Elderly persons living in private or public social care homes will receive a € 100 direct contribution by the end of June 81,103 people in Malta and Gozo have digitally downloaded the €100 government vouchers. 72% have done so through the use of their …
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Cyberattack Forces World’s Largest Meat Supplier to Shut Down Operations
JBS Foods, the world’s largest meat supplier, has been forced to shut down operations in Australia and North America Monday, as the company has been a target of a cyberattack over the weekend, according to officials at its headquarters in Brazil. Autho…
Read moreWorld Health Organization Developing Pandemic Game Plan for Future Outbreaks
Member nations of the World Health Organization have approved a plan to negotiate the terms of an international pandemic response treaty.Attendees at the closing session of the World Health Assembly in Geneva voted Monday on resolution to create a spec…
Read moreClimate Talks Resume Online as Pressure to Act Grows
PARIS – For the first time since 2019 and following a flurry of net-zero pledges from the world’s largest emitters, UN climate negotiations resume Monday in a virtual format just six months before the crunch COP26 summit. The talks, nominally hosted by…
Read moreChina Reimposes Travel Curbs on Province After Virus Cases
BEIJING – China on Monday reimposed anti-coronavirus travel controls on its southern province of Guangdong, announcing anyone leaving the populous region must be tested for the virus following a spike in infections that has alarmed authorities. Guangdo…
Read moreWHO Calls for Unhindered Access to Gaza for Medical Supplies, Staff
GENEVA – The World Health Organization is calling for unhindered access to Gaza to provide essential medicine and medical treatment for Palestinians caught up in the 11-day Israel-Hamas conflict.Violent clashes in Gaza between Israel and the extremist …
Read moreMore COVID Jabs to Be Distributed Globally in Coming Weeks
South Korean officials announced Sunday that a million doses of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines would arrive in the country this week from the United States, doubling its earlier pledge.Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum said the shipment includes vac…
Read moreYoung Adolescents in Europe to Get Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine
Britain has confirmed yet another spike in new COVID-19 infections, with close to 4,200 cases identified across the country Friday, the highest daily number in two months. Seventy five percent of the new cases in Britain are believed to be infections w…
Read moreMedics March to WHO Headquarters in Climate Campaign
GENEVA – Medics concerned about the effects on public health of environmental degradation marched Saturday on the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, demanding health authorities make climate change and biodiversity loss their top priorities.Whi…
Read moreTHE MINISTRY FOR TRANSPORT, INFRASTRUCTURE AND CAPITAL PROJECTS AND BY THE MINISTRY FOR TOURISM AND CONSUMER PROTECTION G?adira Bay Regeneration Project announced
While visiting Ghadira Bay, Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Capital Projects Ian Borg and Minister for Tourism and Consumer Protection Clayton Bartolo announced a regeneration project with an investment expected to be of around €2 million to…
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