Two Maltese athletes Andrew Abela and Thomas Cremona were on the starting line of the epic desert race Marathon des Sables which is once again being held in the Moroccan desert following various postponements due to the COVID-19 pand...

Peru swore in an environmental activist as prime minister Wednesday, replacing a controversial leftwing figure in the politically tumultuous South American nation. The country's current leftist leader Pedro Castillo came to power in ...

Civil society group Repubblika has written to the European Broadcasting Union expressing concern about the government's “use and abuse” of PBS by the government. The letter was prompted by a memo to producers of current affairs p...

While a select quartet of Europe’s heavyweights battle for the Nations League crown this week, Germany, England, Portugal and Denmark will train their sights on locking down a place at next year’s World Cup in Qatar. European cha...

A 25-year-old woman has been arrested by the police after she was found in possession of what the police suspect is cocaine. The police said the woman, who is from the Dominican Republic, was arrested on her arrival in Malta on a fli...

According to his own Wikipedia page, Edward Zammit Lewis, the justice minister, is “one of the few technocratic ministers”. Let me guess: the readers who have overwhelmingly voted for permitting unelected technocrats to be appoin...

France will take to the field for Thursday’s Nations League semi-final against Belgium in Turin with something to prove following their shock early exit from Euro 2020. World champions France were among the favourites to win the su...

Suzuki has revived its Phantom name with a new special edition of its GSX-R1000R. Inspired by the GSX-R1000 K6 Phantom from 2006, the GSX-R1000R Phantom receives a Yoshimura exhaust incorporating an R11 silencer and heatshield finish...

US senators neared agreement in the small hours of Thursday to stave off a catastrophic credit default after Democrats said they were close to accepting an offer from the Republicans to raise the debt limit for two months. Mitch McCo...

The Malta Developers Association has called on the government to make political parties state-funded so that politicians would not need money from big business to operate. “This would eliminate the wrong perception that business pe...

The Malta Drag Racing Association organized the third round of the ENEMED National Drag Racing Championship last weekend. Seventy cars, including three from the United Kingdom and six motorcycles, competed at Ħal Far Raceway. Neil C...

Two Picasso paintings, one of which has spent more than 60 years in a private collection and has never been auctioned, will be among the highlights of the November sale at Christie's in New York.  Crouching Woman in Turkish Costume ...

University of Malta students have the opportunity to win an Apple Watch series 6 or a 5G smartphone during Freshers Week, which is currently under way on campus.  Students who visit the Djuno by Melita stand can participate in a gam...

A US federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked a law that bans most abortions in Texas as part of a conservative drive to deny access to the procedure. The statute, which went into force on September 1, prohibits abortions as so...

Followers of Maltese football will always remember March 24, 1985. It was the last day of the 1984-85 championship and still, the destination of the title and the relegation issues were still undecided. In the first game of the after...

The Corona J from Ambarli to Misurata, the Marina from Bizerte to Sousse (both CMA CGM Malta Agency Ltd) and the MV Eco Catania from Catania to Catania (Sullivan Maritime Ltd) today. The CMA CGM Scandola from Genoa to Suez, the Carol...

An undocumented migrant who had an accident at work and was forced to lie to emergency medics about it said regularising the position of people like him would push employers to be more vigilant when it came to safety. The Ghanaian, w...

Fr Guardian Marcello Ghirlando of the Franciscan Friars of Għajnsielem blessed the school bags of schoolchildren at Għajnsielem conventual church as part of the festivities marking the feast of St Francis of Assisi. The children we...

In last week’s article, I made reference to an important leverage ratio that analysts and investors should consider when assessing the financial strength and soundness of a company before contemplating an investment in bonds. The d...

The following are the main stories in Thursday’s newspapers. Times of Malta says the pope’s visit to Malta will not be held this year after all, amid concerns of a possible winter spike in COVID-19 cases and speculation of a loom...