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January 13, 2020

Malta: New Prime Minister to Be Sworn In, After Journalist's Murder Rocked Government
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In Malta, lawyer Robert Abela is slated to be sworn in as Malta's next
prime minister today, after former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat was
forced to resign over the murder of investigative journalist Daphne
Caruana Galizia. Malta's richest man, gambling tycoon Yorgen Fenech, has
been charged with complicity in the journalist's murder and has been
arrested in a separate money laundering case. Fenech is also linked to
Muscat's former chief of staff.


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