Turkish PM to meet Istanbul park protesters
Wednesday, 12 June 2013, 13:13
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Police and protesters retrenched Wednesday after punishing overnight clashes in Istanbul's Taksim Square — an uncertain hiatus before officials were to hold talks aimed to end Turkey's...
Greek broadcaster defying order to close
Wednesday, 12 June 2013, 10:35
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Journalists fired from Greece's state TV and radio refused to leave the broadcaster's headquarters and continued Internet programming, as the country's conservative-led government faced an...
World's oldest person dies in Japan at 116
Wednesday, 12 June 2013, 08:11
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Japan's Jiroemon Kimura, who had been recognized by the Guinness World Records as the world's oldest living person and the oldest man ever, died Wednesday of natural causes. He was...
Sustainable visions
Wednesday, 12 June 2013, 08:10
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is mobilizing global action around the great challenge of our time: sustainable development. It is a call that the world must heed. It is no longer good...
German floods could cost insurers $4 billion
Tuesday, 11 June 2013, 17:51
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Damage from the past week's flooding in Germany likely will lead to insurance claims of up to 3 billion euros ($4 billion), a credit rating agency said Tuesday as flood levels...
Explosion forces evacuation at Atlanta airport
Tuesday, 11 June 2013, 16:07
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
An explosion in a maintenance shed triggered the evacuation of a concourse at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta on Tuesday, according to reports from CBS Atlanta and My Fox...
Police crush barricades in Istanbul square
Tuesday, 11 June 2013, 14:11
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Hundreds of riot police overran improvised protest barricades at Istanbul's Taksim Square on Tuesday, firing tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannon in running battles with those who have been...
Dengue fever surges in Singapore; 9,000 sickened
Tuesday, 11 June 2013, 10:26
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Singapore is telling doctors to be more vigilant against dengue fever as the mosquito-borne disease surges this year. The Southeast Asian city-state has had more than 9,000 cases and two...
Europe’s youth unemployment non-problem
Tuesday, 11 June 2013, 08:08
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
European policymakers have decided that they must be seen to be “doing something” about youth unemployment. A special summit of Europe’s heads of state has been called, and a...
Police move past barricades in Istanbul square
Tuesday, 11 June 2013, 07:57
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Hundreds of police clad in riot gear forced through barricades in Istanbul's central Taksim Square early Tuesday, pushing many of the protesters who had occupied the square for more than a week...