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In a separate speech Monday, Abela quickly shifted into campaign mode and said his party would bring security by delivering “ambitious but sustainable” plans for Malta’s future and promised his government would focus “on your wellbeing,” according to local media. Leader of the center-right Nationalist Party, Alex Borg, responded in a Facebook video telling supporters that “we are ready” for an early election. European Parliament President Roberta Metsola is a high-profile member of the Nationalist Party. Abela has been prime minister since 2020, and his Labour Party has been in power since 2013. Labour is currently leading the opposition Nationalist…
Last week, US President Donald Trump shared an image of eight Iranian women he claimed had been sentenced to execution, asking Iranian leaders to release them. The next day, he followed up on his Truth Social platform, alleging that the women had been pardoned, with four released immediately and four sentenced to prison for one month. Iran’s judiciary-linked Mizan News Agency responded to Trump’s first post, calling it fabricated. None of the women pictured in the image received a death sentence, according to the agency. It claimed that several of the women had been released, whilst the others faced charges…
Published on 28/04/2026 – 10:38 GMT+2 A man who was indicted for the 2002 murder of Run-DMC’s Jame Master Jay has pleaded guilty for his role in the shooting of the hip-hop pioneer. Jay Bryant, 52, pleaded guilty to a federal murder charge, telling a judge that he helped other people get into a recording studio to ambush the DJ, born Jason Mizell. “I knew a gun was going to be used to shoot Jason Mizell,” Bryant told a federal magistrate. “I knew that what I was doing was wrong and a crime.” Bryant did not name the other people…
The Ukrainian Army General Staff confirmed the attack on Tuapse on Tuesday, claiming the refinery is involved in Russia’s army supply chain in the occupied territories of Ukraine. But Robert Brovdi, commander of Ukraine’s unmanned systems forces, hinted this was just the latest attack. “Tuapse 3.0. Groundhog Day remake. Regular thermal disposal of black [Russian] gold, caused, of course, by spontaneous combustion,” Brovdi snarked in a post on Facebook on Tuesday. Ukraine has been systematically attacking Russia’s Tuapse refinery and port since mid-April. Local authorities took four days to extinguish a blaze after an attack on April 20. Locals complained…
Young entrepreneurs — aged 20 to 29 — make up 8% of the EU’s workforce, with more than two million people. The highest rates, according to the latest numbers from Eurostat, are found in Slovakia (12%), Malta (10.5%) and Romania (10%). The Czech Republic, France, the Netherlands, Latvia, Cyprus, Belgium, Poland, Finland, Croatia, Denmark and Lithuania all showed rates between 8% and 10%. At the same time, Ireland (5%), Bulgaria (5%) and Spain (6%) reported the lowest proportion of young entrepreneurs. A baby-entrepreneur boom? On top of those two million people, there’s an additional 69,000 teenage entrepreneurs, meaning entrepreneurs aged…
By David Del Valle Published on 28/04/2026 – 9:46 GMT+2 Although Mexico will host only 13 of the 104 matches at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, cities such as Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey have become centres of attraction for digital nomadism, a phenomenon driven by the tournament that is transforming their urban dynamics. Far from the profile of the conventional tourist who stays for a few days, digital nomads arrive weeks and even months before the tournament. Their aim is not just to attend matches, but to settle in temporarily, work remotely and experience the World Cup from the inside.…
The trial against a 21-year-old man accused of plotting to attack one of Taylor Swift’s concerts in Vienna in August 2024 is set to begin today in Austria. The plot was thwarted, but Austrian authorities still cancelled Swift’s three performances in August 2024 as part of her Eras Tour. The Austrian man, named only as Beran A. – in line with Austrian privacy rules – has been charged with terrorism and other offences including membership in a terrorist organisation. He allegedly networked with members of the jihadist group Islamic State ahead of the planned attack, which allegedly aimed to target…
Iran has defied the odds and scored a major victory over the world number one, Trump. It wasn’t in the Strait of Hormuz, however, but on the snooker table. In a shock result, Iran’s Hossein Vafaei defeated England’s Judd Trump at the World Snooker Championship to advance to the quarterfinals. Vafaei, who had to go through several qualifying rounds to make it to the tournament, beat Trump, the world’s top-ranked player, by 13 frames to 12. “I’m not scared of anyone and all of them know that,” Vafaei told the BBC after his big win in Sheffield, England. Vafaei is…
Published on 28/04/2026 – 9:44 GMT+2 The Champions League semi-finals kick off on Tuesday night — but if you expect real drama only on the pitch, look closer at the accounts. While everyone watches the twenty-two players chase a ball, your reporter is following the money to witness a high-stakes clash between entirely different visions of how to build a global sporting empire. Let’s take a look at it together. First, we have Paris Saint-Germain. Owned by Qatar Sports Investments, PSG has transcended football to become a global lifestyle brand. And at the centre is Nasser Al-Khelaifi, the most prominent…
Published on 28/04/2026 – 8:34 GMT+2 Look what you made her do… Taylor Swift has applied to trademark her voice and image in what seems to be an attempt to protect herself from artificial intelligence impersonations. The pop superstar has lodged three trademark applications in the US. One using a photo of herself on stage during her Eras Tour; the other two being audio clips of her introducing herself while promoting her last album, ‘The Life Of A Showgirl’. Here is the visual image protected by Swift: “By registering specific phrases tied to her voice, Swift could potentially challenge not…