UN climate talks on 'brink of collapse'
Saturday, 23 November 2013, 15:58
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
U.N. climate talks were deadlocked Saturday as the U.S. and China clashed over what role the Chinese and other fast-growing economies should play in a new pact to fight global...
Philippine typhoon death toll rises above 5,000
Saturday, 23 November 2013, 08:34
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The death toll from one of the strongest typhoons on record has risen above 5,000 and is likely to climb further, although recovery efforts are beginning to take hold, Philippine officials said...
JFK 50th: Nation pauses to remember lost president
Friday, 22 November 2013, 18:09
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Fifty years after John F. Kennedy fell victim to an assassin's bullet while visiting Texas with his wife, people at home and abroad paused Friday to remember the 35th president of the United...
47 dead in grocery roof collapse in Latvia
Friday, 22 November 2013, 16:50
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Hordes of shoppers were picking up food after work in the Latvian capital when an enormous section of the supermarket's roof caved in. Firefighters rushed in to save them, only to be crushed...
Ukrainian PM booed in parliament after snubbing EU
Friday, 22 November 2013, 12:18
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Opposition lawmakers on Friday booed Ukraine's prime minister, whose government shelved a landmark deal with the European Union, while turning toward Moscow. Ukraine's Cabinet on...
Boeing jumbo jet lands at wrong US airport
Friday, 22 November 2013, 06:29
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Moments after touching down, the pilot of a cargo-hauling Boeing 747 jet seemed confused in his exchanges with air traffic controllers. When told he was 9 miles (14 kilometers) north of his intended...
London plans some 24-hr service for its subway
Thursday, 21 November 2013, 15:26
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
London's subway system is planning to introduce 24-hour service on the weekends on some lines under new plans that will involve closing all ticket offices and cutting 750 jobs by...
Survey shows eurozone recovery slowing further
Thursday, 21 November 2013, 12:28
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Further evidence emerged Thursday to show that the paltry economic recovery in the 17-country eurozone is already losing steam, just months after it emerged from its longest-ever...
Argentina president: We'll expand economic model
Thursday, 21 November 2013, 09:23
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez said Wednesday that she's going to deepen her government's left-leaning economic program. Fernandez remade her Cabinet this week after six...
Italian justice minister survives confidence vote
Wednesday, 20 November 2013, 22:07
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Italy's justice minister survived a no-confidence vote Wednesday after insisting to lawmakers that she didn't abuse her position to win the release of a family friend from...