Giuseppe Conte was sworn as Italy’s Prime minister on Friday 1st June. The government was formed after three months of political deadlock and an inconclusive election on 4th March. A last minute deal was reached on Thursday averting a fresh vote in summer amid growing market turmoil.

A political crisis started in Italy when the 5-Star Movement and the right-wing League abandoned their plan to form a coalition after the head of state Sergio Mattarella rejected their choice of 81 year old Eurosceptic economist Paolo Savona as finance minister.

A national security investigation has been launched by the Trump administration into car and truck imports that could lead to new US tariffs similar to those imposed in March on steel and aluminium.

The leaders of the League and the 5-Star Movement in Italy, which are the two parties that won the most parliamentary seats in the 4 March election agreed a governing accord. This will break a political deadlock that has dragged on since the election.

The Foundation for Respite Care Services is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation (NGO), committed to providing a professional respite service to persons with disability and their families. Timberland Finance contributed to an activity held on the 1st May 2018.

President Donald Trump said the US will withdraw from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and will impose the “highest level” of sanctions on the country. The Iran nuclear deal was an agreement reached in 2015 between Iran and the P5+1 group of world powers which are the US, UK, Russia, France and China plus Germany.

The leaders of the North and South Korea embraced after pledging to work for the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula in the first inter-korean summit in more than a decade. The two leaders announced they would work together with the United States …..

Hospice Malta cares for persons suffering from cancer, motor neurone disease, other terminal disease and support their families. This time round Hospice is organising its annual Bicycle Ride for the sixth time on Sunday 15th April, 2018 with over 300 cyclists participating. All proceeds from the Cycling challenge goes towards the free of charge Palliative Care Services to patients and their families.

In a three day visit to the United States the French President Emmanuel Macron urged the United States to reject narrow nationalism and engage the world. He said to US law makers that modern economic and security challenges must be a shared responsibility.

On Saturday, the United States, France and Britain launched 105 missiles targeting three chemical weapons facilities in Syria in retaliation for a suspected poison gas attack in Douma on 7th April. The western countries are blaming Assad for the Douma.

For the past seven years there has been a civil war with different groups trying to seize control of the country. The fighting is happening between the Soldiers who support the Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, the Rebels who are against Assad being in power and the Islamic State (IS).

Trump’s administration has pushed ahead with plans to put tariffs on about $50 billion of Chinese industrial and hi-tech products. The move is aimed at forcing Beijing to address an entrenched theft of US intellectual property and forced technology transfer from US companies to Chinese competitors.