Times Of Malta
Wed, 21 Jul 2021 09:16:00 +0200Most Asian markets rise after Wall Street rally but worries persist
Bargain-buyers joined their US and European counterparts on Wednesday to fuel a rebound in most Asian markets following two days of selling, though optimism over the global economy and concerns about the fast-spreading Delta variant ...
Wed, 21 Jul 2021 08:50:00 +0200Watch: Horror on 'Line 5' as Chinese subway floods
A manicured hand touches the train carriage window as a brown swirl of floodwater squeezes up against the tunnel outside -- one of many scenes of desperation from an underground tragedy shared Wednesday across a stunned Chinese socia...
Wed, 21 Jul 2021 08:33:00 +0200Penalty points is personal data
Data relating to penalty points imposed on drivers due to road traffic offences should not be divulged to the public, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has recently affirmed. This would be in breach of the EU’s Gene...
Wed, 21 Jul 2021 08:13:00 +0200What happened on... July 21
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Wed, 21 Jul 2021 08:10:00 +0200Soprano Nicola Said sings at Cannes short film awards
Maltese soprano Nicola Said has recently performed at the Global Short Film (GSF) Festival Awards during the prestigious international Cannes Film Festival 2021 in Cannes, France. The GSF Festival Award was organised by entrepreneur,...
Wed, 21 Jul 2021 08:00:00 +0200Gemballa Marsien is modern-day interpretation of a Porsche rally icon
A new Porsche-based off-road supercar has been launched, inspired by the German firm’s iconic Dakar rally racers of the past.
It is being built by Marc Philip Gemballa (MPG), a company named after its founder, the 27-year-old son o...
Wed, 21 Jul 2021 07:57:00 +0200John Dalli demands Repubblika apology, attacks Caruana Galizia
Updated 10.10am with Repubblika reaction.
John Dalli, a former Nationalist minister and later adviser to Labour Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has demanded an apology from rule of law group Repubblika for associating him with corruptio...
Wed, 21 Jul 2021 07:26:00 +0200Giannis scores 50 to power Bucks to first NBA title since 1971
Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 50 points in an astounding all-around performance and the Milwaukee Bucks captured their first NBA title since 1971 by defeating the Phoenix Suns 105-98 on Tuesday.
The Bucks won the best-of-seven NBA Fin...
Wed, 21 Jul 2021 07:21:00 +0200Smooth road to micromobility
Electric kick scooters seem to have become quite popular, to the extent that many citizens, especially elderly ones, have been complaining about their becoming a nuisance. Fines handed out to users for leaving them lying around on pa...
Wed, 21 Jul 2021 07:05:00 +0200Beyond tribalism and clientelism - Rebekah Cilia
Tribalism and clientelism is at the rotten core of Maltese politics.
Everything is seen in the form of either black or white, or, rather, red or blue. While tribalism is inherent in our culture, we cannot let it bring about an ‘us ...
Wed, 21 Jul 2021 07:02:00 +0200Today's front pages - July 21, 2021
The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Wednesday.
Times of Malta reports that some 500 language students have tested positive for COVID-19, making up about a quarter of virus cases in Malta. It also reports testim...
Wed, 21 Jul 2021 06:45:00 +0200One year late, Tokyo Olympics sports finally gets underway
The Tokyo Olympics sports programme finally opened on Wednesday after a year's pandemic delay with softball in disaster-hit Fukushima as the Games suffered their first drugs controversy.
Japan thrashed Australia 8-1 in the first acti...
Wed, 21 Jul 2021 06:44:00 +0200Giving your child a voice – Emma De Lucca
One of the most important psychological factors in raising a family is giving children a ‘voice’.
What is meant by ‘voice’?
The fact that a child is given a voice makes them confident that they will be heard and that they wil...
Wed, 21 Jul 2021 06:43:00 +0200Quarantined teenagers get offers of food, books amid concern about conditions
A concerned mother of three has offered to “cook up a storm” for the Slovakian teenagers who suffered food poisoning while in quarantine due to COVID-19,
Gill Caruana told Times of Malta she was ‘horrified’ by the treatment s...
Wed, 21 Jul 2021 06:35:00 +0200Foreign students make up a quarter of COVID cases
Over 500 foreign students who came to Malta to study English have tested positive for COVID-19 in recent weeks.
As the health authorities continue to grapple with a spike in the number of new cases all eyes have been on the unvaccina...
Wed, 21 Jul 2021 06:34:00 +0200Announcements - July 21, 2021
Obituaries
BORG. On July 19, LOUIS, of Mosta, passed away peacefully. He leaves to mourn his loss his wife Edith, his son Mark, his daughter Roanna and her husband Stephen, his grandchildren Julian and Kathryn, his brothers and siste...
Wed, 21 Jul 2021 06:22:00 +0200Letters to the editor - July 21, 2021
A change of heart!
In December 2020, Christian Peregin wrote: “I want to live in a country where politicians pay their taxes diligently, not settle years of debt just before they contest a PN leadership election.”
A few months la...
Wed, 21 Jul 2021 06:15:00 +0200Żepp - July 21, 2021
111th day of the 'new normal'
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Tue, 20 Jul 2021 23:08:00 +0200Hibernians come from behind to beat Folgore and close in on qualification
Hibs earn comeback win in San Marino
FOLGORE 1Fedeli 5
HIBERNIANS 3
Degabriele 13
Grech 25, 83
FOLGORE
G. Lombardi; P. Tamagnini (74 G. Bonini), C. Brolli, N. Arrigoni, D. Piscaglia, M...
Tue, 20 Jul 2021 21:55:00 +0200Trump ally charged with acting as foreign agent
Thomas Barrack, a close ally to former US president Donald Trump and one of his top fundraisers, was arrested and charged Tuesday for not disclosing his lobbying on behalf of a foreign government.
The Justice Department unsealed an i...