Riot Games, maker of the massively popular "League of Legends," announced Monday it had agreed to pay $100 million to settle a gender discrimination lawsuit. The lawsuit was originally filed by two now-former employees in 2018 who al...

A lone gunman killed four people and wounded three more -- including a police officer -- on Monday after opening fire in multiple locations across Colorado before being shot dead, US police said. The incidents began at around 5pm and...

Asian markets rose on Tuesday following strong gains on Wall Street as investors bet a surge in COVID-19 cases due to the fast-spreading Omicron variant would not derail the economic recovery. The highly mutated strain has fuelled a ...

The Nationalist Party wants the government to step in and offer financial aid to the Tourism sector until at least March of next year. In a statement on Tuesday, the PN listed a series of measures it said Malta’s hotel and catering...

Novak Djokovic has not withdrawn from the ATP Cup despite claims he was almost sure to do so, Tennis Australia said Tuesday, as other top players led by Naomi Osaka began arriving ahead of the Australian Open. There has been serious ...

France striker Kylian Mbappe believes staging the World Cup every two years instead of every four would render the competition less attractive. The 23-year-old Paris Saint-Germain forward shot to global fame as a teenager as France w...

A 30-year-old man was found dead at the foot of a bastion in Valletta on Monday evening, the police said. The man, who was from Birkirkara, is believed to have fallen from Hastings garden, which lies above the ditch. In a statement o...

In this contribution, my aim is to open up the components that make up financial planning by dissecting the main financial needs that need to be addressed. Financial planning is not just about investing money; it is about a holistic ...

Many in Malta set up the nativity scene in their homes for Christmas but Michael Caruana does not just set up one crib but hundreds of them. Caruana, who is from Santa Venera, owns a collection of about 450 small cribs, featuring 1,7...

I cut my political teeth on two issues – the ‘Troubles’ in Northern Ireland and the campaign against the evil that was Apartheid in South Africa. Both were formative for me in so many fundamental ways – primarily for the issu...

These are the leading stories in local newspapers this Tuesday. Times of Malta leads with news that Clifton Grima is to be sworn in as education minister on Wednesday, taking over that role from Justyne Caruana. The newspaper also gi...

Prime Minister Robert Abela is considering co-opting a promising female candidate to parliament to fill the third electoral district seat vacated by Silvio Grixti rather than go through the casual election process. Sources close to t...

US health authorities on Monday halved the recommended isolation time for people with asymptomatic COVID-19, as President Joe Biden warned Americans not to panic amid a surge of cases threatening wider social disruption. Speaking abo...

ECB monetary operations On December 20, the European Central Bank (ECB) announced the seven-day main refinancing operation (MRO). The operation was conducted on December 21 and attracted bids from euro area eligible counterparties of...

A Sicilian scout group, Ragusa 7, recently brought over the Bethlehem Peace Light to Malta and Gozo. The Bethlehem Peace Light – the Eternal Flame –  is traditionally lit by a child in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, at...

It is heartening to see the enthusiasm of Fr Carl Scerri (December 21) in clamouring for an alive and aware Church as it traces its vision for our future. There is no charisma without a clear and convinced identity that speaks of its...

During this holy period, apart from filling bellies and gulping massive amounts of beverages, we also feel the need to satisfy our conscience. The easiest way of achieving this is by contributing financially to the numerous collectio...

France will order companies to impose at least three work-from-home days a week for employees whenever possible to stem a fifth wave of COVID infections, Prime Minister Jean Castex said Monday. The new measure, which will be in place...

The US State Department’s decision to impose a travel ban on Konrad Mizzi and Keith Schembri has somewhat clouded Police Commissioner Angelo Gafà’s first year in office. The US authorities did what the Malta police still fail, o...

Following pressure from the EU and US, Polish President Andrzej Duda on Monday vetoed a media ownership law that critics said was aimed at silencing the US-owned news channel TVN24. "I refuse to sign the radio and television law amen...