Photo: ncregister Pope emeritus Benedict XVI has acknowledged that he has provided incorrect information to investigators looking at child sexual abuse when he was Archbishop of Munich. Archbishop Georg Gänswein, the 94-year-old retired pope’s personal assistant, issued a statement on his behalf on German Catholic weekly Die Tagepost, in which Benedict
Hosts Cameroon are through to the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations but only after labouring to a 2-1 win over a Comoros side who were forced to start an outfield player in goal and played most of the game with 10 men. The Comoros started with left-back Chaker Alhadhur between the posts in Yaounde after two of their three goalkeepers were
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Police have charged five men with having abducted a man and driving off with him in a van last Friday. Christian Borg, 28, from Swieqi, Thorne Mangion,27, from Qormi, Tyson Grech 26, from Senglea, Burton Azzopardi, 20 from Cospicua and Jeremy Borg, 20 from Qormi The men were accused of abducting the man in Rabat last Friday. The alleged victim managed
Photo: Universität Heidelberg An 18-year-old youth killed a fellow student and seriously injured three others when he opened fire inside a packed lecture hall at Heidelberg University in southwest Germany, police have reported. The youth was enrolled in the same life sciences course as the students he attacked early on Monday afternoon, wielding a
Europe's busiest airport shut down in Istanbul on Monday while schools and vaccination centres closed in Athens as a rare snowstorm blanketed swathes of the eastern Mediterranean, causing blackouts and traffic havoc. The closure of Istanbul Airport -- where the roof of one of the cargo terminals collapsed under heavy snow, causing no injuries -- grounded
Five suspects who have been charged with abducting a man in Rabat may have been driving him straight to a police station, one of the accused’s lawyers has suggested. The suspected abductors, Christian Borg, Thorne Mangion, Tyson Grech, Burton Azzopardi and Jeremy Borg, aged between 20 and 28, were hauled to court this evening to face charges in front
Infrastructure Malta planted 22,162 trees last year, spending €4.4 million for the purpose, Roads Minister Ian Borg said on Monday. Speaking at Joseph Farrugia Garden in Dingli, he said new trees and shrubs were planted in 68 areas in 35 localities. The numbers, he said, showed the government's commitment to tree-planting and the environment, with
Photo: Unsplash Malta has recorded the lowest rate of absolute poverty out of all European Union countries, a study by the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission has shown. This analysis was determined by measuring the level of basic income required for a person to be able to participate adequately in their respective society, particularly
Image: Alarm Phone Around 280 people have found themselves in distress within Malta’s search-and-rescue area, Alarm Phone is reporting. The group’s last known location is to the east of Tunisia’s Kerkennah Islands, at the south-western edge of Malta’s SAR. Alarm Phone, which operates a hotline for people crossing the Mediterranean in hope of a better
Miguela Xuereb Former Nationalist Party leader Adrian Delia took the unorthodox step of questioning the journalist he had sued for libel personally on Monday, a decision described to be “surreal and in utterly poor taste” by fellow PN MP Therese Comodini Cachia. Though Comodini Cachia observed that Delia was within his rights to do so, she said that
From Buġibba and Qawra to Naxxar and Mosta, several localities around Malta suddenly witnessed hail this evening. @lovinmaltaofficial Happening right now 👀❄️ What's it like where you are? #fyp #fypmalta #malta #lovinmalta #hail #rain #cold #winter ♬ original sound – Lovin Malta Temperatures have plummeted to around 9°C, with weather forecasting page
Czech side Sigma Olomouc won the Tipsport Malta Cup 2022 after defeating WSG Tirol of Austria 3-0 at the National Stadium, on Monday evening. Jakub Matousek put Sigma Olomouc ahead on the 11th minute and Antonin Rusek doubled the score four minutes later. Filip Urica made it 3-0 on the 32nd as Sigma Olomouc recorded a perfect record with three wins
Striker Mario Balotelli has been recalled by Italy coach Roberto Mancini more than three years after he last played for the Azzurri for a training camp ahead of 2022 World Cup qualifying play-offs, the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) said on Monday. The 31-year-old Balotelli was one of several surprise call ups including Brazil-born Joao Pedro,
Watford manager Claudio Ranieri was sacked on Monday after only 14 games in charge of the Premier League strugglers. Ranieri was hired in October to replace Xisco Munoz after the Spaniard’s dismissal. But the 70-year-old Italian was unable to improve Watford’s fortunes, with the Hornets taking just seven points during his brief reign. Continue reading
Borussia Dortmund revealed Monday they are concerned about the extent of the injury to star striker Erling Haaland as they await the results of further medical examinations. The 21-year-old Norway star has scored 23 goals in 21 games for Dortmund this season. However, after scoring the opening goal in Saturday’s 3-2 win at Hoffenheim, Haaland crashed
Reading Time: 5 minutes TORONTO/MONTREAL, Jan 24 (Reuters) – After a year as an emergency department nurse at a busy Toronto hospital in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, Aimee Earhart called it quits last week. She is moving to Florida for a short contract before getting work as a travel nurse for what she hopes will be double the salary. “We’re
Photo: Miguela Xuereb Government whip Glenn Bedingfield has strongly opposed plans for parliamentary debate on the Nationalist Party’s omnibus anti-corruption bill to start and finish on Thursday, in what appears to betray the government’s plans to filibuster the process. The PN is using an Opposition day to discuss the bill, but this may yet prove
Labour’s parliamentary group has called on Speaker Anglu Farrugia to investigate whether one of Opposition Leader Bernard Grech’s aides had secretly filmed footage inside Parliament. PL Whip Glenn Bedingfield requested an investigation after ONE TV programme Pjazza published footage which allegedly shows one of Grech’s aides covertly filming a PL media
Reading Time: 2 minutes FRANKFURT, Jan 24 (Reuters) – Germany’s economy likely shrank in the fourth quarter as manufacturing remained constrained by supply bottlenecks and consumption dropped on renewed coronavirus fears, the Bundesbank said in a monthly report on Monday. Growth in Europe’s biggest economy stalled in the autumn as supply shortages