Malta can exceed expectation if they overcome a tough Luxembourg side on Saturday in their semi-final game of the FIBA European Small Countries Championship (tip-off: 7PM). However, it will take a collective effort from every player ...

Real estate agents have until September 17 to apply for their licence if they want to ensure they are licensed to practice as of next year, parliamentary secretary for construction Chris Agius has warned.  Applications submitted aft...

China’s Hou Zhihui took the first weightlifting gold of Tokyo 2020 on Saturday as she dashed India’s hopes of an elusive first women’s Olympic title. The 24-year-old world championship silver medallist Hou dominated the 49kg co...

Ice-cold Chinese shooter Yang Qian claimed the first gold of the Tokyo Games on Saturday, keeping her cool while Russian Anastasiia Galashina lost hers in a dramatic finale. Galashina had looked poised to claim gold heading into the ...

Colombia gave the green light Friday to export dried cannabis flowers for use in medical products in addition to allowing manufacturers to produce goods such as textiles or food containing the plant. In a bold embrace of a booming gl...

The MSE Equity Total Return Index (MSE) closed the week in the red, with a 0.4% decline to finish the week at 7,965.033 points. Price declines in Bank of Valletta plc (BOV) and Malta International Airport plc (MIA) shares dragged the...

Chinese tech giant Tencent must relinquish its exclusive music label rights, the market regulator said Saturday, after finding that the firm had violated antitrust laws. The ruling is the latest in a crackdown on China's tech sector ...

Vietnam locked down eight million people in Hanoi on Saturday, the latest attempt to curb a serious coronavirus outbreak that has already forced a third of the country to stay home. Authorities reported more than 7,000 new infections...

Seeds of imported indigenous plants sent out to 180,000 households are wrongly labelled “endemic” and, according to biodiversity specialist Alfred Baldacchino, risk contaminating the local gene pool. Ambjent Malta, the government...

Carmen Vella Gauci is presenting her third solo exhibition at Casino Notabile, in Rabat. Titled Revival, it features works created last winter and during the COVID lockdown period. The artist admits that working on these paintings p...

These are the leading stories in local newspapers this Saturday. Times of Malta reports that fully vaccinated people could soon be required to self-isolate for shorter periods of time if they come into contact with positive virus cas...

The European Commission finds that the time it takes to conclude court cases in this country is worrying. “Serious challenges remain as regards the efficiency of the justice system, in particular the length of court proceedings, th...

The number of people registered as unemployed has fallen to record lows not even seen before the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Robert Abela has said. Abela revealed that statistics showed that there were fewer than 1,600 people l...

Frosinone director Guido Angelozzi is looking forward to see how Malta international forward Alexander Satariano develops at the Serie B club. Interviewed by Italy’s Sky Sport, director Angelozzi admitted that they scouted Satarian...

Red Bull boss Christian Horner said Friday his team has been left with a bill for a whopping £1.3million ($1.8 million) to repair the damage to Max Verstappen’s car after the controversial collision with Lewis Hamilton at the Brit...

Public awareness on the protection of biodiversity is growing by leaps and bounds. This can be seen both on social media and in the primary and secondary schools, thanks to the dedication and hard work of teachers. Without hesitation...

Ice-cold Chinese shooter Yang Qian claimed the first gold of the Tokyo Games on Saturday, keeping her cool while Russian Anastasiia Galashina lost hers in a dramatic finale. Galashina had looked poised to claim gold heading into the ...

A motorcyclist from Iklin was grievously injured on Friday evening in a crash in his hometown.The 25-year-old was riding a Kymco Agility motorbike on Triq il-Wied at 6.15pm when he lost control of the vehicle and fell off it.  He wa...

In the early 1990s, diesel fuel was promoted as the environmentally friendly choice for passenger cars as diesel engines use less fuel to match the performance of a petrol engine. Diesel, however, contains more pollutants than petrol...

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