A vast new investment plan aimed at modernising America’s infrastructure overcame a key legislative hurdle in the US Senate on Sunday, with legislation described as “historic” by President Joe Biden now almost certain to become...

Sepp Blatter, the former world football chief, arrived on Monday for final hearings with a Swiss prosecutor in a fraud probe surrounding a 2011 FIFA payment to Michel Platini. Former FIFA president Blatter, 85, is being investigate...

Maria* spent the last months of her pregnancy knowing the foetus she carried inside of her had an inverted heart and a hernia that had spread to its stomach. Her obstetrician had told her the body would probably self-abort and there ...

Chinese factory inflation rose more than expected in July, data showed on Monday, as surging commodity prices offset government measures to temper costs. The world’s second largest economy has largely bounced back from strict coron...

With COVID-19 fears again depressing North American moviegoing, new Warner Bros./DC superhero film The Suicide Squad led the weekend box office but took in only an estimated $26.6 million, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations said S...

Birkirkara St Joseph Sports Club hosted the final race of the Garmin BSJ Open Water Swimming Championships on Wednesday, August 4, in Salina Bay.  The Swimming Championships consisted of a total of six races, five of which consisted...

Every year, multiple research firms publish their assessments on the state of the global gambling market and its future. While the numbers featured in these reports differ, mobile gaming and blockchain technology always get listed as...

As heart-stopping images of fires and floods dominate news cycles worldwide, the UN's climate science panel will unveil on Monday its much-anticipated projections for temperature and sea-level rises less than three months before a cr...

The euro to US dollar (USD) exchange rate has moved in two to three month-cycles since the end of 2020. The eurozone currency was trading at the 1.23 handle against the US at the start of 2021, culminating two months of positive perf...

Asian markets rose on Monday but investors remained cautious after a forecast-beating US jobs report reinforced optimism about the economic recovery but fanned speculation the Federal Reserve could begin tapering monetary policy this...

GO services the telecommunication needs of several large organisations, including all of Malta’s major banking institutions, such as Bank of Valletta, which is currently implementing its BOV2023 strategy to deliver a simpler and fa...

Pharmacies are running out of popular products, including some strengths and pack sizes of Nurofen, as the pinch of the UK’s departure from the EU starts to be felt on Malta’s medicine chest. The UK is now considered a third coun...

A year has passed since August 4, 2020, when at 6pm, 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate exploded in a warehouse in the port of Beirut, Lebanon. This was the largest non-nuclear explosion that was ever recorded and left more than 200 pe...

In the lush green fields of Egypt's fertile Delta Valley, farmers and artisans are struggling to make a living as they keep alive the Pharaonic-era tradition of making papyrus. In the 1970s, an art teacher in the village of Al-Qaramu...

Vox Pop investigates how Brexit is affecting British exports. The fishing industry, cheesemakers and many other exporting businesses are complaining of excessive paperwork and misleading information from the British government.   ...

Those of a certain age who attended school when learning poems by heart was a must for all secondary school students must surely remember William Shakespeare’s amusing poem The Seven Ages of Man. Each stage describes a typical deca...

A 61-year-old man from Rabat was seriously injured on Sunday after falling from Sa Maison Gardens, Floriana. The police said the man fell at around 9.15pm and was found on Sa Maison Street. He was rushed to Mater Dei Hospital. Magist...

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Two men suffered grievous injuries in a traffic accident in Msida. The police said in a statement its officials were called to Triq D'Argens at 9.30pm on Sunday. The accident involved a Toyota Vitz driven by a 21-year-old Eritrean ma...

Lionel Messi is expected to arrive in Paris on Monday, lured by the limitless funds of PSG, having said a tearful farewell to Barcelona after 21 years. The 34-year-old, seen by the French giants’ Qatari owners as the vital missing ...