The reimagined version of the popular musical West Side Story will not reopen on Broadway, its producer said, an indirect victim of the COVID-19 pandemic's effect on New York's theatre industry. The revived production opened in Febru...

A partly dismantled electricity pylon on agricultural land at Għaxaq has prompted a farming family to take its grievances to court after several calls to Enemalta proved futile.  Eight members of the Dalli family filed a judicial p...

Japan on Tuesday apologised for the death of a Sri Lankan woman in immigration detention and pledged to reform conditions in the system. Justice Minister Yoko Kamikawa said a report on the March death of 33-year-old Wishma Sandamali ...

A 23-year-old man is to be charged in court on Tuesday after he was arrested by officers from the police drug squad on Monday for allegedly trafficking cannabis. The police said on Tuesday they received information that in the Ta’ ...

Giant pumps whir deep underground at a plant in Singapore that helps transform sewage into water so clean it is fit for human consumption while reducing ocean pollution. The tiny island nation has little in the way of natural water s...

The drive to collect government consumption vouchers for charity has been stalled by a technical glitch which means they cannot be transferred electronically to the collector’s digital e-wallet. Keith Marshall, one of those behind ...

The Travellers have released their new single: Il-Biża’, the first from their upcoming album. They have also launched a music video.  The band hinted at their return to the music scene on July 25, by going black on all their soci...

Investment giant SoftBank Group said on Tuesday net profit plunged 39 per cent in the first quarter, following gains in the same period last year related to the US merger of T-Mobile and Sprint. Net profit in the three months to June...

Heatstroke is a condition which is caused due to overheating, when the body temperature rises to 40˚C or higher, as a result of a prolonged exposure to excessively high ambient temperatures. Such condition is most prevalent during s...

A Chinese court on Tuesday upheld the death sentence passed on a Canadian citizen for drug smuggling – one of a number of legal cases to severely damage relations between Ottawa and Beijing. Robert Lloyd Schellenberg was originally...

Memories of 2018 will be in mind this week as the Malta national team aims to recreate the successful gold-medal-winning FIBA Small Countries of Europe championship, this time taking place in Dublin. Former vice-captain turned assist...

Asian markets fluctuated on Tuesday as global recovery hopes were jolted by the fast-spreading Delta variant and expectations the Federal Reserve will soon begin withdrawing the vast financial support that has helped fuel an equities...

Malta's air travel is recovering at a slower pace than its southern European counterparts, Malta International Airport said on Tuesday. July’s traffic through MIA totalled 311,692 passenger movements, recouping 39% of the July 2019...

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London's Tower Bridge was still stuck open early Tuesday, a day after a "technical failure" closed the 19th-century landmark, threatening to snarl traffic in the British capital.  The two sections of the bridge have been pointing sk...

Criminal charges against Magistrate Monica Vella are to be dropped after she settled pending tax dues.  She was facing court action after failing to file VAT returns for work carried out before she was appointed magistrate, sparking...

A popular radio programme among lovers of feasts and band marches is this year celebrating its 20th anniversary. Marċi u Bandalori, produced and presented by Joe Chetcuti, is broadcast every Sunday at 12.30pm on Net FM, with a repea...

Jack Grealish said on Monday he is enjoying the tag of becoming England’s first ever £100 million ($139 million) player after joining Premier League champions Manchester City from Aston Villa. Grealish left his boyhood club last w...

Paris Saint-Germain supporters have been gathering in anticipation of the arrival of Argentina superstar Lionel Messi after his emotional Barcelona departure at the weekend. Members of the PSG faithful assembled outside the club’s...

The worst vice is advice, declares John Milton, the owner of a New York law firm in the film The Devil’s Advocate. The experience of Malta’s attorney general’s office in its former life – though the consequences persist to th...