Paul Pogba and Manchester United team-mate Amad Diallo held up a Palestine flag on the Old Trafford pitch after Tuesday’s 1-1 draw against Fulham. United midfielder Pogba appeared to be given the flag by a fan as the players made t...

Gian Piero Gasperini can cap his transformation of Atalanta into a team now among the elite of European football with his first coaching trophy in the Italian Cup final against Juventus in Reggio Emilia on Wednesday. The 63-year-old ...

Inside a Gaza hospital, Mohammad al-Hadidi cradled his baby boy Omar – his only surviving child after Israeli air strikes killed his wife and four other sons in the night. “I have no one left in the world but you,” the 37-year-...

Fr Joseph Mamo has once again been appointed parish priest of  St Paul’s Bay. Born in December 1963, Mamo was raised in Birkirkara and studied at the Archbishop’s seminary, the University of Malta and Sant’Antonio Dottore coll...

American pop star Ariana Grande married her luxury real estate agent fiance Dalton Gomez at her home in Los Angeles on Sunday, US media reported Monday.  "It was tiny and intimate — less than 20 people. The room was so happy and f...

Germany’s competition authority said on Tuesday it had opened an inquiry into online retail giant Amazon over potential “anti-competitive practices”, using a new law giving regulators more power to rein in big tech companies. F...

Photographer Daniel Cilia caught Mount Etna in action on Wednesday morning as it belched smoke in a new eruption. He took the photo at 5.18am from Xwejni. At 3,324 metres, Etna is the tallest active volcano in Europe and has erupted ...

At least three-quarters of athletes and team members staying at Tokyo’s Olympic village will be vaccinated by the Games, International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach announced Wednesday. “At this moment, already as many as 7...

Cars, alcohol and a painting are being offered for sale by tender by the Customs Department. The department said in a statement that sealed tenders for the tale quale purchase, and removal, of 53 lots of assorted alcohol products; se...

The American lottery Mega Millions is doing it again. In Friday’s draw, the Mega Millions lottery’s jackpot is worth $515 million (€420 million). By participating in this draw, players get a chance to win an astronomical lotter...

US actor, talk-show host and writer Charles Grodin, best known for his comic deadpan performances in films such as Midnight Run and Beethoven, has died aged 86 from bone marrow cancer, his son told AFP Tuesday. Grodin starred alongsi...

Asian markets fell on Wednesday as investors struggled to break out of a long-running cycle of volatility, with optimism over the economic recovery playing off against fears about inflation, while oil prices extended their losses on ...

A pesticide banned over health concerns was detected during routine tests on fruit and vegetables in Malta, a new report has found.  The report, published by the EU’s food safety agency, says that insecticide chlorpyrifos was dete...

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"It's not a virus, it's a tool to use power," says Monique Lustig in the Netherlands, while in Germany, Hellmuth Mendel argues that "COVID is a story invented by an international financial mafia". "And what if this was all just a fil...

Can you give us an update on the vaccine for children? When do you envisage this will become available? – Anna Chircop The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the US Centres for Disease Control (CDC) have recently authorised ...

HSBC Malta’s new flagship branch, 80 Mill Street in Qormi, has been inaugurated by President George Vella. Built around customer insights and evolving customer needs, it has been designed to offer customers convenience and flexibil...

Our society is constantly evolving. New challenges need to be managed with accurate information beyond the perceptions that many of us may have about how life today is different from the way it used to be. One of the best ways to gat...

It is vital that we transform humanity’s relationship with nature in order to secure a sustainable future for people and planet. Urgent action should be taken to protect and restore the natural world in a holistic way. Humanity has...

The following are the main stories in Wednesday’s newspapers. Times of Malta says construction tycoon Charles Polidano has reached a deal with the government to shrink a massive €40 million tax bill. In another story, the newspap...