Environmental NGOs and Attard residents have raised doubts about the “real intentions” behind the touted Ta’ Qali national park project. They maintain that commercial interest and concrete have overridden nature and that the pa...

The new Taigo is raring to go! Ahead of the model’s official European première, Volkswagen has revealed the name of its upcoming crossover model. The Taigo is a new addition to Volkswagen’s range of SUVs in the small vehicle seg...

Due to the growing phenomenon of digitalisation in the gaming sector, online casinos are revolving more around tablets and mobiles. It offers one of the most popular pastimes for casino players. Hence, it is not at all surprising how...

Australia's federal government has asked the medical and vaccine regulators to urgently consider the European Medicines Agency’s finding of a possible link between the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID vaccine and rare blood clots. This fol...

Holy Week was celebrated differently this year due to the COVID-19 health restrictions. Churches were open for private prayer and the Easter Triduum celebrations were celebrated in churches without the presence of the faithful. The A...

Carol Calleja, pioneering restaurateur and survivor of the tragic sinking of his yacht Esmeralda, has died aged 80 – 31 years after he was rescued from a drifting dinghy in a disaster at sea that remained impressed in people’s me...

Most Asian markets retreated on Friday as traders took their foot off the pedal ahead of a much-anticipated earnings season, while an increasingly confident mood on trading floors has analysts predicting the global equities rally sti...

Against the backdrop of rock-cut tombs and sand-swept ruins, Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli regaled revellers on Thursday in an ancient Saudi desert city at the centre of the kingdom’s tourism push. Bocelli performed alongside his fa...

One person was killed and at least five wounded in a shooting at a business in Texas Thursday, just hours after US President Joe Biden called gun violence an "epidemic" and unveiled plans to tackle the crisis. Larry Bollin, 27, was n...

Mobile payments, buying local, and online grocery shopping are among the trends observed among Maltese digital consumers in 2020  A study carried out by the Malta Communications Authority detected a 2% increase in internet usage in ...

Financial markets perio­dically suffer from sharp and sudden declines, most recently during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. Put simply, volatility can be defined as the fluctuation in the prices of investments. This leaves many investor...

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Iconic soundtracks by legendary composer Ennio Morricone will be brought to life tomorrow (April 10), in an online event by the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra with leading Italian bandoneon player Mario Stefano Pietrodarchi, under the ...

The US state of Florida is suing the Joe Biden administration to allow cruise ships to start sailing after a year-long moratorium on operations due to the coronavirus pandemic, the governor's office said Thursday.  Republican Govern...

A 21-year-old man was grievously injured on Thursday when he fell down the stairs of a house in Swieqi. The police said the accident happened in Triq Fomm il-Għeliem at 11pm. The man, who lives in Birkirkara, was given first aid by ...

Moviment Graffitti activists have remained in place on the site of a controversial road proposed in Dingli following a meeting with Ian Borg on Thursday evening. For the past 18 days, Graffitti has been preventing Infrastructure Malt...

We are all looking forward to some shape of normality and putting the corona­virus behind us, in spite of the fact that we know we will not go back to the way we were. The new normality will be different in so many ways and one of t...

In his conclusions, the magistrate conducting the Egrant inquiry had rightly noted that the sum of a hundred suspicions does not make up a single shred of evidence. He had also commented that the circumstantial evidence analysed coul...

The first case of COVID-19 in Malta was reported on March 7, 2020 and, to this day, this news still resonates in my ears. The fear of the unknown is still the cause of many uncertainties and disruptions in our daily lives. The pandem...

Rioters waged a running battle with police in Belfast on Thursday night - tossing petrol bombs, setting fires and dodging jets from water cannon as a week of unrest showed no sign of letting up. Hundreds of boys and young men gathere...