Dusty Hill – the long-serving bassist of American rock-blues band ZZ Top – has died at the age of 72, his fellow band members announced on Facebook Wednesday. No cause of death was cited for Hill, who played bass for the Rock and...

Inland Revenue Commissioner Marvin Gaerty will be called to testify “as soon as possible” in front of a parliamentary committee investigating alleged ethical breaches by PL MP Rosianne Cutajar. The proposal by government members ...

Multiple members of Australia’s Olympic track and field team were placed in isolation on Thursday after a positive coronavirus case involving US pole vault world champion Sam Kendricks, Athletics Australia said. “Members of Austr...

Asian markets rose on Thursday as the Federal Reserve acknowledged the US recovery was well on track but it would not taper monetary policy just yet, while Hong Kong was lifted after China sought to reassure investors over its latest...

Prime Minister Robert Abela has asked Speaker Anġlu Farrugia to reconvene Parliament on Friday morning to discuss the Daphne Caruana Galizia inquiry report, which he received on Thursday. In a statement, the government said it will ...

US superstar Caeleb Dressel flew faster than Kyle Chalmers to add the Olympic 100m freestyle crown to his two world titles Thursday, as China’s women sparked a huge upset with a new world record to win the 4x200m relay. American Dr...

Transport Malta has targeted 26 abandoned vessels for removal from Grand Harbour following an initiative to remove half-sunken and unseaworthy vessels from the area, particularly the Marsa creek. Eleven vessels have already been remo...

Turkey is offering to protect Kabul's strategic airport after US forces leave in what experts view as a high-risk bid to improve Ankara's strained ties with Washington. Keeping the air hub safe from advancing Taliban forces became a ...

Education is key – whether to improve your career prospects, embark on a new journey or just for the sake of knowledge itself, learning enhances opportunities, opens possibilities and enriches your potential. 21 Academy was founded...

Legendary Dominican singer and songwriter Johnny Ventura, considered one of the greatest exponents of merengue, has died from a heart attack at the age of 81, health officials said. Winner of six Latin Grammys over a 60-year career, ...

A man is fighting for his life after falling from a balcony around one storey high in Pietà. The police said on Thursday the accident happened in Telgħet Gwardamanġa at 11.30pm. The 34-year-old victim, who is from Nepal, was give...

A proposal for a newly built road in Santa Venera to be named after Miriam Pace has been turned down. The proposal, by the locality’s minority leader Darren Carabott, was made in February a few months after the road, just 200 metre...

A parliamentary committee investigating alleged ethical breaches by MP Rosianne Cutajar will met again this morning, two weeks after Speaker Anġlu Farrugia stormed out of the last meeting without agreeing on a way forward. The commi...

Although the primary objective of equity investments should be for long-term capital appreciation, the consideration of an adequate regular dividend is hardly ever overlooked by investors. This is probably more pronounced with Maltes...

The Malta Medical Students' Association (MMSA) has distanced itself from vaccine-hesitant medical students as it reiterated its position in favour of vaccination. In a post on Facebook, the association dissociated itself from the opi...

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Spazju Kreattiv is showing the 2020 film Nowhere Special, written and directed by Uberto Pasolini, the nephew of famous Italian director Luchino Visconti. Based on true events, the film follows John (James Norton), a 35-year-old wind...

Eleonor Bezzina enjoyed a positive start in the women’s 25 metres Pistol event at the Tokyo 2020 Games when she placed 17th after the first round of qualification on Thursday. The competition is split over two days with the 44 part...

A Palestinian boy wounded by Israeli army fire in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday has died from his wounds, the Palestinian health ministry said. Mohamad al-Alami, 12, died in the town of Beit Omar, to the northwest of the flashp...

All too often we miss the main story and the lessons that might be drawn from it by focusing on secondary aspects. The practice and the politics of distraction and justification are routinely employed to sidestep or ignore fundamenta...