Russia: 6 men found dead in 4 cars, motive unknown
Thursday, 9 January 2014, 18:49
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Six men are dead in a series of unexplained killings involving booby-trapped bombs in southern Russia, further heightening security fears ahead of next month's Winter Olympics in...
France OKs sales of medicine derived from cannabis
Thursday, 9 January 2014, 11:23
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The French drug safety agency has approved commercial sales of a medicine derived from cannabis for the first time in France. France's Health Ministry said in a statement Wednesday...
Vatican to Legion: Reform has only just begun
Thursday, 9 January 2014, 06:34
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The Vatican delegate running the troubled Legion of Christ urged its priests on Wednesday to elect a new leadership worthy of authority, after suffering for years from shame and suspicion following...
Jury vindicates London police over riots killing
Wednesday, 8 January 2014, 18:28
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
An inquest jury Wednesday largely vindicated London police over a fatal shooting that set off a wave of rioting across England more than two years ago, finding that officers acted lawfully when they...
Pope invites friend for ride in St Peter's Square
Wednesday, 8 January 2014, 15:50
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Pope Francis has broken with papal protocol once again, inviting a friend for a ride in his panoramic white car. The Rev. Fabian Baez, a priest from Francis' hometown in Buenos Aires,...
Tainted frozen food sickens hundreds in Japan
Wednesday, 8 January 2014, 12:42
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Hundreds of people fell sick across Japan after eating frozen food that may have been tainted with a pesticide. Food maker Maruha Nichiro Holdings used full-page ads in major newspapers...
Polar freeze moves to US East, South; 21 dead
Wednesday, 8 January 2014, 11:23
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
A deep freeze spread from the U.S. Midwest to the East and South, setting record low temperatures from Boston to Birmingham, and leaving 21 people dead, authorities said. The Midwest and the East...
Wanted by 4 countries, ex-banker faces extradition
Wednesday, 8 January 2014, 06:56
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
He is wanted in his native Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Russia. He was ordered jailed in Britain. An opposition leader from a country that has been ruled by the same man since 1989, a former...
Spanish court subpoenas king's daughter
Tuesday, 7 January 2014, 17:26
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
A Spanish court on Tuesday subpoenaed Princess Cristina, the daughter of Spain's King Juan Carlos, as a suspect in an investigation of alleged tax fraud and money laundering — the latest...
187 million in US shiver as 'polar vortex' arrives
Tuesday, 7 January 2014, 14:07
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Dangerously cold polar air snapped decades-old records as it spread Tuesday from the Midwest to southern and eastern parts of the U.S. and eastern Canada, making it hazardous to venture outside and...