Fernando Alonso’s move to Aston Martin to replace retiring Sebastian Vettel next year was the focus of interest in Formula One after the Hungarian Grand Prix. Here AFP looks at five talking points as the world championship heads i...

Scotland's ruling nationalists have called British Conservative frontrunner Liz Truss "obnoxious" after she accused their leader Nicola Sturgeon of being an "attention seeker" for demanding independence. "I think the best thing to do...

Two armed and hooded men made off with cash during a hold-up at a gaming shop in San Ġwann late on Monday. The police said the theft took place at 10.45pm in Naxxar Road. A 30-year-old cashier and a 24-year-old client were in the ou...

The steel structures which will form the traffic flyovers at the Kirkop tunnels and airport intersection flyover will be laid in place tonight and on Wednesday night, Infrastructure Malta said. The works will be carried out between 7...

Three-time Grand Slam champion Andy Murray of Britain crashed out in the opening round of the ATP and WTA Washington Open on Monday, falling to Sweden’s Mikael Ymer. The 35-year-old Scotsman fell to 115th-ranked Ymer 7-6 (10/8), 4...

FILM Anime Festival The Eden Cinemas in St Julian’s is currently hosting its first-ever Anime Festival, showing feature-length films of some of the most popular anime series of all time, including Dragon Ball Z, Demon Slayer and My...

ECB monetary operations On July 25, the European Central Bank announced the seven-day main refinancing operation (MRO). The operation was conducted on July 26 and attracted bids from euro area eligible counterparties of €1,077.00 m...

The song 'Fil-Kexxun' performed by Alexia Micallef and written and composed by Lon Kirkop won L-Għanja tal-Poplu festival on Sunday. The song focuses on the difficulties faced by individuals dealing with anorexia while giving hope t...

Research shows that the human experience and the arts are intrinsically connected, and that engaging and participating in artistic projects can be highly beneficial. This month’s ACMHangouts session explores the connection between ...

Four South American countries will on Tuesday launch an unprecedented joint bid to host the 2030 World Cup with the hope of bringing the global showpiece back to its first home. Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay and Chile’s intention t...

The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Tuesday. Times of Malta leads with points from the population census results announced on Monday, notably how foreigners now make up almost a quarter of the population of Mal...

Five years, the entrepreneur told me. “That’s what we are giving Malta. And then we are out of this place.” The company he created in the UK and brought to Malta has always had a five-year plan, not carved in stone like a Sovie...

Maltese society has clearly become more liberal and progressive. In recent years, Malta has introduced legislation to stop discrimination based on sexual orientation and introduced IVF rights. But while progress on these niche issues...

Despite a $25 million US bounty on his head, Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri apparently felt comfortable enough with the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan to move into a home in Kabul where he would regularly appear out in the open...

On July 14, the European Commission published its interim summer 2022 economic forecast. It updates the spring 2022 forecast published on May 16, focusing on gross domestic product and inflation developments in all EU member states. ...

Obituaries ABELA. On July 28, at St Vincent De Paul Hospital, CETTINA, aged 86, widow of Loreto, passed away peacefully comforted by the rites of Holy Church. She leaves to mourn her loss her two sons Noel and his wife Bernardine, Si...

Cheap labour The food couriers’ industrial action against blatant exploitation exposes one facet of the painful and obscene reality of organised and protected cheap labour which in great part sustains our economy. This venomous tr...

The United States had killed Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, one of the world's most wanted terrorists and a mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks, in a drone strike in Kabul. In a sombre televised address, President Joe Bid...

Updated 8.03am to include directives issued by the MUMN - The nurses’ union on Tuesday issued directives to its members at state care homes, claiming inquiry conclusions that St Vincent de Paul staff failed to follow basic procedur...

Indian food couriers were told it would cost them €5,000 to come and work in Malta and they would be paid more than €1,000 a month working 40-hour weeks. But some of them ended up more than €8,000 out of pocket, and most don’...