The Malta Independent 13 August 2026, Thursday
View E-Paper

World News

May Day rallies in Europe urge more help as inflation bites

Sunday, 1 May 2022, 18:00 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Tens of thousands of people marched Sunday in cities around Europe for May Day protests to honor workers and shame governments into doing more for their citizens. In France, protesters shouted slogans...

Live updates: Zelenskyy confirms steel-plant evacuation

Sunday, 1 May 2022, 06:33 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy switched into Russian in his nightly video address to urge Russian soldiers not to fight in Ukraine, saying even their generals expected that...

Ukrainians plead for Mariupol rescue; Russian advance crawls

Sunday, 1 May 2022, 06:31 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Ukrainian forces fought village by village Saturday to hold back a Russian advance through the country’s east, while the United Nations worked to broker a civilian evacuation from the last...

UK Conservative lawmaker suspended over porn-watching claim

Saturday, 30 April 2022, 16:47 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

A lawmaker from Britain’s governing Conservative Party has been suspended after colleagues alleged he watched pornography on his phone in the House of Commons chamber. The party’s...

Live updates: Macron pledges strong support for Ukraine

Saturday, 30 April 2022, 07:56 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

LVIV, Ukraine — The British military believes Russian forces in Ukraine are likely suffering from “weakened morale.” The British Defense Ministry made that assessment in a tweet...

Ukraine fights to hold off Russian advances in south, east

Saturday, 30 April 2022, 07:52 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Ukrainian forces fought to hold off Russian attempts to advance in the south and east, where the Kremlin is seeking to capture the country’s industrial Donbas region, and a senior U.S. defense...

Inflation hits record high of 7.5% in countries using euro

Friday, 29 April 2022, 13:28 Last update: about 5 years ago

Inflation hit a record in April for the 19 countries that use the euro as skyrocketing fuel prices boosted by the war in Ukraine weigh on the region's economic recovery from the coronavirus...

Live updates: Journalist killed by Russian strike on Kyiv

Friday, 29 April 2022, 06:34 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia pounded targets from practically one end of Ukraine to the other Thursday, including Kyiv, bombarding the city while the head of the United Nations was visiting in the...

Explosions rock Kyiv again as Russians rain fire on Ukraine

Friday, 29 April 2022, 06:30 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Russia pounded targets from practically one end of Ukraine to the other Thursday, including Kyiv, bombarding the city while the head of the United Nations was visiting in the boldest attack on the...

UK Speaker’s summons of editor sparks debate on free press

Thursday, 28 April 2022, 09:59 Last update: about 5 years ago

The summoning by the UK Speaker of a newspaper editor has sparked a debate on free press, with journalists defending their right to report without interference and the Speaker being criticised for his...

  • don't miss