Malta’s Eurovision Song Contest participant Destiny Chukunyere has revealed a new outfit for next week's performance, after her first dress rehearsal dress caused an online stir. In a Facebook post, the 18-year-old singer wrote: �...

Thousands of asylum seekers without identity documents have still not been vaccinated and do not know when they will get the jab against COVID-19. While some vulnerable asylum seekers have received the vaccine, a source at the Agency...

COVID cases are declining quickly while vaccinations continue to rise slowly but surely in the US, the former epicentre of the pandemic.  Many experts believe the time will soon be right for the federal government to ease its recomm...

Malta's envoy to Ramallah has been told by the Foreign Ministry to temporarily move out of his house and stay in a hotel because of ongoing violence between Israelis and Palestinians in his neighbourhood. Foreign Minister Evarist Bar...

A forecast-busting surge in US inflation sent Asian markets tumbling on Thursday, tracking a rout on Wall Street as investors fret that the Federal Reserve will be forced to hike interest rates earlier than expected to avoid prices r...

Oscar-winning director Barry Jenkins's The Underground Railroad releases this week, the most ambitious series to tackle slavery in the United States since Roots in the 1970s. All 10 episodes land on Amazon Prime Friday, the culminat...

The European Commission has cleared Italy to give 12.8 million euros in state aid to the floundering Alitalia airline to help it absorb the losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic. "The European Commission has found that an Italian...

Following the conclusion of the annual reporting season, I generally publish an updated dividend league table and also an article showing the Maltese companies generating a double-digit return on equity (ROE) to assist investors to g...

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Ellen DeGeneres, a star of daytime American talk show culture, on Wednesday said she was calling it quits after 19 seasons anchoring a TV staple that had become tainted by toxic workplace allegations. The 63-year-old host, writer, pr...

The 1980-81 League Championship was the last one held at the Empire Stadium. It was also the first one played under the title of the Premier League. It was the end of a long and memorable era in the history of the local game. The nex...

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said forcing Manchester United to play three Premier League matches in five days was a “crime” ahead of Thursday’s rearranged fixture between the two sides. United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer made...

Thomas Tuchel said Chelsea face a “big fight” to finish in the Premier League’s top four after their damaging 1-0 defeat against Arsenal on Wednesday. Tuchel’s side missed a chance to climb above Leicester into third place as...

A motorist was injured when he lost control of his car and crashed into two parked vehicles in the early hours of Thursday. The police said the incident happened in Carmel Street, Birkirkara, at 1.15am. The motorist, a 21-year-old ma...

Tuesday’s image showing a group of black migrants huddled together wearing life jackets as they arrived on board a rescue vessel to Malta barely made the news headlines. The 70 are the ones who actually made it and hope for a bette...

The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Thursday. Times of Malta leads with Wednesday's surprise by independent MP Marlene Farrugia, who moved a private bill to repeal the crime of abortion. It also reports that as...

“If I were Italian,” Margaret Thatcher once remarked, having just been outfoxed by the infinitely cunning Giulio Andreotti, “I wouldn’t mind being ruled by Brussels.” Many Maltese who voted for EU membership in 2003 didn’...

Italy is pushing EU partners to revive migrant burden-sharing deals as it seeks to stave off a summertime surge in landings from North Africa, Prime Minister Mario Draghi said. Migration has returned to the top of the political agend...

Malta’s constitution has been amended once again. This time, parliament has enacted a law that changes the way Malta elects its representatives. The objects and reasons of this law are to enact “temporary positive measures necess...

US House Republicans have ousted conservative Liz Cheney, a fierce critic of Donald Trump, from her powerful leadership role in a move that tightens the former president's grip on the party. Eighteen months before crucial midterms an...