Malta Independent - 2024-03-11

• PN MP questions why government has not yet identified site for new Mtarfa primary school
• Prime Minister pledges that pensions will continue to rise more than COLA
• ‘Political responsibi­lity must be carried’, Grech questions how Abela is still in power following public inquiry
• Sofia public inquiry: ‘We approved a one-storey workshop, not five-floor factory’
• Muscat gets enthusiast­ic welcome but does not say if he will contest MEP election
• Education: towards a politics of appreciati­on – ADPD highlights role of educators
• Activists call for abortion, end to domestic violence in Women’s Day march
• Factory constructi­on
• Planning and the voices of residents
• What to know about Russia’s presidenti­al election, set to give Putin another six-year term
• A lonely radio nerd. A poet. Vladimir Putin’s crackdown sweeps up ordinary Russians
• A surge of illegal homemade machine guns has helped fuel gun violence in the US
• Mass kidnapping­s of Nigerian students leave parents in shock and despair
• Saudi oil giant Aramco announces $121 billion profit last year, down from 2022 record
• Violence is battering Haiti’s fragile economy and causing food and water shortages
• 80 years after D-Day, a World War II veteran is getting married near beaches where US troops landed
• Djokovic wins in return to Indian Wells after 5‑year absence; Coco Gauff rallies to avoid early exit
• Sean O’Malley retains bantamweig­ht belt with unanimous decision over Marlon Vera in UFC 299
• Mikaela Shiffrin leads 1st race after six‐week injury layoff and closes in on World Cup slalom season title
• Francesco Bagnaia still number one as he wins the Qatar MotoGP
• Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard wins the weeklong Tirreno‐Adriatico race
• American rider Matteo Jorgenson wins the Paris‐Nice stage race for the first time
• Liverpool and Man City draw 1‑1 in thrilling Premier League clash at Anfield
• Another meagre point for struggling Citizens
• Italy’s migrant detention centers in spotlight after death of Guinean and calls to close them down

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