Miners in Angola have unearthed a rare pure pink diamond that is believed to be the largest found in 300 years, the Australian site operator announced Wednesday. A 170 carat pink diamond - dubbed The Lulo Rose - was discovered at Lul...

Educators, parents, and students protested outside St Albert the Great College in Valletta on Wednesday following the dismissal on Monday of longstanding headmaster Mario Mallia.  The spontaneous protest was organised by the Malta U...

Wales midfielder Aaron Ramsey has left Juventus a year before the end of his deal, the Italian club said on Tuesday. Ramsey, 31, joined Juve in 2019 as a free agent after spending almost eight years at Arsenal and won the Serie A ti...

Google has announced that it will open its Google Play application to alternative payment methods to meet new EU regulations. The issue of alternative payment methods on app marketplaces has been contentious, with Apple losing a lega...

West Ham announced the signing of Italy striker Gianluca Scamacca on Tuesday from Sassuolo on a five-year deal. The 23-year-old will reportedly cost the Hammers an initial £30.5 million ($37 million) with a further £5 million in a...

In the scorching heat, Felipe Elvira inspects the branches of his olive trees, planted as far as the eye can see on a dusty hillside in southern Spain. "There are no olives on these. Everything is dry," the 68-year-old said. He and h...

Lawyers for two former directors of Zenith Finance, whose lives have been “literally frozen” since targeted by money laundering charges over a year ago, have accused the prosecution of going on “a fishing expedition”, fishing...

Rabat Ajax will hold a testimonial match for two club stalwarts, Dylan Falzon and Adam Smeir, on Sunday. Falzon and Smeir enjoyed a distinguished career with Rabat Ajax and have now decided to hang up their boots and their career wil...

MUSIC Guè Pequeno at Gianpula Italian rapper and record producer Guè Pequeno will present his best hits at Gianpula Village tonight. The artist, who is well-known in the Italian urban scene, is known for Brivido, Veleno, Bling Blin...

When the alarm sounds at Jikei hospital in southern Japan, nurses race down a spiral staircase. Their mission: to rescue an infant left in the country's only baby hatch. For 15 years, the clinic has been the only place in Japan a chi...

The Broadcasting Authority (BA) is investigating whether the state broadcasters’ graphic coverage of a fatal stabbing in Marsa breached regulations on the reporting of tragedies. On Sunday, TVM’s 8pm news – the most followed ne...

Ousmane Dembele and Moise Kean scored two goals apiece as Barcelona and Juventus fought to an entertaining 2-2 draw in their US pre-season friendly in Dallas on Tuesday. French winger Dembele fired Barcelona ahead after 34 minutes at...

Way back in 1999, the Gozo Tourism Association, still in its early days, started promoting the catch phrase ‘Gozo, a distinct destination’. At the beginning, even though entrenched in the tourism master plan of that time, this ta...

England’s women will be talked about “all over the world” said coach Sarina Wiegman after thrashing Sweden 4-0 in Sheffield on Tuesday to reach the Euro 2022 final. After semi-final heartache in the last three major tournaments...

The following are the main stories in Wednesday’s newspapers. Times of Malta says Mario Degiorgio, the brother of George and Alfred, was remanded in custody on Tuesday after pleading not guilty to money laundering and blackmail. In...

Since Adam Smith wrote that (in)famous catchphrase about an “invisible hand of the market” adherents of capitalist ideologies have maintained that a) capitalism works in favour of the consumer, since competition forces the produc...

It is delusional to think that sustainable economic growth can be achieved by quick fixes to structural weaknesses in the factors of production. Malta’s labour market weaknesses have been known to policymakers for some time. Recent...

Bishop Anton Teuma will inaugurate the revamped Gozo Cathedral Museum on Saturday. Originally opened on October 21, 1979, the museum has for the past three years been completely renovated according to current standards. The exhibits ...

A futuristic Saudi megacity is to feature two skyscrapers extending across a swathe of desert and mountain terrain, according to the latest disclosures on the project by the kingdom's de facto ruler. The parallel structures of mirror...

President George Vella travels to Birmingham on Wednesday, paving the way for his stand-in, Acting President Frank Bezzina, to finally sign a bill reforming IVF treatment into law. Bezzina is expected to sign the bill this week, befo...