Britain's unemployment rate dipped in the second quarter on reopening of the economy that has resulted in record-high vacancies, official data showed. While the number of payroll employees has surged, it remains below the pre-pandemi...

Alleged drug kingpin Jordan Azzopardi has been granted bail after more than two years in police custody. Azzopardi, who allegedly went by the nickname 'El Chapo of Malta', is believed to have spearheaded a large-scale criminal operat...

A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder earlier this month in Sliema. The police said on Tuesday officers from its Homicide Squad and Sliema district surrounded and then arrested a 27-year-old Libyan in Qui-Si-Sana o...

A European Vega rocket lifted off Monday night from French Guiana carrying an Earth observation satellite and four miniature "cubesats". It was the second launch this year of the Vega, a crucial component of European ambitions to com...

New Zealand moved into a snap three-day lockdown Tuesday after identifying a single case of locally transmitted COVID-19 suspected to be the Delta variant, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said. Ardern said New Zealand, which had not re...

Arthaus is presenting a mini concert featuring rock and pop-rock favourites from the likes of Aerosmith, Guns ’n’ Roses, U2, Bon Jovi and Muse.  Titled Rockwired, the event will be taking place tomorrow at Ġnien Laparelli, Vall...

Swiss researchers said Monday they had calculated the mathematical constant pi to a new world-record level of exactitude, hitting 62.8 trillion figures using a supercomputer. "The calculation took 108 days and nine hours" using a sup...

The man dubbed the "father of Sudoku" for his role in popularising the numerical brainteaser loved by millions, has died of cancer at 69, his Japanese publisher has announced. In a notice posted Monday, Nikoli said Maki Kaji died at ...

Chelsea’s Romelu Lukaku said on Monday believes he is now a “complete” striker as the club’s record signing settles back into life at Stamford Bridge. Lukaku rejoined Chelsea in a £98 million ($135 million) move from Inter...

Naomi Osaka vowed on Monday to give more than just this week’s Cincinnati Masters prize money in aid of the earthquake in her father’s native Haiti.  The natural disaster which has claimed nearly 1,300 victims, prompted an imme...

Every week, at least three mothers receive support for their newborns or small children in the form of nappies, clothes and blankets from a foundation that is now seeking to upgrade the help it offers these struggling women. “All b...

Bob Dylan has been sued in a New York court by a woman who says the US rock and folk legend sexually abused her almost 60 years ago when she was 12. The lawsuit filed Friday alleges that Dylan abused the plaintiff, referred to in cou...

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Bologna were knocked out of the Italian Cup in the first round 5-4 by Ternana on Monday in an astonishing match in which the second-division side were four goals ahead with less than an hour on the clock. Ternana were promoted to Ser...

Environmentalists have yet to come across a single turtle nest this summer, a stark contrast from last year’s record-breaking season, as fears over the impact of climate change mount. A total of 320 loggerhead turtles hatched in Ma...

ECB monetary operations On August 9, the European Central Bank announced the seven-day main refinancing operation (MRO). The operation was conducted on August 10 and attracted bids from euro area eligible counterparties of €180 mil...

Spazju Kreattiv is tomorrow screening Ben Sharrock’s 2020 deadpan comedy-drama Limbo, a wry, funny and poignant cross-cultural satire that subtly sews together the hardship and hope of the refugee experience. Set on a fictional rem...

When Britain officially left the EU, its nearest and most significant trading partner, on January 31, 2020, few people harboured any illusion about the likely disruption that many businesses would face until the new trading relations...

‘Work-life balance’ is not a very old concept. It emerged as a social policy aim in the 1970s to reconcile family life with work life. Today, we speak more broadly about work-life balance, understanding that work hours should be ...

Poland on Monday recalled its ambassador to Israel two days after Jerusalem did the same over a Polish law curbing World War II-era property claims, which the Israelis have slammed as "anti-Semitic". President Andrzej Duda on Saturda...