June 5, 2022

On Friday 3rd June 2022, Minister for Foreign and European Affairs and Trade Ian Borg officially inaugurated the Embassy of the Republic of Malta in Brazil, in the capital city of Brasilia. Minister Ian Borg stated that the Maltese Government’s decision to open this embassy is a very important step for our country’s foreign policy. He said that this is also being done even after the Maltese foreign policy strategy specified that Malta should seek to strengthen bilateral relations with Latin American countries to explore new political and even economic avenues. Minister Borg remarked that this inauguration should serve as

Narendra Modi rose from his chair and walked briskly towards the podium to deliver another nighttime address to the nation. It was expected the speech would include a rare message of interfaith harmony in the country where religious tensions have risen under his rule. The Indian prime minister was speaking from the historic Mughal-era Red Fort in New Delhi, and the event marked the 400th birth anniversary celebrations of Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth Sikh guru who is remembered for championing religious freedoms for all. The occasion and the venue, in many ways, were appropriate. Instead, Modi chose the April

Alec John Such, the bassist and a founding member of the iconic rock band Bon Jovi, has died. He was 70. The group on Sunday announced the death of Such, the New Jersey band’s bassist from 1983 to 1994. No details on when or how Such died were immediately available. A publicist for singer-songwriter Jon Bon Jovi didn’t immediately respond to messages. “He was an original,” Bon Jovi wrote in a post on Twitter. “As a founding member of Bon Jovi, Alec was integral to the formation of the band.” Bon Jovi credited Such for bringing the band together, noting