Maltese tycoon on trial over murder of ‘one-woman WikiLeaks’ Daphne Caruana Galizia

A Maltese tycoon went on trial on Wednesday accused of ordering the murder of a hard-hitting investigative journalist that rocked the island nation, brought down a government and drew global condemnation.
Suspect Yorgen Fenech is charged with orchestrating the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia, 53, a prominent public figure and vocal critic who was killed by a bomb placed in her car near her home.
“Nine years after my mother’s murder, the man accused of commissioning it stands trial,” the...