Новости за 25.11.2017

An American woman's 21st birthday this year is tinged with sadness - it will be the last time she will receive a card and bouquet of flowers from her dead father. Just before he lost his battle with cancer at 56, Michael William Sellers arranged to have flowers delivered to his 16-year-old daughter every year on her birthday, just to let her know he was thinking of her and loved her. He prepaid to have the floral arrangement sent for five years. In a heartbreaking post on Twitter, Bailey, from Tennessee... Читать дальше...

Time magazine has disputed Donald Trump's account of how he rejected a request for an interview and photo session ahead of its "Person of the Year" issue. In a tweet as he spent the Thanksgiving holiday in Florida, the president sounded dismissive of the honour he received last year and could receive again. He tweeted: "Time Magazine called to say that I was PROBABLY going to be named 'Man (Person) of the Year,' like last year, but I would have to agree to an interview and a major photo shoot. "I said probably is no good and took a pass. Читать дальше...

There were frosty scenes across the country on Saturday as temperatures plunged overnight, with Brits warned to brace themselves for a long period of cold weather. The mercury fell well below zero in parts of the country overnight, with Topcliffe in Yorkshire experiencing minus 5.2C, and Benson, Oxfordshire, hitting a low of minus 4.9C. There were smatterings of snow in parts of Scotland and the West Midlands, while North West Motorway Police reported icy, treacherous conditions on stretches of the M62. Читать дальше...

Balzan 1; Senglea 0 Bojan Kaljevic was the hero for Balzan as they registered a narrow win over Senglea Athletic to move temporarily on top the BOV Premier League table before Valletta's big clash with rivals Floriana on Sunday. As expected, Balzan held the upper-hand, right from the start, going close on various occasions but Senglea goalkeeper Giulio Cetrangolo performed a number of good saves. However one minute in added time, Balzan managed to break the deadlock when off a cross by Cadu from the right... Читать дальше...

Manchester United saw off a determined Brighton & Hove Albion 1-0 on Saturday to reduce Manchester City's lead at the top of the Premier League to five points, while the three teams below them all dropped points. Liverpool and Chelsea drew 1-1 at Anfield while Tottenham Hotspur's pursuit stalled with a home draw against West Bromwich Albion. Those results offered an opportunity to Arsenal and surprise packets Burnley, either of whom would move into fourth if they win Sunday's meeting at Turf Moor. Читать дальше...

Naxxar 2; Mosta 0 Naxxar scored two second-half goals to send arch-rivals Mosta reeling. Naxxar’s Bastos was agonisingly close with a scissor-kick and Messias was denied by Vella after the hour mark when somehow Mosta held out early in the second half. However, as the game proceeded, the more emphatic became Naxxar’s edge. When Naxxar broke their opponents after 65 minutes, the Lions appeared to be coasting home if their lead was slender. The goal came after an intelligent piece of work by defender... Читать дальше...

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law on Saturday new measures allowing authorities to list foreign media outlets as "foreign agents" in response to what Moscow says is unacceptable US pressure on Russian media. The new law has been rushed through both Russian houses of parliament in the last two weeks. It will now allow Moscow to force foreign media to brand news they provide to Russians as the work of "foreign agents" and to disclose their funding sources. A copy of the law was published... Читать дальше...

SLIEMA WANDERERS 2; GŻIRA UNITED 1 Sliema came from behind to turn tables on their rivals Gzira United. Fortunes swayed first one way then the other as the Maroons saw their earlier one-goal advantage being neutralised three minutes before half-time before Sliema took a precious lead in time added on to hit the jackpot for the day. Andrew Cohen’s dipping cross from the ensuing corner was met by Okoye, lurking near the far post, whose powerful header shook the crossbar with the ball dropping just... Читать дальше...

Retired teachers in possession of a warrant have been offered jobs in State schools as the government deals with a shortage, Times of Malta has learnt. The call, appearing on the Education Ministry’s website, was addressed to former teachers, instructors, heads of department and heads of schools. A similar call was made a month ago to university students interested in taking teaching jobs. That led to outraged educators and students resorting to social media to declare they found it both unjust and... Читать дальше...

LIJA: 1; ĦAMRUN SPARTANS: 5 Ħamrun Spartans found no difficulty in beating bottom-placed Lija Athletic 5-1 to keep the pace with the leading pack. For Lija, this was the ninth defeat this season, leaving them anchored at the bottom of the table. The Spartans forged ahead on the 7th minute when off cross from the right, Marco Criaco tapped the ball home from close range following a cross by Arthur Faria Machado. Eight minutes later, Hamrun doubled the score when Luke Sciberras received a cross from... Читать дальше...

Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday welcomed the prospect of talks on a "grand coalition" with her Social Democrat (SPD) rivals and defended the record of the previous such government, saying it had worked well. Merkel's fourth term was cast into doubt when the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) walked out of three-way coalition talks with her conservative bloc and the Greens last Sunday, causing a political impasse in Europe's biggest economy. But on Friday, the SPD reversed a previous decision and agreed to talk to Merkel... Читать дальше...

Despite significant improvements to the Manoel Island masterplan, there should not be any commercial development in this valuable and important place, Moviment Graffitti said. "Manoel Island should serve as a stark reminder of how senseless it is to give away public land for private interests," the pressure group said about the area given to MIDI through a bi-partisan agreement in parliament several years ago. But Graffitti also noted significant improvements over the masterplan presented earlier this year... Читать дальше...

Lewis Hamilton was beaten to pole position by his Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas for Sunday's final race of the year in Abu Dhabi. World champion Hamilton, who had appeared in ominous form for much of the weekend, was on course to steal pole in the closing moments only for a scruffy end to his last lap which included him running wide at the final corner. Bottas finished the best part of two tenths of a second ahead of Hamilton under the floodlights of the Yas Marina circuit to secure his second pole in as many grands prix... Читать дальше...

At least 31 migrants died after their boat sank off Libya's western coast on Saturday and some 200 others were picked up by the coastguard to be brought back to port in Tripoli, officials said. The migrants were on two boats off the coast near Garabulli, east of Tripoli, one of which had already sunk when the coastguard arrived at the scene, said Abu Ajala Amer Abdelbari, a coast guard commander. "The boat had sunk and they were spread out in the sea, they were trying to swim towards the coast," he said. Читать дальше...

Twenty-three per cent of Maltese women experience physical, sexual or violent abuse by the time they are 15 years old, a study found. The finding of studies on domestic violence, presented by family studies lecturer Clarissa Sammut Scerri, were explained at a Commission for Domestic Violence conference. Over 31,800 women admitted to experiencing gender-based violence in 2014 in a study conducted by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights. One in every four Maltese women are victims of emotional... Читать дальше...

Two men have handed themselves into police over an incident that sparked a mass evacuation at Oxford Circus Tube station. Several people were injured and nine were taken to hospital, including one with leg injuries, after panic erupted in the packed station on Friday. Armed police raced to Oxford Circus Tube station and Oxford Street after receiving 999 calls reporting that shots had been fired. British Transport Police said the incident is believed to have started when an altercation erupted between two men on the platform. Читать дальше...

Gunmen who attacked a mosque on Friday in Egypt's North Sinai brandished an 'Islamic State' flag as they opened fire through doorways and windows, killing more than 300 worshippers, including two dozen children, officials said on Saturday. No group has claimed responsibility, but Egyptian forces are battling a stubborn IS affiliate in the region, one of the surviving branches of the militant group after it suffered defeats by U.S.-backed forces in Iraq and Syria. The assault on a mosque has stunned Egyptians... Читать дальше...

Updated 6.30pm with court details A 28-year-old ministry messenger racked up an unpaid bill of €5,000 at an Iklin outlet with the excuse that he was being sent by Parliamentary Secretary Silvio Parnis.   Keith Felice was jailed for three years after Mr Parnis got wind of the case and himself reported the fraud to the police earlier in the week.  The court heard how the accused, who used to work as a messenger in Mr Parnis's private secretariat, used to make regular purchases from JB Stores in Iklin without paying. Читать дальше...

A man is expected to be arraigned charged with defrauding Parliamentary Secretary Silvio Parnis. In a curt statement, the Department of Information said Mr Parnis had filed a report to the police against an ex-official of his private secretariat who allegedly recently defrauded the parliamentary secretary for local government. The accused was not identified and no further details were given.

Oscar-winning actress Emma Thompson has hit out at a "bunch of angry molecules bumping around in Westminster" and urged the British government to do more to bring imprisoned Briton Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe home from Iran. Thompson spoke at a march in north London by supporters of Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who has been imprisoned in Tehran since April 2016, when she was arrested at the city's airport after a holiday with her then 22-month-old daughter Gabriella. Despite suffering from pneumonia, the... Читать дальше...

Police have launched an operation to clear Islamist protesters from an intersection linking the Pakistani capital with the garrison city of Rawalpindi, sparking other demonstrations across the country. Hundreds of police in riot gear moved against the supporters of the Tehreek-i-Labaik Ya Rasool Allah party early on Saturday after a deadline expired at midnight. The police action and reaction from protesters, who have camped out at the Islamabad site for the last 20 days, sent scores of injured police... Читать дальше...

A proposal to ‘invest’ part of salary increases into government bonds which would mature after retirement was yesterday floated by Employment Minister Evarist Bartolo as a possible solution to address pension sustainability. The idea was put forward during a debate held as part of a two-day seminar organised by the UĦM Voice of the Workers on the EU pillar of social rights. Mr Bartolo noted that in 20 years’ time, the entire system might collapse, as there would be only two workers sustaining each pensioner, which was half the present number. Читать дальше...

The Malta Philharmonic Orchestra will be reuniting with British conductor Wayne Marshall today for a concert in Gozo. The orchestra will also be joined by Armenian cello virtuoso Narek Hakhnazaryan, who won the gold medal for cello performance at the prestigious International Tchaikovsky Competition in 2011. Together with the MPO, he will be performing Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme, a work for cello and orchestra which is a clear showcase of the Russian composer’s fondness for the classical music which preceded him... Читать дальше...

Lionel Messi has signed a new deal with Barcelona through to the summer of 2021. A renewal was agreed between player and club in July but it is only now that Messi has put pen to paper on the contract. Announcing the deal, the LaLiga club added that the Argentina forward has had a £626million buy-out clause inserted into his contract. That means, in all likelihood, the 30-year-old will finish his career at the Nou Camp and not, as has been reported for some time, move to Manchester City. Messi, who... Читать дальше...

Pacers 107 Raptors 104 Victor Oladipo scored 21 points, Bojan Bogdanovic added 19 and Lance Stephenson had 18 as the Indiana Pacers held off a late Toronto rally and won their fifth consecutive game 107-104 on Friday night in Bankers Life Fieldhouse. The Pacers (11-8) outscored the Raptors (11-7) 57-44 during the final two quarters. Kyle Lowry led Toronto with 24 points, and Norman Powell and Fred VanVleet each scored 16 as the Raptors lost their second in a row after a four-game winning streak.... Читать дальше...