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Protesters march in Sao Paulo ahead of World Cup

Thursday, 5 June 2014, 09:48 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Some 4,000 protesters in Brazil's biggest city marched peacefully Wednesday night on the stadium that will host the World Cup's opening match next week, calling on the government to...

3 officers killed, 2 injured in Canada shooting

Thursday, 5 June 2014, 06:23 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Three police officers were shot dead and two others injured Wednesday in a rare case of gun violence in the east coast Canadian province of New Brunswick, officials said. Authorities were searching...

Queen Elizabeth II unveils British government plan

Wednesday, 4 June 2014, 16:50 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Queen Elizabeth II unveiled the British government's legislative agenda Wednesday in a ceremony that combined a sumptuous display of pomp and power with a slim slate of bills on crime, pensions...

Mourning, tight security on Tiananmen anniversary

Wednesday, 4 June 2014, 14:46 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Heavy security blanketed central Beijing on the 25th anniversary of the bloody suppression of the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests on Wednesday, pre-empting any attempts to publicly commemorate...

6 militants killed, 3 Ukrainian troops injured

Wednesday, 4 June 2014, 11:46 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Pro-Russian insurgents in eastern Ukraine have taken two government bases in battles around Luhansk, seizing quantities of ammunition and explosives from a border guards post and taking...

Security tight in Beijing on crackdown anniversary

Wednesday, 4 June 2014, 06:14 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Authorities blanketed central Beijing with heavy security Wednesday on the 25th anniversary of the bloody military suppression of pro-democracy protests centered on Tiananmen Square, pre-empting any...

Obama: US to boost military presence in Europe

Tuesday, 3 June 2014, 19:19 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The United States is preparing to boost its military presence in Europe at a cost of up to $1 billion, President Barack Obama said Tuesday, as tensions in the region simmer over Russia's...

Cambodia welcomes return of 1,000-year-old statues

Tuesday, 3 June 2014, 16:15 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Three 1,000-year-old statues depicting Hindu mythology were welcomed home to Cambodia on Tuesday after being looted from a temple during the country's civil war and put in Western art...

Arrest shows Europe's challenge to track jihadists

Tuesday, 3 June 2014, 12:54 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The suspect in the recent killings at the Jewish Museum in Brussels provides a textbook example of a longstanding fear in the West — the threat posed by radicalized citizens returning from the...

Pro-Russia rebels attack Ukrainian border guards

Tuesday, 3 June 2014, 06:33 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Hundreds of pro-Russia rebels armed with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades mounted a daylong assault Monday on a key government base used to coordinate the defense of the country's...

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