Although there are laws to limit the marketing of gambling providers and prohibit the direct marketing of gambling to children, data gathered in the last couple of years has shown that gambling logos appear regularly in football-rela...

Yorgen Fenech returns to court on Tuesday as the case against him for complicity in the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia resumes.  Fenech, who was arrested in November 2019 and has been in police custody ever since, is pleading not ...

Asian markets were mixed on Tuesday with confidence at a premium after the previous day’s sell-off, with investors keeping a wary eye on China following its latest crackdown on a range of industries. The announcement of new regulat...

A Hong Kong court convicted a former waiter of terrorism and inciting secession on Tuesday in the first trial conducted under a national security law that was imposed by China to stamp out dissent. The watershed ruling lays down a ne...

Hibernians FC will be looking to wrap up qualification to the third qualifying round of the UEFA Conference League when they host AS Folgore, of San Marino, at the Centenary Stadium, this evening (kick-off: 8pm). The Paolites head in...

The Malta Tourism Authority has approved a second quarantine hotel, the three-star Sliema Hotel on the seafront, following a call issued after the Marina Hotel St George’s Bay was approaching full capacity earlier this month. A spo...

Britney Spears has launched a legal bid to remove her father from a controversial guardianship controlling her finances and replace him with an independent accountant, according to court documents filed Monday. Mathew Rosengart, who ...

An international team of scientists led by a prominent Harvard astronomer announced a new initiative Monday to look for evidence of technology built by extraterrestrial civilisations. Called the Galileo Project, it envisages the crea...

Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka’s dreams of home Olympic gold were crushed by a 6-1, 6-4 defeat to Marketa Vondrousova Tuesday as her return to action came to an abrupt end. Osaka, who lit the Olympic cauldron and was one of the f...

Two men were injured in a knife fight in Paola on Monday night. The police said on Tuesday that the argument took place in Triq tal-Borġ. They said a 30-year-old man went to the Paola police station at 10.30pm to report that he had ...

Bitcoin soared close to $40,000 on Monday after electric carmaker Tesla expressed fresh support for the world's most popular cryptocurrency. The unit leapt 15 per cent in Asian trade to a one-month high at $39,681, buoyed also by rep...

A wall of sand over 100 metres high swallowed a city on the fringes of the Gobi desert in northwestern China, in scenes reminiscent of a disaster film. Dunhuang, a tourist draw with a colourful history as a Silk Road outpost, momenta...

Those seeking the support provided by the various agencies and directorates within the Foundation for Social Welfare Services are predominately women, according to research carried out by the foundation. Through Aġenzija Appoġġ, A...

Prominent buildings such as the Tritons Fountain and Auberge de Castille are to be lit up in blue on Thursday and Friday as part of Malta’s blue heart campaign, being organised to mark the UN World Day Against Trafficking in Person...

A bus built to shuttle Royal Navy personnel, and eventually rebuilt as a Maltese route bus for Birkirkara commuters, has returned to her home country after becoming somewhat of a celebrity when it took part in the UK’s 2012 Olympic...

The 13th edition of Opera vs Pop Under the Stars by the Gozo Youth Orchestra, in collaboration with the Ministry for Gozo and the US Embassy, is being held at the Gozo Ministry’s courtyard on August 2. The event had to be postponed...

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Malta’s weightlifter Yazmin Zammit Stevens made her Olympic debut on Tuesday when she competed in the women’s 64kg category at the Tokyo International Forum. Competing in the Group B category, Zammit Stevens was up against four ...

On July 22, the Governing  Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) took the following decisions: The interest rate on the main refinancing operations (MRO) and the interest rates on the marginal lending facility and the deposit f...

North and South Korea signalled a surprise thaw in relations on Tuesday, announcing the restoration of cross-border communications that were severed more than a year ago and an agreement between their two leaders to improve ties. The...