Lyon said on Sunday that they had reached an agreement to sign Swiss international midfielder Xherdan Shaqiri from Liverpool. The player was due to arrive in Lyon on Sunday night to undergo a medical to complete his 11 million euro (...

We have finally begun the long-overdue public debate about the pressing realities of climate change.  The challenges have been once again highlighted in graphic terms in the recently published International Panel on Climate Change r...

Governments' habit of hiring private sector workers before an election shows no sign of subsiding, with the employers’ lobby warning that it is in full swing. In its proposals for Budget 2021, published on Monday, the Malta Employe...

Twentieth Century’s sci-fi comedy Free Guy slipped but did not trip on Sunday as it clung to the top spot in North American movie theatres with an estimated take of $18.8 million, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported. The ...

Maltese athlete George Vella will be participating in the World Deaf Athletics Championships in Lublin, being held this week. Vella, 41, has been representing Malta in Deaf Sports for 20 years, his first participation being the De...

A 30-year-old man from Qormi was arrested after a man was stabbed in Birkirkara on Sunday, the police said in a statement. The stabbing took place at 7.30pm on Triq il-Wied during an argument between two men. The victim, a 27-year-ol...

Cristiano Ronaldo will remain at Juventus this season despite being picked on the bench for their opening fixture of the new Serie A campaign at Udinese, club director Pavel Nedved insisted on Sunday. Juve legend Nedved said that the...

An 81-year-old woman has been found dead at her home in Tarxien after a fire broke out.  Lonza Busuttil died in the fire on Monday morning that also claimed the life of her dog, according to a neighbour who said the scene was “hor...

Firefighters rushed to Mġarr harbour in Gozo on Monday morning after a fire broke out aboard a Gozo Fast Ferry vessel soon after leaving port.  A police spokesperson confirmed the incident and said that passengers were evacuated fr...

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US country rock pioneer Don Everly, who was the surviving half of the Everly Brothers, has died aged 84 after a career delighting fans with a string of hits such as Bye Bye Love and Wake Up Little Susie. His death Saturday in the mus...

Scores of firefighters backed by water-dropping aircraft battled a forest fire that broke out early on Monday on the southern part of Greece's Evia island, less than two weeks after an inferno decimated its northern part. The fire wa...

Economic theory keeps changing even as we are often told that the latest version of capitalism is here to stay. The world today is a more uncertain place. Geopolitical tensions are increasing, cyberthreats not just from criminal orga...

Isuzu has its core customers that buy the D-Max for its off-road and towing capability, so this new model aims to leave those aspects unchanged, instead focusing on giving its truck a more upmarket finish. That’s why you get a far ...

Judges and magistrates will not be able to fulfil their role in upholding the rule of law if they continue to be hampered by lack of resources and supporting staff. The dire warning is sounded by the Association of Judges and Magistr...

Stagecoach Malta is now enrolling new students, with the aim of encouraging children to learn, grow and thrive in a creative environment. Performing arts can have a positive impact on mental well-being in young people, including redu...

Who would have thought that the tiny island nation of Malta could make such a gigantic statement in the world of international cricket? Currently, the national team is competing in the BGA triangular cup, against Gibraltar and host n...

The French Ligue 1 game between Nice and Marseille was abandoned Sunday when fans of the home side invaded the pitch and angrily confronted opposing player Dimitri Payet, who had thrown a bottle lobbed at him back into the crowd, bef...

Winning an Olympic medal is the dream of every sports athlete around the world let alone a small country like Malta and it’s inevitable that every time these games are held there is the usual question: when are we going to see a Ma...

The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Monday. Times of Malta leads its front page with news that Yorgen Fenech offered to give jobs within his sprawling Tumas empire to supporters of Edward Zammit Lewis. In a sep...