The Malta Independent 8 November 2026, Sunday
View E-Paper

World News

Brexit costs UK its spot among top five investment destinations

Monday, 17 October 2016, 06:44 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Britain has lost its place as one of the top five investment destinations in the wake of the country's decision to leave the European Union, according to a survey released Monday. In a...

Updated: Daughter of Olympic sprinter Tyson Gay fatally shot

Sunday, 16 October 2016, 22:06 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

The 15-year-old daughter of Olympic sprinter Tyson Gay was fatally shot in the neck, authorities and the athlete's agent said Sunday. Trinity Gay died at the University of Kentucky...

Parachutist falls 1,200 feet to his death from plane in Florida

Sunday, 16 October 2016, 17:23 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Authorities in central Florida say a man with a group of people on a plane doing military-style parachuting has died after his reserve chute accidentally opened as he knelt near the cargo door,...

French balcony collapses during party, 4 killed, 14 injured

Sunday, 16 October 2016, 17:21 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

A third-floor balcony collapsed during a party in the western French city of Angers, killing four people and injuring 14 others, authorities said. The collapse happened Saturday night at an...

Clashes erupt in Libyan capital, no information on casualties

Sunday, 16 October 2016, 14:27 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Clashes have erupted in the Libyan capital between militias loyal to a U.N.-backed government and those supporting a rival Islamist-oriented administration that had ruled Tripoli until March this...

Clock's minute hand plunges from Hamburg church tower; no one hurt

Sunday, 16 October 2016, 14:24 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

A 20-kilogram (44-pound) minute hand has fallen off a clock on a Hamburg church tower, plunging 40 meters (130 feet) onto the sidewalk below. Hamburg's fire service said Sunday that the hand fell...

Boris Johnson's pro-EU column published for first time

Sunday, 16 October 2016, 10:41 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Before Boris Johnson embraced Britain's "leave" campaign and then became the country's foreign minister, he wrote an unpublished newspaper column arguing the case for keeping the U.K. inside the...

  • don't miss