The United States and Mexico booked their tickets to the World Cup finals in Qatar on Wednesday after securing the results needed to claim the last two automatic qualifying places from the CONCACAF region. The USA were beaten 2-0 by...

Malta’s Information and Data Protection Appeals Tribunal has overturned a decision to refuse a request for information by a foreign national, ruling that all EU citizens have a right to submit information requests. Chaired by lawye...

China’s factory activity shrank in March, official data showed on Thursday, as the country’s worst COVID outbreak in two years brought sporadic lockdowns and factory closures. The Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) – a key gaug...

If you have been living in a cave for the past six months and just got out, Pope Francis is coming to Malta this weekend. And the Labour Party won big... again. The pope is a head of state and his trip is considered a state visit, bu...

Now that the dust has settled on the race to the playoffs in the MSV Life Women’s League, another final is in store on Thursday before the start of the postseason as Hibernians face ARMS Depiro in the Knock-Out final (tip-off: 13.3...

Russia’s economy will contract by 10 per cent this year and Ukraine’s gross domestic product by as much as 20 per cent as the war between the two countries causes “the greatest supply shock” for 50 years, the European develop...

Will Smith refused to leave the Oscars ceremony after attacking comedian Chris Rock, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed Wednesday, as it began disciplinary action against the megastar. Smith could face expulsion...

The GO Board of Directors has resolved to recommend a final dividend of €0.09 per share in addition to the interim dividend of €0.07 per share paid on 31 August 2021, bringing the total dividends distribution for financial year 2...

Żejtun is one of the largest villages in Malta. It is also one of the most populated areas. Yet, for some strange reason, this district’s football team has only recently reached the top division of Maltese football. However, desp...

Manchester United will play Crystal Palace at Melbourne Cricket Ground in July, organisers said Thursday, as Premier League teams resume pre-season tours which stopped when Covid hit. Cristiano Ronaldo and his United team-mates are s...

The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Thursday. Times of Malta quotes the prime minister saying his new team is a mix of experience and new blood, as the new Cabinet was sworn in on Wednesday. It also reports how...

IZI Finance plc obtained regulatory approval last week for a €30 million unsecured bond issue carrying a coupon of 4.25 per cent per annum and maturing in 2029. Although this is IZI’s first fund raise on the Malta Stock Exchange ...

Much as I have tried, I simply cannot take my mind off that incredible Gozo utterance of Joe Debono Grech, which introduced into the election debate a remarkable analogy featuring the bad and good thieves crucified on Mount Calvary. ...

The Russian defence ministry announced a local ceasefire Thursday to allow civilians to be evacuated from Ukraine's besieged port city of Mariupol. A humanitarian corridor from Mariupol to Zaporizhzhia, via the Russian-controlled po...

The people have spoken but, once more, in tongues. Saturday’s vote makes short work of just about every pet theory making the rounds. Do you think the country has a natural Labour majority? Doesn’t square with the brute fact that...

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The scene will remain imprinted in one man’s mind forever: a young mother desperately holding her baby out of the window of a sinking car before it disappeared into the murky water of Grand Harbour. It was 21 years ago today, durin...

Surprise and bafflement have greeted the appointment of Ian Borg to foreign minister. “I am very surprised. It’s one of the most wonderful ministries to have, don’t get me wrong, but it’s several steps down from what he had,�...

Obituary ATTARD. On March 29, at Mater Dei Hospital, EVELYN, aged 92, went to meet the Risen Lord, comforted by the rites of the Holy Church. She leaves to mourn her loss her brothers Frank and Albert, and his wife Artemia, her siste...

New Zealand moved to within one win of a third appearance at the World Cup finals on Wednesday when they brushed aside the Solomon Islands 5-0 in the Oceania qualifying zone final. The Kiwis, who reached the global showpiece in 1982 ...