EU forecasting tepid recovery, high unemployment
Tuesday, 5 November 2013, 14:08
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Europe's economic recovery will continue into the second half of the year, though at a subdued pace, while unemployment will remain near record highs through next year, the European Commission...
Bangladesh sentences 152 to death for 2009 mutiny
Tuesday, 5 November 2013, 10:02
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
A court in Bangladesh on Tuesday sentenced 152 people to death for their actions in a 2009 border guard mutiny in which 74 people, including 57 military commanders, were...
America the reckless
Tuesday, 5 November 2013, 09:04
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The world’s developed countries face growth and employment shortfalls, while developing countries are confronting huge challenges in adapting to increasingly volatile capital flows while...
US man skydives on 100th birthday
Tuesday, 5 November 2013, 08:53
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
When Vernon Maynard's friends asked him what he wished he had done in his 100 years of life, the Southern California man said he had always wanted to jump from a plane with a...
Bailout creditors, Greece to restart reform talks
Monday, 4 November 2013, 15:28
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Representatives of Greece's bailout creditors are in Athens to restart negotiations on the course of austerity measures and reforms. Officials from the European Commission, the...
Toronto mayor apologizes but says he won't resign
Monday, 4 November 2013, 07:02
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford apologized Sunday for "a lot of stupid things" and acknowledged the need to curb his drinking, but he didn't address allegations of drug use and said he will...
LA airport shooting suspect charged with murder
Sunday, 3 November 2013, 12:31
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
U.S. prosecutors filed a murder charge Saturday against the suspected gunman in the deadly shooting at Los Angeles International Airport, and he could face the death penalty. Paul Ciancia,...
Europe’s elusive growth consensus
Sunday, 3 November 2013, 08:44
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
In most European countries, GDP per capita is currently lower than it was six years ago. In some cases, like Greece, Italy, and Ireland, it is more than 10 per cent lower. Even in Germany, where it is...
Should extremist parties be banned?
Sunday, 3 November 2013, 08:08
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The Greek government’s crackdown on the country’s far-right Golden Dawn party has revived a vexing question that seemed to have disappeared with the Cold War’s end: Is there a place...
Man says he told US where bin Laden was hiding
Saturday, 2 November 2013, 07:45
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
A U.S. businessman says he told federal investigators the location of Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan years before his killing and is seeking a $25 million reward. A letter...