Daphne Caruana Galizia

A car and an SUV are shown in blurred motion passing by the China Consulate General in Houston.

US orders Chinese Consulate in Houston closed; Middleman in Malta journalist’s murder in critical condition; Scream into Iceland’s abyss

The United States has ordered China to close its consulate in Houston. And, the self-confessed middleman in the 2017 murder of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia is in critical condition with knife wounds today, hours before he was due to give evidence in the case. Also, US President Donald Trump has signed a memorandum that would prevent undocumented immigrants in the US from being counted when US congressional voting districts are next redrawn.

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’

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