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  • Ireland standing ready to recognize Palestine state 'gives hope' - ambassador

    03/23/2024 11:48:17 AM PDT · by Olog-hai · 19 replies
    RTÉ News ^ | Friday, 22 Mar 2024 18:09 | Mícheál Lehane, Political Correspondent
    Ireland, Spain, Malta and Slovenia standing ready to recognize the Palestine state has given Palestinians “hope,” its ambassador has said. Earlier, in a joint-statement, the four countries’ prime ministers said they were ready to recognize the Palestine state when the “circumstances are right”. The Palestinian ambassador to Ireland, Dr. Jilan Wahba Abdalmajid, welcomed the statement, describing it as “promising news”. She said it might only be a few EU countries, but that Ireland is “leading” the way and she expressed thanks for “all the Irish efforts”. …
  • 1799: Dun Mikiel Xerri, Maltese patriot

    01/17/2024 3:16:08 PM PST · by CheshireTheCat
    ExecutedToday.com ^ | January 17, 2010 | Jonathan Shipley
    That Napoleon Bonaparte, he simply can’t leave well enough alone. He already conquered Malta. Most of the Maltese were even okay with it. But then he started disassembling the Maltese nobility and restricting the church. This displeased Dun Mikiel Xerri, and it was on this date in 1799 that Xerri was shot dead for spearheading a Maltese revolt against the French. Born on September 29, 1737 in Zebbug, Malta, Xerri studied as a young man at various universities throughout Europe. Learned, he becme a Roman Catholic priest and dabbled in both philosophy and mathematics, living warmly under the rule of...
  • Oracle Employee Helped Cocaine Dealers Hide $54 Million In Crypto, DOJ Says

    11/07/2023 4:17:55 PM PST · by Libloather · 4 replies
    Forbes via MSN ^ | 11/07/23 | Thomas Brewster
    By day, Brian Krewson is a technical expert at computing giant Oracle. But by night he’s Mr. Poto, a fire-breathing, stilt-walking party entertainer, happy to perform at birthdays, weddings and corporate picnics. A Facebook photo from Halloween 2020 shows Krewson dressed in full methlab attire as a remarkably convincing Walter White, the infamous drug trafficker played by Brian Cranston in Breaking Bad. According to a Justice Department DOC, Krewson's resemblance to that character extends beyond appearance. The agency alleges that Krewson helped store and launder $54 million worth of cryptocurrency for two friends, Christopher Castelluzzo and Luke Atwell, who were...
  • Divers recover US airman's remains from WWII bomber wreck near Malta

    09/16/2023 8:41:50 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 30 replies
    Live Science ^ | September 11, 2023 | Tom Metcalfe
    The remains have been identified as those of a gunner killed when the badly damaged aircraft crashed into the sea in 1943.Archaeological divers have recovered human remains from the wreck of a U.S. bomber that crashed near the Mediterranean island of Malta in May 1943.Scientific analysis by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) has confirmed the remains are those of U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) Sgt. Irving R. Newman, who was 22 years old when the aircraft — a B-24 Liberator based in Libya — suffered engine trouble and was hit by anti-aircraft fire during a bombing raid over the...
  • Bees have appeared on coins for millennia, hinting at an age-old link between sweetness and value

    07/30/2023 8:34:21 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 18 replies
    Phys dot org ^ | July 25, 2023 | Adrian Dyer, The Conversation
    In 2022, the Royal Australian Mint issued a $2 coin decorated with honeybees. Around 2,400 years earlier, a mint in the kingdom of Macedon had the same idea, creating a silver obol coin with a bee stamped on one side.Over the centuries between these two events, currency demonstrating a symbolic link between honey and money is surprisingly common.In a recent study in Australian Coin Review, I trace the bee through numismatic history—and suggest a scientific reason why our brains might naturally draw a connection between the melliferous insects and the abstract idea of value...Ancient Malta was famous for its honey....
  • Malta Drops Plans to Legalize Abortion Thanks to Strong Pushback from Pro-Lifers

    07/01/2023 8:00:59 PM PDT · by marshmallow · 6 replies
    LifeSite News ^ | 6/26/23 | Jonathon van Maren
    Pre-born children are still safe in Malta due to the hard work of thousands of Maltese citizens. It is a moment for celebration and heartfelt gratitude. Since 2021, the pro-life movement in Malta has been fighting to keep abortion out of their nation—the last in the European Union where pre-born children are still protected under law. The Maltese government, under massive pressure from a pro-life coalition of doctors, lawyers, ethicists, judges, and tens of thousands of citizens who signed petitions, recently released a redraft of the abortion amendment to make it clear that the killing of pre-born children is not...
  • BREAKING — Emails from the Biden laptop reveal a newly discovered Hunter Biden Maltese bank account opened by Burisma that coincides with the $10 million bribery allegations involving Biden and Burisma

    06/16/2023 4:05:11 PM PDT · by Macho MAGA Man · 32 replies
    KenoshaTheGreat on Twitter ^ | June 16, 2023 | KenoshaTheGreat
    KanekoaTheGreat @KanekoaTheGreat BREAKING — Emails from the Biden laptop reveal a newly discovered Hunter Biden Maltese bank account opened by Burisma that coincides with the $10 million bribery allegations involving Biden and Burisma, as reported by an FBI source. Read below. 12:09 PM · Jun 16, 2023 ·
  • Ex-homosexual Maltese man faces ‘conversion therapy’ charges for preaching Biblical values

    06/02/2023 8:29:47 AM PDT · by ebb tide · 4 replies
    LifeSite News ^ | June 1, 2023 | John-Henry Westen
    Ex-homosexual Maltese man faces ‘conversion therapy’ charges for preaching Biblical valueso support Matthew Grech’s legal defense against the Maltese government, visit: https://www.lifefunder.com/defendmatthew(LifeSiteNews) — It may be embarrassing for some of us to defend marriage and other pro-life issues at a family gathering, sometimes with accusations of being hateful and the like. Imagine, however, if, just by promoting the biblical view of marriage, you could face jail time. My guest today is Matthew Grech, a Maltese Christian and former homosexual who now faces criminal charges for sharing his conversion story and his views of so-called “conversion therapy” on Maltese television. Back...
  • Malta, the Last Pro-Life European Country, Moves to Legalize the Killing of Preborn Humans

    11/20/2022 6:42:19 PM PST · by marshmallow · 6 replies
    Live Action ^ | 11/18/22 | Casey Fiano-Chesser
    Malta, the last remaining pro-life country in the European Union, is moving to relax its laws protecting preborn children from abortion. Lawmakers are looking to allow abortions to be committed when a woman’s life or health are at risk, even though the intentional killing of a preborn human being (induced abortion) is not medically necessary, and lifesaving and human dignity-affirming alternatives are available. In June, an American woman, Andrea Prudente, went public with her complaints about not being able to undergo a supposedly medically necessary abortion after experiencing preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM). Though abortion is not a necessary...
  • Was the Azores home to an ancient civilisation?

    10/31/2022 5:12:58 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 24 replies
    YouTube ^ | Narrator: Sam Hartford, Executive Producer: Griesham Taan | BBC Reel
    History books tell us that Portuguese navigators found the Azores islands uninhabited in the middle of the Atlantic during the early 1400s. But some intriguing constructions suggest that people occupied this area long before.So, who was this civilisation, and why did they leave?Was the Azores home to an ancient civilisation? | Next Stop Stories | BBC Reel | October 28, 2022
  • Mystery deepens over disappearing merchant ship

    08/13/2009 1:20:00 PM PDT · by OldDeckHand · 9 replies · 815+ views
    Reuters ^ | Aug. 13, 2009 | Guy Faulconbridge
    MOSCOW (Reuters) - The mystery surrounding a missing merchant ship deepened Thursday with the vessel's operator suggesting piracy and maritime experts suspecting foul play or even a secret cargo. The Kremlin ordered Russian warships to join the hunt for the 4,000-tonne, 98-meter bulk carrier Arctic Sea, whose fate has baffled maritime authorities across Europe and North Africa. The Maltese-registered vessel, carrying a $1.3-million cargo of timber, was supposed to have docked on August 4 in the Algerian port of Bejaia. It never arrived and is thought to have last made contact from the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of France....
  • Knights of Malta Consider Quitting Church

    10/06/2022 6:03:38 PM PDT · by marshmallow · 12 replies
    Church Militant ^ | 9/29/22 | Jules Gomes
    Ex–grand chancellor: Pope's reforms are catastrophic for Order of MaltaVATICAN CITY (ChurchMilitant.com) - Knights across the world are considering leaving the Catholic Church because of Pope Francis' reforms, the former grand chancellor of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta revealed. In a confidential letter obtained by Church Militant, Albrecht von Boeselager lamented that many confreres had expressed to him "their great disappointment in the Holy Father — they could no longer regard him as the father he promised to be for the order." Boeselager sent the letter to an elite group of knights after Pope Francis issued a Sept. 3...
  • EU agrees to impose price cap for Russian oil – Politico

    10/04/2022 10:35:09 PM PDT · by Cathi · 24 replies
    RT ^ | October 4, 2022 | RT Business News
    4 Oct, 2022 21:34 EU agrees to impose price cap for Russian oil – Politico The bloc promised “concessions” to overcome opposition from Malta, Greece and Cyprus The EU has reached a tentative deal to impose a price cap on the sale of Russian oil to third countries, Politico Europe reported on Tuesday citing diplomatic sources. Cyprus, Greece and Malta had concerns about the potential impact on their shipping industry, but were reportedly promised concessions. The price cap is part of the eighth round of anti-Russian sanctions, which Brussels is expected to roll out this week, citing the ongoing conflict...
  • Phoenician Shipwreck: 'Findings provide a piece of a puzzle that helps us understand our past'

    07/22/2022 10:59:23 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 14 replies
    Malta Independent ^ | Monday, 18 July 2022 | Marc Galdes
    Research on a Phoenician-era shipwreck off Xlendi in Gozo can help us better understand our past, Professor Timmy Gambin told The Malta Independent...“This is one of seven Phoenician shipwrecks in the world so any proper study that comes out of these seven shipwrecks is absolutely important.”Following the four-year excavation project of the Phoenician shipwreck that is located off the coast of Xlendi, the team of international experts, led by the University of Malta, has recently begun a new four-year Post-Excavation Project (2022-2025)...Gambin gave a brief overview of a few different methods within the post-excavation project.Firstly, he spoke about the method...
  • Why A Federal Judge Shouldn’t Toss The Case Enabling Stefan Halper To Pretend Russia Collusion Was Real

    07/16/2022 2:28:57 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 5 replies
    The Federalist ^ | JULY 15, 2022 | MARGOT CLEVELAND
    Share Article via Email Hiding behind his lawyers and hoping to avoid questioning about his role in SpyGate, former confidential human source Stefan Halper implies in his most recent court filing that the Russia collusion story peddled during the 2016 election and after was “substantially truth.” Later this morning, a federal judge in Virginia will consider Halper’s latest attempt to toss the lawsuit Svetlana Lokhova filed against him in December of 2020, which claims that the former confidential human source defamed her and alleges tortiously interference with a book contract she had. This lawsuit represents the second case Lokhova filed...
  • Pope Francis Abandons Christ’s Cross to Appease Muslims

    04/12/2022 4:58:49 PM PDT · by Beave Meister · 13 replies
    P. J. Media ^ | 4/12/2022 | RAYMOND IBRAHIM
    Pope Francis, a leading advocate of Doormat Christianity, is at it again. Although it is traditional for papal podiums to depict the crucifix, during his recent visit to the island of Malta, Pope Francis ditched the cross lest it offend Muslim migrants. As the archdiocese of Malta openly admitted, “The podium will not be adorned with a crucifix, given that the majority of migrants are Muslim.” Instead, the podium backdrop used by Francis consisted of recycled plastic bottles with red blobs meant to highlight the two primary reasons Francis was visiting Malta — to defend migrants and the environment. “When...
  • 457 years after the Great Siege of Malta, Pope Francis surrenders to Islam

    04/07/2022 7:11:28 PM PDT · by ebb tide · 18 replies
    American Thinker ^ | April 7, 2022 | Andrea Widburg
    457 years after the Great Siege of Malta, Pope Francis surrenders to IslamPope Francis, despite being the head of worldwide Catholicism, always seems to be apologizing for the faith. In Malta, that apology extended to hiding the cross from illegal Muslim aliens. This act of Christian cowardice was more poignant than usual, given that Malta, in the mid-16th century, was the site of one of the Catholic world's bravest and most successful stands against Islam's push to take over Europe.The Republic of Malta is a tiny island located southwest of both the toe of the Italian boot and the island...
  • Malta: Catholics Ask Francis To Cancel Visit

    02/24/2022 2:07:31 PM PST · by ebb tide · 7 replies
    Church Militant ^ | February 23, 2022 | Jules Gomes
    Malta: Catholics Ask Francis To Cancel VisitSocialists set to exploit apostolic journey in the wake of general elections ALLETTA, Malta (ChurchMilitant.com) - The faithful are asking Pope Francis to cancel his April apostolic journey to the traditionally Catholic country of Malta, as it comes five days after the general elections, which pro-LGBTQ+ socialists are expected to win. Francis welcomes fake-Catholic Maltese prime minister "Should Pope Francis' visit proceed as per the scheduled dates, the new, incoming government will, in some way, be 'canonized' by His Holiness," warned Philip Beattie, president of Pro Malta Christiana, in a Monday letter to Malta's...
  • Malta Rejects Europe’s Demand to Legalize Abortion: There is No “Intrinsic Right” to Abort a Baby

    02/17/2022 5:57:56 PM PST · by marshmallow · 8 replies
    Life News ^ | 2/15/22 | Micaiah Bilger
    For standing up for unborn babies’ right to life, Malta is being accused of cruelty toward women. In a report Monday, Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner Dunja Mijatovic demanded that Malta legalize abortion on demand and curtail conscience rights for pro-life medical workers, according to the Malta Independent. “It is time for the authorities to repeal provisions criminalizing abortion, develop comprehensive regulation of women’s access to legal and safe abortion and improve the availability of sexual and reproductive health services,” Mijatovic wrote. She likened Malta’s protections for unborn babies to torture and claimed its pro-life laws deny women basic...
  • Order of Malta would be 'subject' of Holy See under new constitution

    01/17/2022 4:42:49 PM PST · by ebb tide · 9 replies
    The Pillar ^ | January 14, 2022 | The Pillar
    Order of Malta would be 'subject' of Holy See under new constitutionCenturies of diplomatic independence for the Sovereign Military Order of Malta could come to an end if a new Vatican-drafted constitution for the order is put into effect. The new constitution could see the religious order lose its permanent observer status at the United Nations, and would imperil its bilateral diplomatic ties.The new constitution, which would explicitly define the order as a “subject” of the Holy See, would end nearly a millennia of sovereign independence for the religious order, have sweeping implications for its diplomatic relationships with more than...