US-listed Chinese microblogging platform Weibo is seeking to raise up to $547 million (€483m) in a share offer in Hong Kong, documents showed on Monday, the latest China tech company to list closer to home as tensions with the Unit...

A police officers' union on Tuesday said it has registered an industrial dispute over working conditions which it says will drain manpower from police districts. “Our districts are not equipped to handle a major accident where a la...

Carmaker Nissan wants half its global sales to be electric or hybrid vehicles by 2030 and plans to plough billions of dollars into the effort, it announced on Monday. The move follows in the footsteps of other major global carmakers,...

Sirens FC have issued a statement to express their disappointment towards the Malta FA Appeals Board decision to grant permission to Gżira United to take the Premier League club to Civil Court and seek damages over the St Paul’s B...

Claims that the government is in a pre-electoral employment spree are untrue, according to the head of the public service.   Principal Permanent Secretary Mario Cutajar has rubbished employers’ claims that the government is drain...

Water is a limited commodity, which, if not managed properly, will result in scarcities in the near future. Water conservation can go a long way to decrease the possibility of such shortages. Wasting water is not only a burden on the...

Asian investors began edging back into the market on Tuesday after a two-day sell-off fuelled by fears about the impact of Omicron on the global recovery, while oil extended its rebound, though uncertainty continues to hang over trad...

A father wants the health authorities to reconsider quarantine rules after being told that his three-year-old son must either spend two weeks in a quarantine hotel or be separated from his mother. Alexandr Biketov wants his wife, Tat...

Decisions taken by referees during key moments of domestic matches have over the years been the main source of discussion with fans continuously calling for technology to be introduced in Maltese football. Since the start of the 202...

The final act of the year for the Malta women’s national will be an away fixture against Bosnia-Herzegovina in their sixth 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup qualifier. The game will be played at the Bosnia-Herzegovina training centre i...

Strong northerly winds that saw ferry services cancelled and uprooted trees on Monday are forecast to continue on Tuesday morning but should ease off later in the day. Gale-force winds forced the cancellation of ferry services betwee...

Gioachino Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle will be performed at the Jesuits’ church in Valletta on Saturday as part of the Malta International Organ Festival. Guest performers for the heart-warming and celebratory piece will be ...

The final game day of the first round of the BOV Men League had an interesting result when Mellieħa Libertas Spalding jumped to the second spot in the standings after they had the better of the leaders Starlites Naxxar with the lat...

The lawyer and former senior police officer who presides over parliament – an institution meant to represent democracy and individual rights – appears to have difficulty respecting the fundamental right to freedom of expression. ...

An eminent professor of psychopharmacology defined a drug as “something a politician once used but now regrets”. This does not seem to be far off from the local situation when it comes to marijuana. And unsurprisingly so. Cannabi...

Fireworks filled the sky over Barbados on Tuesday as the Caribbean island nation declared itself the world's newest republic, lowering Queen Elizabeth's flag as it severed colonial-era ties to the British throne to the sound of jubil...

The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Monday. Times of Malta reports on its front page that a new 15% minimum global tax rate that Malta will have to implement in 2023 will impact around 20 large employers on th...

When he was running for the Democrats’ presidential nomination, Pete Buttigieg, now US secretary for transport, was asked whether he supported a total ban on pregnancy termination. His answer ran along these lines: when a woman or ...

ECB monetary operations On November 22, the European Central Bank announced the seven-day main refinancing operations (MRO). The operation was conducted on November 23 and attracted bids from euro area eligible counterparties of €1...

Almost 20 large foreign companies may have to start paying three times as much tax as they do now once Malta is forced to introduce a new minimum corporate tax rate in 2023, according to sources working on the island’s taxation gam...