• USA Myanmar

    Kachin rebels see more Myanmar attacks, no hope for peace

    Ethnic Kachin rebels long at war with Myanmar troops say the government has only escalated fighting since Aung San Suu Kyi took over as leader, crushing the hopes that had led many ethnic minorities to support her party and leaving them with no confidence in the peace process that Suu ...

  • USA Malta

    Chief Justice complains about changes in protocol that pushed the judiciary further down

    Addressing the President of the Republic at a ceremony to exchange New Year greetings, Chief Justice Silvio Camilleri complained about a recent change in the order of precedence that pushed the judiciary further down.Chief Justice Camilleri told the President: Thank God we are once again meeting in order to exchange ...

  • USA

    Donald Trump cannot move ahead with his plan to dismantle his charitable foundation

    Donald Trump cannot move ahead with his plan to dismantle his charitable foundation because state prosecutors are probing whether the president-elect personally benefited from its spending, the New York attorney general's office said Tuesday."The Trump foundation is still under investigation by this office and cannot legally dissolve until that investigation ...

  • Malta

    First edition of the Twanny Bugeja equestrian festival held in Marsa

    Finance Minister Edward Scicluna presented trophies to the jockeys and owners of winning horses during the first edition of the Twanny Bugeja Equestrian Festival which was held yesterday at the Marsa Racecourse.The festival, organised by the Malta Racing Club with the support of the Ministry for Finance through the National ...

  • Malta

    Young man turning 20 today charged with causing grievous injuries following argument

    A young man from Birkirkara was today arraigned before the courts accused of causing grievous injuries to an under-age person.Magistrate Aaron Bugeja heard how Leon Borg, 20 from Birkirkara was arrested on Christmas day, at around 10:30am. The prosecution explained that the man was arrested while at 'Gnien l-Istazzjon' in ...

  • Portogallo

    Sprint di Mediaset, il mercato crede nell'OPA di Bolloré

    (Teleborsa) - Apprezzabile rialzo per il titolo del Biscione, in guadagno dell'1,80% sui valori precedenti. Il mercato guarda con attenzione alle prossime evoluzioni della vicenda dell'ingresso...

  • Cina

    Yuhan Corp. ends licensing partnership with China’s Luoxin Biotech

    South Korean pharmaceutical company Yuhan Corp. disclosed Wednesday that it has terminated its licensing partnership wit

  • Nigeria

    Naira closes at 485/dollar, three days to year end

    Oyetunji Abioye The naira was sold for 485 per dollar on the streets of Lagos and Abuja on Tuesday, three days to the end of the year. Currency analysts expect the naira to weaken further to 500/dollar before the end of the year. Foreign exchange traders said the naira had ...

  • Nigeria

    Patients groan as nurses withdraw services in Delta hospitals

    Ovie Okpare, Warri  Some patients affected by the ongoing strike by medical personnel in Delta State and their relatives have appealed to nurses in public hospitals to return to their duty posts. Our correspondent learnt that the patients were turned back from hospitals across the state between Monday and Tuesday ...

  • Nigeria

    Local Content Policy: NAICOM to sanction negligent insurers

    The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) will henceforth punish insurers who act against the local content policy. The regulator has discovered that some operators either fail or refuse to consider country capacities of insurance and reinsurance institutions, such as pools, reinsurers and other locally recognised capacities, prior to applying for approval ...