The number of online scams reported to the police has nearly doubled over previous years as fraudsters take advantage of the rise in virtual shopping due to the pandemic. The police Cyber Crime Unit received 608 reports in 2020 compa...

Changes to the law meant to safeguard band clubs from eviction from their leased premises as a result of legal action by landlords have been declared unconstitutional and in breach of the owners’ human rights. The decision was made...

The dollar broke through the 110-yen barrier on Tuesday for the first time in a year as optimism about the global economic outlook and rising US bond yields see investors turn away from the safe haven Japanese unit. The greenback hit...

When dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei secretly snapped a picture of himself showing a middle finger in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, he knew it was provocative.  But he never thought that picture would be at the heart of rising cens...

Europe's markets watchdog announced on Tuesday a €3.7 million fine against five European entities of Moody's credit ratings agency over breaches of conflict of interest rules. The violations involved the US-based agency's operation...

There are two things that a gambler enjoys the most: playing real money Australian online pokies and enjoying a good story while playing with friends. While a good gambling movie cannot give you a full gambling experience, it can sat...

Keith Schembri has been denied bail for a second time after a magistrate declared that allegations he forged documents do "not give the court the peace of mind it needs". The former prime minister's chief of staff and his close busin...

Life has ups and downs, that’s a given. But when the highs and lows are evidently more extreme than those of others, it becomes a problem. I was 20 years old when I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder type 1. I had completely lost ...

Malta national teams head coach Devis Mangia said that he is curious about how his players will be able to cope to play their third match in the space of a week when they take on group favourites Croatia in Rijeka on Tuesday night (k...

Fantasy writer George R.R. Martin has signed a five-year deal with HBO, the studio said Monday, raising hopes among Game of Thrones fans for countless more adventures set among the dragons and warring families of Westeros. The 72-ye...

Most Asian markets extended gains on Tuesday following another record on Wall Street though investors remain torn between vaccine-fuelled optimism over the economic outlook and fears over a surge in inflation the recovery is expected...

Partners and top employees at auditing firm Nexia BT will appear in court on Tuesday as the compilation of evidence against them continues.  Nexia BT managing partner Brian Tonna and his colleagues Karl Cini, Manuel Castagna and Kat...

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In today’s busy world, data protection issues may, at times, be treated as secondary, be forgotten or left by the wayside. Not a good idea. It was such slackness that had led to the Cambridge Analytica crisis in which information a...

The powerful explosive device that killed Daphne Caruana Galizia three and a half years ago rocked open a can of worms that continues to spring forth scandals and filth to this very day. When Caruana Galizia was assassinated, the mas...

A day after Times of Malta revealed tentacles of suspected corruption stretching from Malta to China, and hours before a court decides whether to grant bail to former chief of staff Keith Schembri, Foreign Minister Evarist Bartolo ha...

“Due to an ill-considered exploitation of nature, humanity runs the risk of destroying it and becoming, in turn, a victim of this degradation” (Laudato Si’, encyclical of Pope Francis, 2015). In my long tenure as mayor of the s...

In Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather, the opening scene depicts Buonasera, the undertaker. Don Corleone’s daughter is getting married and he is in a generous mood. Buonasera asks the Godfather for justice for his own daughter,...

The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Tuesday. Times of Malta leads with its investigation revealing that a Chinese negotiator is behind the secret company Macbridge. It also reports that Keith Schembri, the form...

Chinese leaders endorsed a sweeping overhaul of Hong Kong's electoral system Tuesday, slashing its number of directly elected seats and ensuring a majority of the city's lawmakers will be selected by a reliably pro-Beijing committee....