Bentley Motors has announced that the Bentayga Speed claimed accolades as one of Wards 10 Best Interiors, an annual list presented by WardsAuto. For the third year in a row, the craftsmanship and attention to detail found within Bent...

Global shortages in industrial components and raw materials are weighing on Germany’s export-driven economy, threatening to brake the recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. The country’s leading economic institutes (DIW, Ifo, If...

Netflix has launched a project with the UN's cultural body on Thursday to hunt out young filmmakers from sub-Saharan Africa and explore traditional folktales from the region.  African Folktales, Reimagined teams the US streaming gia...

Asian markets mostly rose on Thursday as investors maintained optimism in the global recovery outlook but prepared for the end of an era of cheap cash with inflation continuing to surge on the back of supply chain problems and improv...

The Malta Rugby League national team is currently in Turkey when on Thursday they open their commitments at the European Championships with a match against the Czech Republic. Coach Roderick Attard named a 19-man squad for the tourna...

TradeMalta has launched a series of one-to-one discussions titled International Insights as a follow up to the previous series of webinars on international business.  Organised with the support of HSBC Bank Malta p.l.c., and hosted ...

The Rolling Stones have cut their popular track Brown Sugar from their US tour, at least for now, in the wake of criticism over its lyrics referring to slavery. "You picked up on that, huh?" Keith Richards told the Los Angeles Times ...

A partially shredded canvas of one of British artist Banksy's most celebrated works is expected to sell for millions when it goes under the hammer on Thursday. The artwork – now called Love is in the Bin – will be offered by Lond...

Clear and accurate communication remains a cornerstone of public policy.  Ensuring the public is fully aware and briefed about the government’s ideas, plans and vision is vital in a modern democracy.  To this end, the government ...

The spectator behind one of the biggest pile-ups in Tour de France history goes on trial Thursday charged with injuring dozens of riders on the cycling race’s first day last June. The 31-year-old French woman, whose identity wa...

Spazju Kreattiv is hosting a private view of a thought-provoking exhibition on Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland that is currently running at the Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum in London. The V&A presents Alice: ...

Sue Abela and Cynthia Frendo Duca won silver in the female doubles team event at the Mediterranean Bowling Championships being held in France, to give Team Malta its first medal at this year’s competition. Abela and Frendo Duca’s...

A part-time farmer who spent two years rehabilitating a field that was used as an illegal dumping ground has been told he has no legal claim to the land in what appears to be a failure in communication between government departments....

The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Thursday. Times of Malta reports how the man convicted of the fatal stabbing of businessman Hugo Chetcuti was jailed for life. It also reports how a series of spoof calls led...

I was deeply moved and saddened to hear about the sudden demise of my one and only uncle, professor Frederick F. Fenech. Although I was aware of his poor health, having visited him only recently, I was taken aback to hear this news t...

Last year, while I was prodding the aubergines at the greengrocer’s, two uniformed policemen appeared in the doorway. One was fat, the other obese and both were looking intently at the greengrocer, trying to catch his eye. The cust...

First rule of politics: when you’re in a hole, stop digging. But that’s exactly what OPM Minister Carmelo Abela keeps doing in his defence of the government-highjacked state broadcaster. The minister has now become PBS’s mouthp...

The Conventual Franciscan Friars of Victoria are today celebrating the feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Good Health. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, including the rosary, will be held at 5.30pm followed by Mass celebrated by F...

The Dominican Friars of Valletta will mark the 132nd anniversary of the consecration of the church tomorrow. Rosary will be said at 5.45pm, followed by Mass at 6.15pm. The celebrant will also incense the 12 crosses affixed on the mai...

Obituary FENECH. On October 9, Professor FREDERICK F. FENECH, passed away peacefully at his residence, at the Gardens St Julian’s, comforted by the rites of Holy Church, surrounded by his family. He leaves to mourn his great loss, ...