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A view of the Maltese House of Parliament, where lawmakers are set to legalize adult-use recreational cannabis, Valletta, Malta. 

Malta just legalized recreational cannabis. Will other European countries follow? 

Justice

Malta is the first European country to legalize adult-use recreational cannabis. Germany and Luxembourg are likely to follow suit, but it’s a far cry from the liberal Canadian model.

Doctors for Choice in Malta gather to advocate for a bill to decriminalize abortion in Malta.

Abortion is illegal in Malta. Activists are trying to increase access.

Reproductive rights
Migrants are shown in the near ground walking in a line as they disembark from a merchant ship with armed soldiers behind them.

Maltese soldiers seize small tanker hijacked by migrants

Conflict & Justice
refugees are rescued on the Mediterranean Sea

After turning away rescued migrants, Italy’s far-right claim ‘victory’ when Spain opens port

Immigration
Journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia's sons Matthew and Paul carry the coffin of their mother

The car bomb and the journalist: the murder that showed the ‘Two Maltas’

Conflict
Forensic experts walk in a field after a powerful bomb blew up a car and killed investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia

Maltese journalist known for taking on powerful ‘crooks’ is killed by a car bomb

Conflict

“There are crooks everywhere you look now. The situation is desperate” wrote Daphne Caruana Galizia, barely 30 minutes before she was killed.

Tourists walk on the Azure Window, a 50 metre high rock arch, at Dwejra Point cliffs on the west coast of the Maltese island of Gozo September 23, 2016.

Malta’s famous Azure Window has collapsed into the sea

Environment

One of Malta’s tourist landmarks is the Azure Window, a coast rock formation along the island’s coast. No more. Gale force winds and huge waves Wednesday destroyed the iconic geological feature.

MOAS rescuing migrants in November, 2014.

An American millionaire works to rescue migrants off the coast of Italy

Global Politics

This American millionaire set up the first privately-funded search and rescue operation in the waters off of North Africa.

Hillary Clinton makes social media waves by sending her own Text From Hillary

Environment

Hillary Clinton’s gone viral. Or her text messages have gone viral. Or her imaginary text messages have gone viral. A Tumblr blog imagining what Clinton’s text message conversations would be like sprouted up recently and became popular on the web but got a dose of mainstream credibility when Clinton herself made a submission to the site.

A Train Made Entirely of Chocolate

Arts, Culture & Media

A locomotive train made entirely out of Belgian chocolate is the centerpiece of Brussels Chocolate Week. Andrew Farrugia is the pastry chef and chocolate artist behind the 112 foot long chocolate ctrain carved out of more than a ton of chocolate.