Health Professor Charmaine Gauci received her first dose of the anti-coronavirus vaccine on Saturday morning. The event was live streamed on the health ministry’s Facebook page. Malta received

There is some evidence that a new coronavirus variant first identified in southeast England carries a higher risk of death .than the original strain, the British government’s chief scientific adviser said Friday -- though he stressed that the data is uncertain Patrick Vallance told a news conference that “there is evidence that there is an increased

Photo by Ashwin Vaswani on Unsplash Tista' taqra bil- Malti . Pope Francis reminded the faithful of Jesus’ invitation to “Come and see” as the way by which the Christian faith is communicated, in his message for the 55th World Communications Day. “The call to ‘come and see’… is the method for every authentic human communication,” Pope Francis said

Ritratt: Unsplash Tista' taqra bil- Malti . The Netherlands will impose a curfew for the first time on its citizens in an attempt to curb the spread of a coronavirus variant. The curfew which will come into effect on Saturday prohibit residents from leaving their homes between 9pm and 4.30am. The new rule comes on top of a lockdown that has been in

It's a club Donald Trump was never really interested in joining and certainly not so soon: the cadre of former commanders in chief who revere the presidency enough to put aside often bitter political differences and even join together in common cause. Members of the ex-presidents club pose together for pictures. They smile and pat each other on the

Reading Time: 2 minutes American Airlines’ wholly owned regional subsidiary PSA Airlines and budget carrier Frontier Airlines plan to resume pilot hiring this year, a positive sign for an industry ravaged last year by the coronavirus pandemic but now preparing to ramp up flying. As COVID-19 vaccines roll out, airlines are hoping for a significant improvement

Reading Time: < 1 minute Nubian ibex roam the streets during a national lockdown in Mitzpe Ramon, southern Israel. Although Israel is one of the first countries to have received vaccines and has so far vaccinated more then two million of its around nine million citizens, the rate of infection with the Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus, that causes the coronavirus

Reading Time: 2 minutes Swedish payments firm Trustly plans to take advantage of a surge in digital transactions in the COVID-19 pandemic with a second-quarter flotation that could value it at up to 9 billion euros ($11 billion), people close to the matter said. The initial public offering (IPO), likely in Stockholm, is one of a number of technology

Reading Time: 2 minutes Economic activity in the euro zone shrank markedly in January as lockdown restrictions to contain the coronavirus pandemic hit the bloc’s dominant service industry hard, a survey showed. With hospitality and entertainment venues forced to remain closed across much of the continent the survey highlighted a sharp contraction in

Ronald Rael | Instagram A set of bright pink seesaws has been awarded the title of ‘Design of the Year’ by the London Design Museum. The seesaws were installed in the steel border fence dividing Sunland Park, New Mexico in the U.S. and Ciudad Juarez in Mexico through the steel fence, allowing children in the two different countries to play together

Reading Time: 2 minutes A steady drip-feed of public officials admitting to having been vaccinated ahead of priority groups has sparked uproar on social media in Spain at a time when several regions are tightening restrictions in an effort to curb a spike in infections. Several local mayors admitted to getting vaccinated before their turn, while the

Reading Time: 2 minutes President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that COVID-19 vaccinations will begin in the coming weeks in Iran, the Middle East’s worst hit country. “Foreign vaccines are a necessity until local vaccines are available,” Rouhani said in televised remarks, without giving details of what foreign vaccines would be used. Earlier this

Reading Time: < 1 minute Georgia will lift a ban on international flights, imposed last March as an anti-pandemic measure, in 10 days’ time, authorities said on Friday. “Starting on Feb. 1, we consider it possible for the restrictions on regular flights to be lifted, and to allow all airlines that used to fly in Georgia or want to do so to operate,”

Reading Time: 2 minutes Bulgaria will ease some coronavirus restrictions from February 4 though restaurants will remain closed for now due to concerns about the new coronavirus variant, officials said on Saturday. The move as follows measures in place since late November which have tamed a surge in new infections. Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said

You have probably never spared much thought for Quentin Michel. This Frenchman visited Malta with his high school mates when he was 19 years old. They came on an August trip to Malta to say goodbye to each other because they were all about to start their college education in various French institutions. They pitched in and rented a holiday house in

Look at the geolocation on this Facebook live transmission by Minister Michael Falzon. Is that like visiting Crosscraft while their shop is closed?