The Malta Independent 23 October 2026, Friday
View E-Paper

World

Economic devastation looms on a Good Friday like no other

Friday, 10 April 2020, 16:38 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

As Christians around the world observed a Good Friday like no other, at home watching livestreams instead of at church, pressure was mounting on governments to restart some industries and fend off...

Coronavirus: Spain daily death count is lowest since March 24

Friday, 10 April 2020, 12:20 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

The coronavirus has claimed at least 15,843 lives in Spain and has officially infected 152,446 people, although both the rate of contagion and mortality are dropping, official health ministry data...

In a test of faith, Christians mark Good Friday in isolation

Friday, 10 April 2020, 12:18 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Christians are commemorating Jesus' crucifixion without the solemn church services or emotional processions of past years, marking Good Friday in a world locked down by the coronavirus...

Wiped out of toilet paper? Here's why

Friday, 10 April 2020, 06:51 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

What does toilet paper have to do with the global coronavirus pandemic? Nothing. Yet millions of people have been panicking about their household supply. Store shelves have been emptied....

Euro countries agree half trillion euros in support

Friday, 10 April 2020, 06:26 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Governments from the 19 countries that use the euro overcame sharp differences to agree Thursday on measures that could provide more than a half-trillion euros ($550 billion) for companies, workers...

Italy registers 610 more Coronavirus deaths

Thursday, 9 April 2020, 20:53 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

The virus-ravaged region of Lombardy crossed the 10,000-death mark in its battle against the coronavirus, while Italy as a whole continued its slow pace to bring the numbers of new infections...

103-year-old Italian says 'courage, faith' helped beat Coronavirus

Thursday, 9 April 2020, 08:59 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

To recover from the coronavirus, as she did, Ada Zanusso recommends courage and faith, the same qualities that have served her well in her nearly 104 years. Italy, along with neighboring France,...

Pope creates new expert commission to study women deacons

Thursday, 9 April 2020, 07:07 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

The Vatican said Wednesday that Pope Francis has created a new commission of experts to examine whether women can be deacons, an ordained role in the Catholic Church currently reserved for...

Even as virus deaths mount, governments eye exit strategies

Thursday, 9 April 2020, 07:05 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Even as coronavirus deaths mount across Europe and New York, the U.S. and other countries are starting to contemplate an exit strategy and thinking about a staggered and carefully calibrated easing of...

  • don't miss