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Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, the president of Burkina Faso, was overthrown on Friday. Photo: AFP

Coup in Burkina Faso as military officers overthrow junta leader

Damiba overthrown just months after seizing power in jihadist-threatened country

October 1, 2022| AFP |0

The robot is brought onstage at the Palo Alto event. Photo: AFP

No Terminator: Tesla teases a 'useful' humanoid robot

Optimus will first be tested in factories before being offered for retail

October 1, 2022| AFP |0

The Moscow-appointed heads of the annexed regions join hands with Russia's Vladimir Putin. Photo: AFP

Putin annexes Ukraine territories, as Russia faces UNESCO walkout

Kyiv vows to fight back as Malta joins global condemnation of annexation

October 1, 2022| AFP |80

Photo by Ukrainian Presidential Press Service: Parliament chair Stefanchuk, President Zelensky, PM Shmyhal with doc requesting fast-track. Photo: AFP

Kyiv requests accelerated membership to NATO: Zelensky

Russia has formally annexed four Moscow-held regions of Ukraine

September 30, 2022| Times of Malta |30

Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen on a screen set at Red Square as he addresses a rally and a concert marking the annexation. Photo: AFP

Malta joins global condemnation of Russia's 'illegal annexation' in Ukraine

NATO warns Moscow of 'severe consequences' if nuclear weapons are used

September 30, 2022| Times of Malta, AFP |169

AFP file photo of Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) party leader Giorgia Meloni.

Italy eases COVID measures despite increase in cases, ahead of new government

The victorious party believes the COVID 'Green pass' gives 'false security'

September 30, 2022| AFP |7

Africa men holding a bucket of dirty water; cholera is a major problem, due to the lack of access to clean drinking water. Photo: shutterstock.com

‘Worrying upsurge’ in cholera worldwide – WHO

Availability of vaccines extremely limited with demand outstripping supply

September 30, 2022| AFP |0

Mother and father of Palestinian Rayan Suleiman, 7, mourn over his body at his funeral in the south of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. Photo: AFP

Palestinian boy dies on sidelines of Israeli army search, US calls for inquiry

Further four Palestinians killed in Israeli army raid in West Bank city Jenin

September 30, 2022| AFP |2

Malta's Energy Minister Miriam Dalli at the meeting. Photo: AFP

Malta exempted from EU plan to cut power consumption

EU ministers agree to tax energy firms, but no deal on cap of gas prices

September 30, 2022| Times of Malta, AFP |61

Protestors hold banners with the portrait of Iranian Mahsa Amini. AFP file photo

Iran arrests woman for eating out without hijab - sister

Iran has arrested a woman who was shown eating out without a headscarf in an image that went viral on social media during the protests over the death of Mahsa Amini, her sister said Friday. The picture showed Donya Rad sitting in a traditional Tehran...

September 30, 2022| AFP |16

The new recommendation will come into force on October 31. AFP file photo

Sweden to stop offering COVID jabs to teenagers

Sweden's Public Health Agency said Friday it was no longer recommending that children aged 12 to 17 get vaccinated against COVID-19, citing the "very low risk" for the group. The new recommendation will come into force on October 31. "The decision...

September 30, 2022| AFP |4

Polar bears hunt for belugas whale in Hudson Bay, outside Churchill, northern Canada on August 9, 2022. Photos: Olivier Morin / AFP

Receding ice leaves Canada’s polar bears at rising risk

Expedition shows every single thing is being affected by climate change

September 30, 2022| AFP |1

Lidl's Easter bunnies posed "a risk of confusion", a court ruled. AFP file photo

Swiss court backs Lindt in chocolate bunny bust-up

Lidl loses case over Easter bunnies

September 30, 2022| AFP |3

Moscow's Red Square is sealed prior to the annexation ceremony. Photo: AFP

Kremlin set to annex four Ukraine territories at ceremony

Russia is expected to annex four occupied regions of Ukraine at a lavish Kremlin ceremony on Friday that follows a threat by President Vladimir Putin to use nuclear weapons in their defence. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the...

September 30, 2022| AFP |57

An official Nobel Prize gold medal. AFP file photo

Nobel 2022 prize season under shadow of war in Ukraine

Next week the world will celebrate peace and mankind's do-gooders when the winners of the Nobel prizes are revealed in a string of daily announcements - as war rages in Ukraine. Not since World War II has a conflict been waged between two countries so...

September 30, 2022| AFP |0

Environmental groups slam UK plans to ditch pesticide laws

British wildlife groups and campaigners have hit out at government's plans to ditch legislation covering pesticide use, as part of a drive to remove EU laws after Brexit. The government in London said it will scratch 570 environmental laws from the...

September 29, 2022| AFP |3

Nobel Peace Prize winning bishop sanctioned over child abuse

Carlos Beto placed under restrictions by Vatican

September 29, 2022| Times of Malta |25

One of the most intense US storms in years. Photo: AFP

Floods, devastation after Hurricane Ian hammers Florida

Hurricane Ian inundated cities, turned out the lights on millions of residents and left migrants from an overturned boat missing Thursday as Florida assessed damage from what the state governor described as a "500-year flood event". Officials launched...

September 29, 2022| Times of Malta |2

A bull elephant roams in Kimana sanctuary. Many animals have already died of starvation because of a severe drought. Photo: AFP

'Extraordinary' elephant that survived poaching dies in drought-hit Kenya

An "extraordinary and resilient" African elephant who defied all odds to give birth despite being shot five times by poachers has died in Kenya's drought-ravaged north, conservationists said on Thursday. "Monsoon" was euthanised by veterinarians after...

September 29, 2022| Times of Malta |2

Russian soldiers stand on Red Square in central Moscow as the square is sealed prior to a ceremony of the incorporation of regions of Ukraine.

Kremlin announces Ukraine regions annexation ceremony for Friday

The annexation would be formalised at a ceremony in the Kremlin

September 29, 2022| AFP |82

File photo: Victims of a gas leakage in the Sachin GIDC area in January.

Dozens pass out after chemical leak at India meat factory

At least 55 workers hospitalised after a pipe carrying ammonia burst

September 29, 2022| AFP |4

British Prime Minister Liz Truss says she is prepared to make controversial decisions. Photo: AFP

UK PM Truss defends 'controversial' tax cuts despite market turmoil

Liz Truss makes first comments since mini-budget that triggered market turmoil

September 29, 2022| AFP |12

Afghan women hold placards as they take part in a protest in front of the Iranian embassy in Kabul.

Taliban fire into the air to disperse women's rally backing Iran protests

They canted "Women, life, freedom!"

September 29, 2022| AFP |2

Sterling, markets drop again as BoE boost wears off

The pound and European equities fell Thursday after the previous day's bank of England-fuelled rally, with investors growing increasingly worried about the UK economy as Prime Minister Liz Truss backed the controversial mini-budget that sparked turmoil...

September 29, 2022| AFP |1

Local residents walk past a destroyed building in Izyum, Kharkiv region.

Kremlin proxies in Ukraine plead to Putin for annexation

Kremlin-backed officials in Ukraine appealed to President Vladimir Putin Wednesday to annex the regions under their control, after the territories held votes denounced by Kyiv and the West as a "sham". Ukraine called on the EU to hit Russia with more...