Prime Minister Robert Abela engaged in a bilateral meeting with Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni, on Thursday, during his visit to Rome. The meetings covered a range of important topics, including bilateral relations, the energy sector, the Mediterranean's potential, and the challenges posed by migration. The two nations discovered common interests, particularly in the energy sector, which has gained prominence due to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. He highlighted the potential of the Mediterranean region to emerge as a “hub for renewable energy”. The Prime Minister acknowledged the challenges posed by migration and the exploitative practices employed by traffickers preying on vulnerable individuals in the region.

“The chances of finding (more survivors) are minimal,” retired Greek coast guard Adm. Nikos Spanos told state-run ERT television. About 40 minutes later, according to the coast guard statement, the migrant vessel suddenly began to rock violently and then sank. You don’t need consent,” retired Italian coast guard Adm. Vittorio Alessandro said. “The coast guard cannot intervene with a vessel which doesn’t accept the intervention in international waters,” he said. “Consider also that an intervention by the coast guard could have placed an overloaded vessel in danger, which could capsize as a result of the intervention.”Eight of the survivors have been questioned by coast guard investigators.

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ATHENS: At least 79 migrants drowned and hundreds more were missing and feared dead after their overloaded boat capsized and sank in open seas off Greece, in one of Europe’s deadliest shipping disasters in recent years. The UN’s migration agency estimated up to 400 while Greece declined to speculate on the passenger count. Greek authorities did not confirm the vessel’s departure port. The Greek coast guard said EU border agency Frontex first spotted the boat on Tuesday in international waters southwest of Pylos, and Italian authorities then alerted Greece to the vessel’s presence. Alarm Phone said it informed Greek authorities, Frontex and the Greek division of the UN refugee agency UNHCR late on Tuesday afternoon.

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The 45-year-old mayor, the only Hispanic candidate in the race, declared his candidacy with the Federal Election Commission. He had teased an announcement, noting that he would be making a “big speech” Thursday at the Reagan Library in California. Read more about it here:EminemEminem’s daughter, Alaina Marie Scott has married her longtime love, Matt Moeller. Scott took to Instagram to reveal the news this week, sharing pictures from her big day. Gottlieb died Wednesday of natural causes at a New York hospital, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group announced.

KALAMATA, Greece (AP) — Rescue workers transferred the bodies of dead migrants to refrigerated trucks as a major search continued Thursday for possible survivors of a sea disaster in southern Greece. The search operation south of Greece’s Peloponnese region failed to locate any more bodies or survivors overnight or early Thursday. “The chances of finding (more survivors) are minimal,” retired Greek coast guard admiral Nikos Spanos told state-run ERT television. An aerial photograph of the vessel before it sank released by Greek authorities showed people crammed on the deck. Twenty-nine of the survivors in southern Greece remain hospitalized, mostly with symptoms of hypothermia, while eight have been questioned by coast guard investigators.

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Speaking exclusively to Libya Herald, Abdel Salam Al-Bouzaidi, said the decline in vegetable prices is due to several factors. Al-Bouzaidi is vegetable trader and fruit importer at Sug Al-Ahad (Sunday Market) fruit and vegetable market. Therefore, he explained, the supply of potatoes and tomatoes in large quantities affects general vegetable market prices due to a significant decline in their prices. No government encouragement for export of surplus productionRegarding the availability of the necessary support from the government to export the surplus of vegetables and some locally produced fruits, Al-Bouzaidi said that there is no encouragement from the competent government institutions to export the local product abroad. He said this leads to the destruction of these surplus agricultural products due to the lack of any government initiatives for their export.

At the conference held in Tripoli today it was agreed that insurance is an important part of the solution of reactivating Libya’s stalled projects. Making the keynote speech, the Ministry of Economy and Trade, Mohamed Hwej said reactivating Libya’s stalled projects will create jobs for youth and move the economic cycle forward. The causes of Libya’s stalled projectsSeveral local and international speakers (in-person and virtually) then presented papers on the subject. With an estimated 23,000 stalled projects with an average completion rate of 50 percent, speakers agreed that there is a need to prioritise projects. he said insurance frameworks already exist in the international community for stalled projects so that there is no need to reinvent the wheel for Libya’s stalled projects.

OTTAWA — Federal Labour Minister Seamus O'Regan spoke strongly in favour of keeping LGBTQ rights enshrined in labour standards this week while a United Nations agency faced a push to remove them. O'Regan,who is gay, urged the meeting in Geneva to avoid a backslide on hard-won rights for vulnerable workers. The ILO is a United Nations agency that sets international standards on issues such as child labour, the right to unionize and anti-discrimination law. "Once rights are achieved … we will not stand by and have them brushed over, put back in the closet, or taken away," O'Regan said on stage. O'Regan told delegates it took Canada decades to recognize LGBTQ rights, and that conservative groups who warned about dire consequences from same-sex marriage were in the wrong.

At least 79 people are dead and more than 100 have been rescued after a fishing boat with migrants aboard capsized near the coast of Greece on Wednesday. The boat capsized overnight 45 miles southwest of Pylos, Greece, in the country's southern Peloponnese peninsula, the Greek coast guard said Wednesday. A coast guard patrol boat headed for the area while a coast guard helicopter monitored the vessel. After supplying the ship with food, a second merchant ship approached the fishing boat with more supplies and assistance, which was declined. The coast guard patrol boat moved alongside the ship before it ultimately capsized early Wednesday.

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By Arezki Daoud:The disruptive actions of warlord Khalifa Haftar continue to reverberate on the prospect for stability in Libya. On Tuesday, Haftar “summoned” all members of the House of Representatives (MPs), including their Speaker, Aguila Saleh. But these MPs are likely to feel the wrath of the Haftar death squads and hate machine, and will likely face trouble soon. Already, one of them, a courageous woman, Siham Sergiwa, was abducted nearly four years ago for reminding Haftar that he does not call the shots. But Haftar does what he wants thanks to the support he gets from many foreign governments who are not yet keen on letting Libya return to normal.

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