US internet services company Yahoo said on Tuesday it has pulled out of mainland China, becoming the latest tech firm to withdraw as a crackdown by Beijing on the industry gathers pace. The move comes just days after American gaming ...

The government has yet to publish the results of a trial event held last month to test the impact of large-scale gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic. Around 300 people attended a comedy show at the Mediterranean Conference Centre...

Mizzi Studio director Jonathan Mizzi will be discussing issues surrounding climate change and biodiversity erosion at a TEDx talk being held on Friday. During his presentation, titled Designing Humanity Out of a Climate Crisis, Mizzi...

Thousands of youth activists were preparing to descend on Glasgow on Friday to protest against what they say is a dangerous lack of action by leaders at the COP26 climate summit.  Demonstrations are expected across the Scottish city...

The Malta Police Union has directed all male members of the force to sport a well-groomed beard if they so wish as from Monday. The union also directed all officers not to wear their police cap. It said hair may be dyed, but not in â...

The Malta Football Association announced plans to build a National Football Centre in Ta’ Qali that will not only be the home of the national teams but also to attract more sports tourism towards our country. Manuel Cassar, Head of...

Volvo certainly isn’t hanging around when it comes to electric vehicles. Spurred on by the release of its first fully electric model – the XC40 Recharge – it has introduced this, the C40 Recharge. Billed as Volvo’s ‘first c...

Lawyer and former Nationalist MP Franco Debono was one of three names nominated by the Nationalist Party to chair the Broadcasting Authority but all three have been rejected by the prime minister. The other two nominated by Oppositio...

A driver was cleared of all criminal liability in a collision that cost the life of a motorcyclist who crashed into the rear end of his car while going at twice the maximum speed limit.  The accident happened five years ago when Rya...

Nikolay Dinev, 34, has worked as a coal miner for 12 years but now faces an uncertain future as an EU-wide exit from coal is being discussed at the UN’s COP26 climate conference in Glasgow. “It will be a disaster... The closure i...

Malta FA president Bjorn Vassallo has appealed to all clubs to continue to support the local governing body of football’s drive to change how the game is managed in Malta through its new statute. Speaking during the MFA General Ass...

In the first two matches from the BOV GFA Knock-Out competition for first division teams, Victoria Hotspurs and Għajnsielem obtained wins so that they have set up a semi-final showdown later on this season. Victoria Hotspurs needed ...

An unusually very wet October and strong southerly winds are the reasons behind humidity levels reaching 100 per cent in Malta this week. On Friday at 8am, seven of the eight weather stations recorded 100 per cent humidity with no re...

‘The Changing Face of Banking’ is the title of the annual webinar organised by the Malta Bankers’ Association (MBA), which will be taking place on November 11 at 10am. The three-hour webinar will bring various relevant stakehol...

Facebook has changed its official name to Meta. According to Mark Zuckerberg, this reflected its ambitions to get users to be even more involved in debate, discussion and sharing ideas in a virtual world. According to many other peop...

It would not be an exaggeration to say that our country is in a sorry state. In Malta, too many supporters of both major parties are colour-blind and oblivious to the failings of their politicians. Their major concern is that their p...

A citizen journalist jailed for her coverage of China's initial response to COVID in Wuhan is close to death after going on hunger strike, her family said, prompting renewed calls from rights groups for her immediate release. Zhang Z...

One of the most eminent parish priests of the Gozo cathedral was Fr Carlo Magri. In the twilight of his years and notwithstanding his physical impairments due to poor health and failing eyesight, he decided to set up a foundation to ...

Animal carcasses have been left decomposing in the sun at the Marsa incinerator, causing a stench so unbearable it made people vomit and even prompted the foreign clients of a nearby boating facility to pack up and leave. The stench ...

Obituary FRENDO. On October 3, Fr LINO FRENDO OP, aged 97, went to meet the Risen Lord comforted by the rites of Holy Church. He leaves to mourn his loss his brothers of the Maltese Dominican Province, his sisters Genevieve and her h...