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Michael Howlett, a Cleaning Ambassador with the Hollywood Partnership, cleans off Donald Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. AFP file photo.

'Makes no sense': Hollywood shocked by Trump's film tariffs

Colombian president Gustavo Petro's strategy of engaging in dialogue with his country's armed factions "have not borne fruit". File photo: AFP

Colombia arrests 217 suspected members of top drug cartel

US President Donald Trump is offering to pay undocumented migrants $1,000 if they choose to self-deport. Photo: AFP

Trump administration offers $1,000 to migrants who self-deport 

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A photo of Rosetta’s comet taken in August 2014. Photo: European Space Agency/Reuters

Comet was once two objects

Rosetta’s duck-shaped comet formed from twin bodies

September 29, 2015| Reuters
The late Paul Walker during a photo call of Fast & Furious 5 in 2011 in Rome. Photo: PA Wire

Porsche sued by Walker’s daughter

Sports car company accused of wrongful death

September 29, 2015| PA Media

World briefs

Sombreros banned for freshers

September 29, 2015| PA Media

Voice of reason

A Palestinian national security officer prevents a boy from throwing stones at Israeli troops during clashes over tension in Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron yesterday.

September 29, 2015| Times of Malta
Times of Malta

Twitter looking beyond 140 characters with new product

Micro-blogging website operator Twitter Inc is working on a product that will allow users to share content longer than 140 characters, technology website Re/code reported. It's unclear what the product will look like, Re/code said. The company's...

September 29, 2015| Times of Malta

Obama, Castro talk US embargo

US President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro held talks today on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. In his speech to the assembly yesterday, Castro said Cuba and the United States could normalize ties only after Washington ended its...

September 29, 2015| Times of Malta

Volkswagen to refit cars affected by emissions scandal

Volkswagen has announced plans to refit up to 11 million vehicles and overhaul its namesake brand following the scandal over its rigging of emissions tests. New Chief Executive Matthias Mueller said the German carmaker would ask customers "in the next...

September 29, 2015| Times of Malta
Times of Malta

Iraqi migrant trying to get to UK found crushed to death in truck

A 20-year-old Iraqi migrant who was apparently trying to sneak across the English Channel to Britain has been found crushed to death in a truck, French authorities have said. Officials for the Pas de Calais region said the man's body was discovered by...

September 29, 2015| PA Media

Quiz participant goes hysterical

Have you ever had a fit of laughter that you just could not control? Olympia Madonia took it to the next level during a live transmission yesterday of the popular Italian TV quiz show Avanti un Altro, on Canale 5. Olympia, 39, debuts in the four-minute...

September 29, 2015| Times of Malta

US military launches air strike on Afghan city taken by Taliban

The US military has carried out an air strike on the northern Afghan city of Kunduz after it was captured by the Taliban. US Army Colonel Brian Tribus, spokesman for the US and Nato missions in Afghanistan, said the strike early on Tuesday was...

September 29, 2015| Times of Malta

Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin clash over the carnage in Syria

Russia and the US disagreed sharply over the chaos in Syria, with Barack Obama urging a political transition to replace its president but Vladimir Putin warning it would be a mistake to abandon Bashar Assad. After both speaking at the United Nations...

September 29, 2015| PA Media

Extreme sports star Erik Roner killed in California skydiving accident

An extreme sports star skydiving for the opening ceremony of a golf event in California died when he struck a tree. Placer County sheriff's Captain Dennis Walsh said Erik Roner, of Tahoe City, died on Monday during a skydiving accident at a golf course...

September 29, 2015| PA Media
Pope Francis talks aboard the papal plane while en route to Italy yesterday. The Pope left the United States early yesterday, departing from Philadelphia International Airport on an American Airlines flight to Rome. Photo: Reuters

Workers have right to refuse gay marriage licences – Pope

Pope Francis said yesterday government officials have a “human right” to refuse to discharge a duty, such as issuing marriage licenses to homosexuals, if they feel it violates their conscience. Speaking to reporters as he returned home from a 10-day...

September 28, 2015| Reuters
Catalan President Artur Mas reacts during a news conference in Barcelona, Spain, yesterday. Photos: Reuters

Victorious Catalan separatists claim mandate to splitfrom rest of Spain

Separatists who on Sunday won a clear majority of seats in Catalonia’s Parliament are setting the region on a collision course with Spain’s government over independence. “Catalans have voted yes to independence,” acting regional government head Artur...

September 28, 2015| Reuters

Evidence shows water flows on Mars in summer months

Briny water flows during the summer months on Mars, raising the possibility that the planet long thought to be arid could support life today, scientists analysing data from a Nasa spacecraft said yesterday. Although the source and the chemistry of the...

September 28, 2015| Reuters
Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) talks on his phone while US President Barack Obama (left ) looks the other way during a luncheon at the UN General Assembly in New York yesterday. Photo: Reuters

US and Russia clash once again over working with Syria’s President Assad

The United States said yesterday it was willing to work with Russia, as well as Iran, to try to end the Syrian civil war but the two big powers clashed over whether or not Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should be included. Speaking at the annual...

September 28, 2015| Reuters

German President warns of limits to number of refugees

Germany’s President warned yesterday that there are limits to how many refugees his country can absorb as it prepares for as many as 800,000 arrivals this year, showing growing concern even at the highest level over how to look after so many...

September 28, 2015| Reuters

Protests’ anniversary in Hong Kong

About 1,000 pro-democracy activists rallied outside Hong Kong government headquarters yesterday to mark the first anniversary of protests that crippled parts of the Chinese-controlled city for weeks but failed to secure electoral reforms. The...

September 28, 2015| Reuters
Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn, right, and shadow chancellor John McDonnell. Photo: PA

Labour to hit mighty corporates with tax bill

Starbucks, Amazon and Google all in party’s sights in tough conference vow

September 28, 2015| PA Media
Times of Malta

Former Volkswagen boss now under legal scrutiny

German prosecutors launched an investigation yesterday into former Volkswagen boss Martin Winterkorn over the rigging of vehicle emissions tests, as the carmaker suspended three top engineers in an attempt to tackle the crisis. The investigation into...

September 28, 2015| Reuters
Actress Joan Collins (left) with her late sister and author Jackie Collins. Photo: Matt Baron/Bei/Rex Shutterstock

‘I don’t think I’ll ever recover’

Joan Collins opens up about sister Jackie in emotional tribute

September 28, 2015| PA Media
Bobbi Kristina Brown at the opening night of docuseries The Houstons: On Our Own in New York in October 2012. Photo: Andrew Kelly/Reuters

Cause of Bobbi Kristina’s death determined but not yet unveiled

Bobbi Kristina Brown at the opening night of docuseries The Houstons: On Our Own in New York in October 2012. Photo: Andrew Kelly/Reuters The cause of Bobbi Kristina Brown’s death has been determined, but the medical examiner’s office says it will not...

September 28, 2015| PA Media

World briefs

‘Microsnail’ discovered in China

September 28, 2015| PA Media

Updated: Facebook apologises for second outage in a week

Social media giant Facebook apologised this evening after its second outage in a week and third in a month. Millions of users were greeted with a message reading "sorry something went wrong" just after 9pm. The site, which claims to have 1.23 billion...

September 28, 2015| Times of Malta

Obama says he's ready to work with Iran, Russia to end Syria war

US President Barack Obama said today Washington is prepared to work with Russia and Iran to try to end the more than four-year war in Syria that has spawned Islamic State militants. "The United States is prepared to work with any nation, including...

September 28, 2015| Times of Malta

Scientists think they have found water on Mars

Flowing liquid water is almost certainly responsible for mysterious features on Mars that change with the seasons, scientists believe. Satellite images have identified narrow streaks, typically less than five metres wide, that appear on slopes during...

September 28, 2015| Times of Malta
Times of Malta

Apple iPhone 6s breaks sales record in first weekend

Apple sold more than 13 million new iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus devices just three days after hitting retail channels last Friday in the U.S. and 11 other countries. The company’s marketing spiel for the new devices claimed that “The only thing...

September 28, 2015| Times of Malta

Boats wrecked in Hong Kong fire

  A fire destroyed more than 10 boats anchored at a Hong Kong typhoon shelter and five people suffered minor injuries. Broadcaster ATV said a fishing boat that first caught fire drifted to the other boats and spread the blaze. Television footage showed...

September 28, 2015| Times of Malta

Victorious Catalan separatists claim mandate to break with Spain

Separatists have won a clear majority of seats in Catalonia's parliament in an election that sets the region on a collision course with Spain's central government over independence. "Catalans have voted yes to independence," acting regional government...

September 28, 2015| Times of Malta
An aerial view of the Grand Mosque is seen during the annual haj pilgrimage in the holy city of Mecca. Photo: Reuters

Iran denounces Saudi Arabia over haj deaths

Khamenei seeks apology, says over 1,000 died

September 27, 2015| Reuters