A majority of World Cup fans support FIFA compensating migrant workers for rights abuses during preparations for the 2022 tournament in Qatar, a poll commissioned by Amnesty International and released on Thursday showed. Qatar has r...

“Carers and family members need to take some time off because it can become exhausting,” says Juanita Busuttil, daughter of late ALS patient Carmen. Juanita’s mother lived a full life; she was a sociable person, until one day s...

Cult club Union Berlin have enchanted German football on their fairytale rise all the way to the top of the Bundesliga, and this season they are hoping to carry their domestic form onto the European stage. Union head to Portugal to p...

The Maltese Olympic Committee (MOC) announced the new Athletes’ Commission which was elected following a call for nominations amongst athletes who have been competing at national level in a sport that is part of the Olympic progr...

As Atlassian Gold Partners in Malta, On Point’s mission is to continuously provide an experience of connection but also create a community in the tech industry to share valuable knowledge about Atlassian tools. On Point is committe...

Thousands queued overnight into Thursday to pay their last solemn respects to Queen Elizabeth II, with some choking back tears after seeing her coffin lying in state in London. Britain's longest-serving monarch, who died a week ago a...

ARTS Improvizza! Malta Improv Festival Malta’s first ever improvisation festival is taking place at Spazju Kreattiv in Valletta from today until Sunday. Aimed at local and international performers and improvisers, Improvizza! will ...

One of the dominant themes across financial markets over recent weeks and months was the relentless strength of the US dollar compared to most other major currencies, foremost of which are the euro and the British pound. In fact, bot...

An 85-year-old woman suffered grievous injuries on Wednesday when she was hit by a motorcycle in a traffic accident in Birkirkara, the police said on Thursday morning. The woman, from Birkirkara, was hit by a Kentoya Viking motorbike...

Sixty swimmers jumped into crystal-clear waters at Filfla last Saturday to swim the six-kilometre stretch to Malta. One swimmer stood out. That day, nine-year-old Zac Bugeja became the youngest swimmer to complete the challenge – i...

Spain beat Serbia in their opening tie of the Davis Cup group stage on Wednesday as US Open champion Carlos Alcaraz watched from the sidelines, but Great Britain and Andy Murray lost to the United States. Alcaraz, who made his Davis...

In the case The King v. Sussex Justices, dating back to 1923, Lord Hewart, then Lord Chief Justice of England, commented that ensuring justice is not only done but manifestly and undoubtedly seen to be done is not merely of some impo...

Russia's Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping gather with other Asian leaders in the ancient Silk Road city of Samarkand from Thursday for a regional summit touted as a challenge to Western global influence. Xi and Putin will be joi...

PBS Ltd miserably failed last year and it miserably failed again this year. The failing mark given by the Centre for Media, Data and Society (CMDS) published today makes PBS a serial failure. This global research centre, to study the...

As Queen Elizabeth II is mourned, the paradoxes have streamed together with the accolades. Praise is given to the late queen’s emotional restraint in public. Yet, the most fitting tribute is deemed an outpouring of grief and emotio...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, in a lecture he gave on the future of Europe at Charles University in Prague on August 29, proposed that the Council of the European Union should gradually abandon unanimity and adopt qualified majority...

Income tax on pensions The media seems to have been silent on what might have been perceived to be of minor significance: the recently issued Legal Notice 220 of 2022 which amended drastically LN 98 of 2022 issued early this year. Th...

OBITUARIES COHEN. On September 13, Sr PHILOMENA, aged 89, passed away peacefully comforted by the rites of Holy Church.  She leaves to mourn her loss the congregation of the Sisters of St Dorothy, her sister-in-law Tessie, her belov...

Activist Nawal Soufi: “Young Loujin is dead because of European politics!” Three days before a four-year-old girl died after being rescued at sea, an activist in touch with her “terrified” father had reached out to the Maltes...

Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe and Neymar all scored as Paris Saint-Germain came from a goal down to win 3-1 at Maccabi Haifa on Wednesday and make it two wins from two in the Champions League group stage. Tjaronn Chery gave Haifa a sur...