Up to 60 injured after car drives into US parade
Sunday, 19 May 2013, 09:18
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
An elderly driver plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a Saturday parade in a small Virginia mountain town and investigators were looking into whether he suffered a medical...
Merkel and Pope talk about a 'strong' Europe
Saturday, 18 May 2013, 18:42
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, mindful of the importance of Christian voters in September elections, met with Pope Francis on Saturday during a quick trip to Rome that focused on...
South Korea says North Korea fires 3 short-range missiles
Saturday, 18 May 2013, 17:31
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said. It routinely tests such missiles, but the latest launches came...
US commuter trains collide; 60 go to hospitals
Saturday, 18 May 2013, 10:25
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
Two commuter trains serving New York City collided in Connecticut during Friday's evening rush hour, sending 60 people to the hospital, including five with critical...
$1 million in jewellery stolen near Cannes film fest
Friday, 17 May 2013, 18:57
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Thieves ripped a safe from the wall of a hotel room near the Cannes Film Festival and made off with around $1 million worth of jewelry, in a brazen late-night burglary just hours...
Ruby testifies about Berlusconi 'bunga bunga' fest
Friday, 17 May 2013, 14:24
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
The Moroccan woman at the center of a sex scandal involving former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi testified Friday in court for the first time, describing how a young woman attending one of...
EU survey reveals many gays live in fear
Friday, 17 May 2013, 10:27
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
The European Union is calling for action to counter discrimination and violence against homosexuals after a major survey revealed many gays are living in fear across the 27-nation...
Hugging a Burning Tree
Friday, 17 May 2013, 08:21
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
We are all brought up to recycle paper to save trees. We get countless e-mail admonitions: “Please consider the environment before printing.” Indeed, environmentalism was born with a call...
A new deal for fragile states
Friday, 17 May 2013, 08:20
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Today, roughly one-quarter of the world’s population lives in conflict-affected and fragile states. Despite vast sums of money spent aiding such states over the last 50 years, armed conflict and...
Bangladesh, Myanmar relieved as cyclone fizzles
Friday, 17 May 2013, 08:07
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
A once-fearsome cyclone that was threatening Bangladesh and Myanmar dissipated quickly, causing some deaths but largely relieving authorities who had told more than 1 million people to leave...