Новости за 25.07.2016

Cyber security experts and U.S. officials said on Monday there was evidence that Russia engineered the release of sensitive Democratic Party emails in order to influence the U.S. presidential election. The FBI said it was investigating a cyber intrusion at the Democratic National Committee (DNC), which has led to discord as the party's convention in Philadelphia opens on Monday to nominate former U.S. secretary of state Hillary Clinton as its candidate. Although the hacking of the DNC was known... Читать дальше...

A Canadian woman has been charged after she allegedly fired a pellet gun at Pokemon GO players from the rooftop of a Toronto-area home. Witnesses saw the 29-year-old woman fire at least four shots on Saturday night from the roof of a two-story building, police said in a statement, adding that no players were injured. A police spokesman said part of the street in the town of Newmarket, north of Toronto, had possibly been marked in the augmented reality game as a "gym," where players gather to challenge each other. Читать дальше...

Senator Bernie Sanders has called on his supporters to back Hillary Clinton in the Presidential race telling supporters who were cheering him on, "This is the real world that we live in." Sanders speaking in Philadelphia called Trump "a bully and a demagogue." He said Trump has made "bigotry and hatred the cornerstone of his campaign." and called him a "danger" for the future of the United States, that "must be defeated." He also drew cheers when he noted that DNC chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz resigned from her post. Читать дальше...

Malta’s exam-heavy educational system is failing, Malta Union of Teachers (MUT) president Kevin Bonello said in reaction to a survey published last week showing that students are not being equipped with the necessary skills for working life. The survey, carried out by the National Commission for Further and Higher Education, found that poor writing skills are making it hard for employers to fill vacancies. The national employee skills survey found that four out of 10 vacancies were reported to be hard to fill. Читать дальше...

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat this afternoon listed occasions where his wife travelled on official business abroad without him, and said the same procedures are being followed as in the past. Replying to a question in Parliament by Nationalist MP David Agius,  Dr Muscat said that since March 2013 his wife had travelled abroad nine times when he was not present. The travel was related to invitations from Puttinu Cares, The European Organisation for Rare Diseases, AIDS/LifeCycle and Special Olympics. Читать дальше...

Air hostesses are trained to handle any situation. But perhaps this Aeroflot hostess did not expect to be distracted in this manner during the mandatory safety announcements.

Amendments moved by the government to parliament’s rules of procedure were only cosmetic and would not bring about increased efficiency or strengthen the people’s voice, Nationalist MP Mario de Marco said in Parliament this afternoon. He said that while the Leader of the House, Louis Grech, had spoken of the amendments bringing about improved efficiency, he could not see what efficiency was being gained when votes would not be taken on the day they were called, but three days later. And the Opposition’s... Читать дальше...

The Church is to set up a Home to provide palliative care  for people suffering terminal illnesses and is currently looking for a place where to site it, the Curia announced this afternoon. The decision was taken by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna. The service will be provided by a registered foundation in collaboration with other entities involved in this sector. "This is the concrete reply which the Church is offering those who fear death without dignity because of the hardship which terminal illness bring," Mgr Scicluna said. Читать дальше...

MPs this afternoon observed a minute's silence out of respect for the victims of terrorism in Munich and Afghanistan. Nine people died in a shooting incident in Munich on Friday and 80 people were killed in a suicide attack in Kabul on Saturday. The Speaker, Anglu Farrugia, expressed the regret of the House.

A couple in Pennsylvania locked their children in a basement dog cage as punishment and even left their six-year-old inside a cage overnight. Thirty-six-year-old Nicholas Chamberlain and 34-year-old Linda Chamberlain were charged on Friday, said police. State police troopers said the investigation began on June 19 when police responded to a call of a child refusing to return home in Huntingdon County. Police said the couple's 13-year-old child escaped to a neighbour's house to call police after the six-year-old was locked in the cage overnight.

Britain's Prince Harry has spoken about how he regrets not talking sooner about the impact of the death of his mother, Princess Diana. Diana died in a car crash in Paris in 1997, when Harry was 12 and his brother Prince William was 15. Harry, now 31 and fifth in line to the throne, said he had not discussed his mother's death until three years ago, the BBC reported. "I really regret not talking about it," he said. "For the first 28 years of my life, I never talked about it." He added: "It is OK to suffer, but as long as you talk about it. Читать дальше...

Updated 3.26pm - A 27-year-old Syrian man who blew himself up and injured 12 people in Germany last night had pledged allegiance to Islamic State, the Bavarian interior minister said this afternoon. The man was denied asylum in Germany a year ago. He set off a bomb outside a crowded music festival in Bavaria, the fourth violent attack in Germany in less than a week. German police said a search at his house showed he had enough material to build another bomb, raising doubts about whether he had actually planned to blow himself up. Читать дальше...

The nine-year-old daughter of murder victim Eleanor Mangion Walker kept on hoping that her mother would walk through the door of their family home, a court heard today.  Eleanor Mangion Walker's lifeless body was found in a Qormi warehouse on July 3 after a tipoff from Mr Mangion’s uncle Grezzju Micallef. Her estranged husband Andrew Mangion, 40, is pleading not guilty to murder. During compilation of evidence today, prosecuting officer Kylie Borg told the court that Ms Walker’s daughter was vaguely... Читать дальше...

Maltese researchers have made a breakthrough discovery that could be crucial for the development of treatment for motor neurone diseases such as ALS, which so far have no cure. The finding was made by testing fruit flies with motor neurone disorders, which are diseases that cause the degeneration or death of the nerves in the muscles that we use to eat, talk, move and breathe. This gradually leads to muscle weakness, robbing patients of their independence, and eventually their life. Amyotrophic lateral... Читать дальше...

The MSE Share Index slipped by a further 0.05% to a five-week low of 4,463.750 points. Trading was limited to just seven equities, with three of them (BOV, RS2 and FIMBank) registering drops, two shares closing higher (HSBC and MPC) whilst another two closed unchanged.  The most actively traded equity today was HSBC Bank Malta plc as 65,879 shares having a market value of €0.10 million (representing 57.5% of the total value of equities traded) changed hands. The equity advanced by 0.6% to recapture... Читать дальше...

Helene Pellicano  has become the first Maltese player ever to win the European tennis Junior Championships, beating Denisa Hindova of the Czech Republic.   The win was a fourth straight sets victory of the week for Pellicano, whose only struggle came in a marathon semi-final against Croatia’s Noa Krznaric, in which she was forced to battle back from the brink of defeat before securing a 2-6 7-6(4) 6-4 win. Last October, Pellicano became the first Maltese to win a Tennis Europe Junior Masters title... Читать дальше...

Some 650 Maltese are in Poland for the Church's World Youth Day events which open tomorrow and end on Sunday with Mass by Pope Francis. The Maltese youths come from 23 religious organizations. They visit has been coordinated by the Catholic Action Youths (ZAK). Archbishop Charles J Scicluna met the youths in meetings organised by ZAK and the Neocatechumenal Way. He urged them to use this experience to let the Lord show them was he wanted of them and to be apostles of Christ.

The government said today that it cannot uphold a call by members of the GO Employees Foundation to dissolve its pension fund and distribute the money among existing workers, because this would go against the purposes for which the fund was set up, and constitute a crime. In a statement, the Ministry of Finance explained  that over the past few months it had been holding talks with the foundation for a way to be found for a sustainable future for the fund and for with justice for existing and former workers. Читать дальше...

A Japanese company has developed a solution to keep cool during summer heat: an armpit fan. The device is a miniature clip-on fan that can be clipped onto shirt sleeves. The fan, called Under the Armpit Cooling Device (Waki no Shita Kura in Japanese) circulates cool air through the users’ clothes at three adjustable speeds, keeping the user cool at all times. According to Rocket News 24, the clip can also be attached to the neckline of a long sleeve shirt or to the waistband of trousers, circulating the air to the lower body. Читать дальше...

Melita has announced new internet packages starting at a minimum entry level speed of 50Mbps. It said its packages are designed for different usage patterns within the household and cater for all types of users including the heavy streaming and surfing consumers. The Melita Fibre Power product suite includes Fibre Power 50Mbps Surfer, Fibre Power 50Mbps Streamer, Fibre Power 100Mbps Racer and Fibre Power 250Mbps Pro. Higher speeds are available on demand. Melita has also launched an online tool to... Читать дальше...

Turkey is in no position to become a European Union member any time soon and all negotiations for it to join will stop immediately if it reintroduces the death penalty, EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said today. Turkish authorities have suspended, detained or placed under investigation more than 60,000 soldiers, police, judges, teachers, civil servants and others since a failed military coup. "I believe that Turkey, in its current state, is not in a position to become a member any time... Читать дальше...

The disused Holiday Inn Hotel in Sliema is again attracting teenage trespassers who have now resorted to throwing furniture and glass from the balconies to the alarm of neighbours. Readers flagged the trespassing when spotting a group of teenagers walking around the abandoned rooms, destroying furnishings, and even tossing out furniture or glass over the balustrades. Neighbours annoyed by the daily occurrence are also fearing arson. One reader has forwarded photos of the trespassers to the police. Читать дальше...

New York City has reported its first case of a baby born with the birth defect microcephaly related to exposure to the Zika virus, health officials said. New York City Department of Health officials said the baby's mother was infected after travelling to an area with ongoing Zika transmission. They declined to provide further details about the mother or child. So far, the city has reported 346 cases of Zika infections, all related to travel. Of these, four have been linked to sexual transmission... Читать дальше...

Total guests and nights spent in hotels during May declined by 0.5 and 0.1 per cent respectively when compared to the corresponding month in 2015, the NSO said today. Total guests numbered 153,659, while total nights spent amounted to 826,971. Five-star and 3-star hotel categories registered decreases in total nights spent, with increases being recorded in the other categories. The largest share of guest nights was reported in 4-star hotels, accounting for 400,856 nights, or 48.5 per cent of the total. Читать дальше...

The oppression of women was rife in Malta’s past, according to a new book on the island’s history. “We have very little knowledge about women but what we do know is that they were ruthlessly oppressed here, much more than men,” says Mark Camilleri, whose new book A Materialist Revision of Maltese History: 870-1919 will be launched next month. While insights into Maltese women’s lives throughout history is limited, Mr Camilleri says that the little information available clearly shows they had to endure great suffering. Читать дальше...