Full lunar eclipse delights Americas, 1st of year
Tuesday, 15 April 2014, 20:28
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Sky-gazers in North and South America were treated to a full lunar eclipse — at least those fortunate enough to have clear skies. The moon was eclipsed by the Earth's shadow...
Insurgents dig in; Ukraine tanks seen in the east
Tuesday, 15 April 2014, 15:04
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Pro-Russian insurgents dug in Tuesday across eastern Ukraine, fortifying positions around seized buildings and erecting new barricades even as Ukrainian troops and tanks set up outside one eastern...
Berlusconi given community service for tax fraud
Tuesday, 15 April 2014, 13:10
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
A Milan court has ruled that Silvio Berlusconi will perform a year of community service at a center for the elderly for his tax fraud conviction. The assignment curtails Berlusconi's...
Malaysia jet search area too deep for submarine
Tuesday, 15 April 2014, 06:59
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The search area for the missing Malaysian jet has proved too deep for a robotic submarine which was hauled back to the surface of the Indian Ocean less than half way through its first seabed hunt for...
Police: Blast in Nigerian capital kills 71
Monday, 14 April 2014, 15:33
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Police say an explosion that ripped through a busy bus station in Nigeria's capital has killed at least 71 people and wounded 124. Police spokesman Frank Mba says...
Robotic submarine deployed in search for plane
Monday, 14 April 2014, 13:53
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Search crews sent a robotic submarine deep into the Indian Ocean for the first time Monday after failing to pick up any signals from the missing Malaysian airliner's black boxes for six days, the...
2016 presidential race off to an early start
Monday, 14 April 2014, 10:16
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The next U.S. presidential election is more than two years away, but competition for the nomination is well under way. Democrats have a powerful front-runner who may not face a real challenger, while...
Bus hits truck on Mexico highway; 36 reported dead
Monday, 14 April 2014, 09:19
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
A passenger bus slammed into a broken-down truck and burst into flames, killing at least 36 people Sunday in southern Mexico, the Veracruz state government reported. Both state and federal...
Will Vladimir Putin bolster the Eurozone?
Monday, 14 April 2014, 07:56
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Jacek Rostowski, Poland’s finance minister until last November, recently suggested that Russian President Vladimir Putin would not have dared to annex...
Chile fire toll: 12 dead; 2,000 homes destroyed
Monday, 14 April 2014, 06:10
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Firefighters struggled for a second night early Monday to contain blazes that have killed 12 people, injured 500, destroyed 2,000 homes and forced 10,000 people to flee the densely populated hills...