China’s exports rose 27.9 per cent in May while imports grew at the fastest pace in more than a decade as the global economy powers back from the pandemic crisis, official data showed on Monday. Demand for China’s goods has bounc...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing on Monday his first possible parliamentary defeat since his 2019 landslide election, over cuts to the overseas aid budget, just days before hosting the G7 summit. Breaking a manifesto pr...

The ‘State of the Nation’ survey, published on Friday, aimed to explore the values, norms and aspirations that define the Maltese. The survey, piloted by statistician Vincent Marmara, is part of President George Vella’s efforts...

Surging inflation and an economic rebound as virus curbs ease will be in focus when European Central Bank policymakers meet on Thursday, testing their commitment to keeping pandemic-era stimulus measures in place. The ECB’s 25-memb...

From biryani to pilau, Pakistan and India's shared culinary landscape is defined by basmati, a distinctive long-grain rice now at the centre of the latest tussle between the bitter rivals. India has applied for an exclusive trademark...

Floyd Mayweather predictably dominated YouTube star Logan Paul on Sunday night in an eight-round exhibition fight in Miami before admitting it could have been his final performance. Mayweather, who weighed in at 155 lbs with his oppo...

Ajit Singh, the Indian music shop owner who befriended the Beatles during their magical mystery trip in Rishikesh over half a century ago, has died aged 88. In February 1968, the Fab Four fetched up at Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's ashram...

The 14th meeting of the season, which was held on Sunday evening at the Marsa Racetrack, heralded the start of the Sette Giugno Championship for class Premier trotters. Sunday's card consisted of eleven races all for trotters. From t...

Asian markets were mostly lower on Monday as comments by US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen stoked concerns over a hike in interest rates while investors also mulled the impact of the G7 global tax plan on tech giants. Yellen told Bl...

Business schools emphasise the importance of teamwork for organisations to succeed. This is often misinterpreted to mean that organisational leaders should always aim for consensus in their decision-making process. On the other hand,...

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Fr Jimmy Bonnici and Fr Carlo Calleja have been appointed by Archbishop Charles Scicluna as rector and vice-rector respectively of the Archbishop’s Seminary. They succeed Fr Albert Buhagiar and Fr Ronnie Zammit, who held those post...

Malta has registered no new COVID-19 cases for the first time in 11 months, Health Minister Chris Fearne revealed early on Monday. “Today is the first day with zero cases since last summer,” Fearne wrote on Twitter. “It is esse...

These are the leading stories in local newspapers this Monday. Times of Malta reports that the government signed a secret deal in 2016 to relocate Marsascala Sports Club and make way for the American University of Malta, without ever...

Renault has introduced a regular hybrid version of its popular Captur – the E-Tech. Sitting alongside the Captur E-Tech plug-in hybrid, this version combines a 1.6-litre petrol engine with a 1.2kW battery and twin electric motors. ...

Tubeline Ltd, a prominent freight forwarder specialising in airfreight, international and domestic express courier services, customs brokerage and project cargo, has been acquired by Mariner Shipping Services Ltd. Michel Licari, Tube...

Acoustic duo CEL&SACCO have just released their second single Leigh, an intimate and personal song dedicated to the son of one of the band members. The duo is made up of 26-year-old singer and The X Factor finalist Celine Agius and g...

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Despite spending more than the EU average on education, Malta has some of the most unenviable achievement levels in this critical sector. The latest PISA assessment of 15-year-old students’ achievement levels in mathematics, readin...

Bar owners were busy dusting their counters on Sunday ahead of their long-awaited reopening on Monday, when more COVID-19 restrictions are eased. Bars and clubs (każini) have been shuttered since late October, when the second wave o...