A man has been arrested in connection with the mugging of an elderly man in May. The victim, a 75-year-old man, had been found on the ground with head injuries in Misraħ il-Barrieri, Santa Venera on May 7 at 11.30pm. He had been att...

Oil majors are under growing pressure to stop drilling for crude to help curb climate change, but companies say they will wean themselves off fossil fuels at their own pace. The demand for change is coming from many sides: lawsuits, ...

Minister Carmelo Abela must put forward evidence to rebut allegations made by PN MP Jason Azzopardi linking him to the 2010 HSBC failed heist, a court has declared.  In April, Azzopardi claimed that Abela allegedly aided the maste...

Amazon shifted policy on a controversial employee productivity monitoring system Tuesday as a coalition of US labour unions took aim at the firm, saying a need for speed in warehouses led to injuries. Workers at Amazon warehouses are...

Israeli politicians battling to unseat veteran right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were locked in last-ditch talks on Wednesday to hammer out their "change" coalition composed of bitter ideological rivals. They have until th...

World number one Novak Djokovic on Tuesday hailed Naomi Osaka as “brave and bold” for withdrawing from the French Open after revealing her struggles with depression and anxiety. “I support her. I think she was very brave to do ...

After opening its first-ever theme park this March, Nintendo is giving fans something else to get excited about: a planned "Nintendo Gallery" museum set to open by spring 2024. The Japanese gaming giant announced Wednesday it plans t...

Members of the vast trans-Pacific trade deal agreed on Wednesday to start the process for Britain to join the pact as the country pursues its post-Brexit commerce strategy. Britain applied in February to join the 11-nation deal, sign...

Warden Paolo Ferrelli will guide a night tour around the Msida Bastion Cemetery and Historic Garden on Saturday. He will relate interesting stories involving duels, suicides, murders and heroism and share his knowledge on funeral and...

Since the EU has a list of approved vaccines, can tourists who are vaccinated with non-EU approved vaccines still have their vaccination certificate considered as valid when travelling to Malta? – Louis Ellul At this point in time,...

Today marks the 20th anniversary since the end of the Games of Small States of Europe in San Marino. My first ever participation at GSSE, Games that had ignited a flame which still burns as bright and as strong as I look back to all ...

China wants its women to have more children but for many young people, the government's big promises of support mean little because of soaring living costs and changing mindsets about families. On Monday, the world's most populous na...

Melita Ltd is participating in the Free Internet for Students Voucher Scheme that has been launched by the Ministry for Education. The scheme enables 16- and 17-year-olds who are stipend eligible and have continued their post-secon­...

Updated 9.40am, adds PL statement The Nationalist Party has called on the government “to stop acting irresponsibly” and start respecting the Constitution. In a statement on Wednesday, spokespersons Therese Comodini Cachia and Jos...

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EV powertrain specialist Everrati has released a new flagship electric Porsche 911. Revealed today, the model is based upon a fully restored 1991 Porsche 911 964. However, a range of carbon fibre elements help to drive down the car�...

“Don’t play with your food” used to be my mother’s stern rebuke when I didn’t like what she had cooked and toyed with it, hoping it would somehow vanish from the plate. Then the usual non-sequitur: “Don’t you know that ...

Developers on Wednesday warned that unless a solution to the dumping of construction waste was found imminently, there will be havoc on Maltese roads with road construction coming “to an almost complete standstill”. In a stateme...

A “proud” Carla Suarez Navarro came close to winning her first match back after recovering from cancer at the French Open on Tuesday, but bowed out in the first round with defeat by Sloane Stephens. The Spaniard, a former world n...

A statement by the chairman of the Public Accounts Committee linking the Electrogas project to the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia caused “irreparable harm” to Yorgen Fenech’s fundamental rights, his lawyers claim.  �...