Malta welcomes foreign workers to fill labour shortage, but repels refugees | Migration

Malta welcomes foreign workers to fill labour shortage, but repels refugees | Migration

Names marked with an asterisk* have been changed to protect identities.  Valleta, Malta – Amit* cruised through the lanes of Marsaxlokk, a colourful Maltese fishing hamlet, on his way to pick up two passengers in his taxi. “I love my job in this country,” he said. “Malta was my entry…

Second SCMP reporter dropped out of contact in China last year, sources say | Media News

Second SCMP reporter dropped out of contact in China last year, sources say | Media News

A Hong Kong reporter who has been unreachable since travelling to China more than one month ago is the second journalist at her newspaper to have a lengthy unexplained absence from work in as many years, according to multiple people familiar with the situation. Minnie Chan, a reporter with the…

No end to suffering of Gaza children as Israeli attacks rage on | Israel-Palestine conflict News

No end to suffering of Gaza children as Israeli attacks rage on | Israel-Palestine conflict News

More than 6,600 Palestinian children have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza since October 7, the government’s media office says. Thousands more are missing under the rubble amid relentless bombardment, it added. On Friday, Catherine Russell, executive director of the United Nations Children’s Fund, warned that Gaza is once again…

11 climbers dead, 12 missing after eruption of Indonesia’s Mount Marapi | News

11 climbers dead, 12 missing after eruption of Indonesia’s Mount Marapi | News

Authorities say 75 people were in the area when the West Sumatra volcano erupted on Sunday. Eleven climbers have been killed and 12 more are missing after the eruption of Indonesia’s Mount Marapi, local officials have said. Seventy-five people were in the area when the volcano in West Sumatra erupted…

What are the implications of Israel’s reported use of AI in Gaza war? | Israel-Palestine conflict

What are the implications of Israel’s reported use of AI in Gaza war? | Israel-Palestine conflict

Israel is reportedly using artificial intelligence technology to select and expand potential targets. Israel’s war has devastated much of Gaza. The few days of calm under a temporary ceasefire with Hamas have all but disappeared now, with Israel resuming its air strikes and shelling. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has…

Qatar calls for international probe into ‘Israeli crimes’ in Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Qatar calls for international probe into ‘Israeli crimes’ in Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Qatar’s prime minister says the country will continue efforts towards facilitating another truce and reaching a permanent ceasefire in Gaza. Qatar’s prime minister has said his country is calling for an “immediate, comprehensive and impartial international investigation” into what he called Israeli crimes in Gaza. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin…

Yemen’s Houthis say they targeted two Israeli ships in Red Sea: Report | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Yemen’s Houthis say they targeted two Israeli ships in Red Sea: Report | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Pentagon meanwhile says a US warship and multiple commercial ships also came under attack, potentially marking a major escalation. Yemen’s Houthi movement says it has targeted two Israeli ships with an armed drone and a naval missile, reports a spokesperson for the group’s military. The spokesperson said the two ships,…