Malta begins its second nationwide shutdown on Thursday, with all non-essential shops and services closed. While, unlike other countries, there is no stay-at-home order, people have been encouraged to work from home and schools will ...

Mark Micallef, a former Maltese ambassador, died on Tuesday aged 70, after a short illness.  Micallef was Malta’s ambassador to the United States from 1996 to 1998, to Spain from 2013 to 2018, and to Portugal from 2018 to 2020. A ...

Vincent Muscat will be the main witness in Thursday's court case against two other alleged hitmen involved in Daphne Caruana Galizia's assassination.  George and Alfred Degiorgio stand accused of murdering the journalist in October ...

Asian markets ticked higher on Thursday as inflation concerns eased, allowing investors to focus on the global recovery and progress in fighting the coronavirus pandemic. Investors were given a positive lead from Wall Street, where t...

French skunk Pepe Le Pew will not appear in an upcoming Space Jam sequel and is not planned to feature in any new Looney Tunes cartoons, sources familiar with the productions told AFP Wednesday, as a debate swirls over sexism and "c...

Antoine Griezmann admitted Barcelona were “gutted” after going out of the Champions League in the last 16 on Wednesday, as a 1-1 draw away to Paris Saint-Germain saw the Catalans lose 5-2 on aggregate. “We put on a good showing...

Naked, dreadlocked holymen were among hundred of thousands of jubilant Hindu pilgrims who thronged the banks of India’s Ganges river on Thursday, ignoring any coronavirus threat, for one of the nation’s most famous and colourful ...

On February 27, Berkshire Hathaway Inc, the investment conglomerate run by legendary investor Warren Buffett, published its annual letter to shareholders in conjunction with the publication of its 2020 financial statements. The annua...

Remains of a railway embankment and a unique bridge in Attard that cross paths with the central link project will be preserved, however, the Malta Railway Foundation is concerned the works will cause irreparable damage. The foundatio...

Los Angeles' long-awaited Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will tackle the Oscars' "problematic history," from racism over Gone With The Wind to the recent #OscarsSoWhite campaign and snubbing of female directors, officials said We...

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Swieqi Phoenix Volleyball won its first National Cup ever after beating Flyers in two successive finals, with the identical score of 3-0. The club has dedicated this achievement to its junior players, who last week were banned from p...

The recently announced reform to outdated rent laws aims to right an unconstitutional law that bars landlords, whose property has been rented out before June 1995, to refuse lease renewal or increase rent to reflect market rates. Cl...

Japan fell silent on Thursday to mark 10 years since the worst natural disaster in the country's living memory: a powerful earthquake, deadly tsunami and nuclear meltdown that traumatised a nation. A minute's silence was observed acr...

Hundreds of Argentine football fans demonstrated on Wednesday in Buenos Aires to demand justice for superstar player Diego Maradona, who died on November 25 in circumstances under investigation. “Maradona has been left to die and i...

Hundreds of Argentine football fans demonstrated on Wednesday in Buenos Aires to demand justice for superstar player Diego Maradona, who died on November 25 in circumstances under investigation. “Maradona has been left to die and i...

The University of Malta’s Department of Arts, Open Communities and Adult Education, in collaboration with Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar (FAA), is currently coordinating an artistic research project. The project, entitled Batman Gż...

During the recent national unity conference organised by the President of the Republic, the absence of representatives of the Labour and Nationalist parties stood out. In his closing address, George Vella said political parties were ...

A 39-year-old man was grievously injured on Wednesday in a traffic accident in Naxxar. The police said on Thursday the accident happened in Triq ir-Ramla at 4pm. The victim, a Filipino who lives in Naxxar, was driving a Toyota Dyna t...

This weekend will mark exactly one year since I returned to Malta on the first flight after lockdown. Fellow passengers expressed shock as medics dressed like astronauts came on board and led us solemnly to passport control where a b...