WASHINGTON – While studying at Howard University, young Chadwick Boseman helped lead a student protest against plans to merge his beloved College of Fine Arts into the College of Arts and Sciences. He failed in that goal, but 20 years later, the accla…
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New COVID-19 Outbreak Sends Australia’s Victoria State into 4th Lockdown
VOA NEWS – Australia’s southern state of Victoria will enter into a one-week “circuit breaker” lockdown beginning Thursday as it deals with a new and growing outbreak of COVID-19 cases. The lockdown was ordered after health authorities announced 12 ne…
Read moreUNICEF Warns South Asian Children’s Lives at Risk as COVID Ravages Region
GENEVA – The U.N. Children’s Fund is calling for urgent action to save the lives of hundreds of thousands of children in South Asia who are missing out on routine life-saving vaccinations because of the COVID-19 pandemic. South Asia, home to nearly two…
Read moreWhatsApp Files Lawsuit in India over New Laws That Impact User Privacy
NEW DELHI – WhatsApp has filed a lawsuit challenging the Indian government’s new rules that require the Facebook-owned messaging platform to make people’s messages traceable, a move it says would undermine the privacy of users.The lawsuit was filed as …
Read moreTHE MINISTRY FOR TRANSPORT, INFRASTRUCTURE AND CAPITAL PROJECTS AND THE MINISTRY FOR GOZO Latest ongoing works to commence the fast ferry service
Ministers Ian Borg and Clint Camilleri visited the latest ongoing works as part of the €2.5 million investment to build new terminals so that the fast ferry service can commence, as scheduled, on the 1st of June.The two new ferry landing sites will hav…
Read moreTHE MINISTRY FOR ENERGY, ENTERPRISE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Initiatives launched to incentivise investment by enterprises in sustainability
A number of initiatives have been launched by Minster for Energy, Enterprise and Sustainable Development Miriam Dalli to support enterprises to invest in sustainable and energy efficient operations.The initiatives were launched during a press conferenc…
Read moreUS Issues ‘Do Not Travel’ Warning for Japan Ahead of Tokyo Olympics?
With less than two months remaining before the opening ceremony, the Tokyo Olympics received another jolt Monday when the U.S. government issued a warning for its citizens not to travel to Japan due to rising rates of new COVID-19 cases. The State Dep…
Read moreUS Prepares for Summer Air Travel Spike, May Allow More Foreign Visitors
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA – U.S. airlines and agencies are preparing for increased domestic air travel this summer even as the government continues to debate whether to allow more foreign travelers to visit.Shares in American Airlines, United Airlines and De…
Read moreTHE MINISTRY FOR EDUCATION Expansion of services provided by the Foundation for Educational Services being studied
“We must look forward to continue to strengthen the educational services through our national policy for the early years we have just launched, but now we have also reached another stage, which is under discussion – to expand the services provided by t…
Read moreTHE NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE Auditing of local government in Malta and Gozo
of all local councils, as well as all regional councils in Malta and Gozo on an annual basis. Following extensive discussions between the NAO, the Local Government Division (LGD), and the Local Councils Association (LCA), it has been decided that as f…
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