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Wed, 06 Jan 2021 11:00:00 +0100
Michelin to eliminate up to 2,300 French jobs
French tyre group Michelin said on Wednesday it would eliminate up to 2,300 posts in France as it reinforces activities outside its core business. Michelin said the...

Wed, 06 Jan 2021 10:52:00 +0100
Ruling that PokerStars is located in Isle of Man, not Malta
In a lawsuit where the Arnhem-Leeuwarden Court of Appeal ruled that PokerStars is located in the Isle of Man and not Malta, the judge acted correctly. That is the o...

Wed, 06 Jan 2021 10:45:00 +0100
Road Test of the Year 2020: Ford Puma
How do you make a car such as the Ford Fiesta appeal to a wider audience? After all, it’s a consistent frontrunner in the monthly sales charts, outpacing key riva...

Wed, 06 Jan 2021 10:42:00 +0100
Democrats win first Georgia runoff, control of Senate in reach
Joe Biden's Democratic Party took a giant step Wednesday towards seizing control of the US Senate as they won the first of two Georgia run-offs, hours before Congre...

Wed, 06 Jan 2021 10:26:00 +0100
Malta to receive Moneyval feedback within weeks
A confidential Moneyval report that will assess Malta’s efforts to step up its fight against money laundering will be handed to the government later this month. G...

Wed, 06 Jan 2021 10:04:00 +0100
Dutch become last in EU to start COVID-19 vaccinations
The Netherlands administered its first coronavirus shot to a nursing home worker on Wednesday, as it became the last country in the 27-nation EU to start its vaccin...

Wed, 06 Jan 2021 10:00:00 +0100
Grammy awards postponed until March over COVID-19
The Grammy music awards slated for January 31 in Los Angeles have been postponed until March over COVID-19, which has been rapidly spreading in California. The Reco...

Wed, 06 Jan 2021 09:54:00 +0100
Mother cleared of taking pornographic photos of her children
A mother who took photos of her nudist husband in the presence of the couple’s undressed children with the intention of using them in separation proceedings has b...

Wed, 06 Jan 2021 09:25:00 +0100
BMIT outperforms expectations throughout the pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought the world into exceptionally difficult and largely uncharted waters. In reality, this pandemic has forced governments across the g...

Wed, 06 Jan 2021 08:59:00 +0100
Solskjaer hits back at Klopp over penalty jibes
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer on Tuesday hit back at Jurgen Klopp’s jibes about Manchester United’s penalty record as the Old Trafford boss claimed Premier League manage...

Wed, 06 Jan 2021 08:30:00 +0100
North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un admits mistakes, as party congress opens
North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un admitted that "almost all sectors" had fallen short of their economic targets as he opened a rare congress of the ruling Workers' P...

Wed, 06 Jan 2021 08:25:00 +0100
Dr. Dre 'doing great' after being hospitalised with possible aneurysm
Rapper and legendary producer Dr. Dre posted that he was "doing great" late Tuesday after being hospitalised with a possible brain aneurysm. "I'm doing great and ge...

Wed, 06 Jan 2021 08:10:00 +0100
What happened on... January 6
The front pages of Times of Malta from 25 and 10 years ago.  Become a Times of Malta premium member to gain full access to our archive dating back to January 1930....

Wed, 06 Jan 2021 08:07:00 +0100
Malta indie shorts screened at Spazju Kreattiv
Each month, Spazju Kreattiv is showing three notable short films that were produced and shot in Malta. The screenings are followed by a chat with the directors. Tom...

Wed, 06 Jan 2021 07:45:00 +0100
Bars and clubs in talks to increase €1m aid package
A €1 million aid package for bars and clubs isn’t enough to sustain the hundreds forced to close due to COVID-19 until February, the Malta Chamber of SMEs has w...

Wed, 06 Jan 2021 07:23:00 +0100
Aid for the news that matters
Never in human history has information been so widely and freely available. Whatever the subject matter, there is a good chance that somebody, somewhere has shared ...

Wed, 06 Jan 2021 07:14:00 +0100
China arrests 50 pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong sweep
China's crackdown in Hong Kong escalated dramatically on Wednesday with police arresting as many as 50 opposition figures in their largest operation since a draconi...

Wed, 06 Jan 2021 07:05:00 +0100
2021: New year, same challenges? – Darren Carabott
It is human nature to hope for better times ahead when a new year dawns, even more so after bidding farewell to an exhausting and surreal 2020. However, notwithstan...

Wed, 06 Jan 2021 06:45:00 +0100
Wake up and smell the tarmac – Wayne Flask
“I’m barely getting any sleep…”. I guess I’d complain of insomnia, too, were a government agency to suddenly appear on my doorstep waving a piece of paper...

Wed, 06 Jan 2021 06:41:00 +0100
Today's front pages - January 6, 2021
The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Wednesday. Times of Malta reports that at 158 new cases, the numbers announced on Tuesday were the highes...



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