A bank clerk was shot dead in a botched hold-up which saw both tragedy and heroism, on this day 50 years ago. The dramatic episode unfolded at the Mġarr agency of Barclays Bank when three hooded men, one of them armed with a gun, ba...

World number two Daniil Medvedev and 2021 runner-up Stefanos Tsitsipas begin their French Open campaigns on Tuesday looking to take their first steps towards breaking the Roland Garros stranglehold of Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal....

AC Milan’s Serie A title is a personal triumph for coach Stefano Pioli, a mild-mannered father figure to the young talent who powered the charge to the Scudetto. In a league where managerial histrionics and post-match outbursts are...

World-renowned music star Ed Sheeran was sued for copyright infringement over his song Shape of You. He defended his music and won the case.  What did we learn from this case?  Facts first. The British grime music artist Sam Chokr...

Asian stocks retreated on Tuesday on concerns over the impact of China’s COVID restrictions on the world’s second-largest economy as investment banks slashed their forecasts. A strong rally on Wall Street, where the Dow closed 2....

Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez and the first lady on Monday paid a fine of three million pesos (about €23,600), in the form of a charitable donation, in return for legal proceedings against them being dropped over a birthd...

Loranne Vella was 10 months old when she was adopted. For those first few months of her life, the sisters of the Ursuline crèche in Sliema nurtured and cared for her. She was among thousands of children whose first home was the crè...

The Malta College for Arts, Science and Technology (MCAST) participated in the AgriFair 2022, held at Malta Fairs and Convention Centre last weekend. Students from MCAST’s Centre of Agriculture, Aquatics and Animal Sciences (CAAS) ...

World-renowned philosopher Peter Singer is coming to Malta to address two events organised by the Philosophy Sharing Foundation. Singer is mainly known for his revolutionary work ‘Animal Libe­ration’ and for pushing the concept ...

Devis Mangia said that managing the condition of the players will be a crucial factor to attain positive results during the national team’s hectic schedule in the UEFA Nations League next month. The Malta national teams’ head coa...

A trial against Bill Cosby began Monday in California, with a civil suit alleging the disgraced comedian sexually assaulted a teenage girl almost five decades ago. Judy Huth says the man once known as “America's Dad” attacked her...

The latest outbreak of monkeypox has, at the time of writing, reached 17 countries with 110 confirmed cases and a further 205 suspected cases. No cases have been confirmed in Malta. Here are answers to some of the most pressing quest...

Pep Guardiola joked it had been part of his plan for Manchester City to come from 2-0 down to beat Aston Villa 3-2 to claim the Premier League title as his side paraded the trophy through Manchester on Monday. Needing to win to hold ...

Novak Djokovic said Monday he “intends to go to Wimbledon” to defend his title despite the controversy over the tournament being stripped of ranking points. “Yes, I intend to go to Wimbledon,” said Djokovic after overcoming J...

ECB monetary operations On May 16, the European Central Bank announced the seven-day main refinancing operation (MRO). The operation was conducted on May 17 and attracted bids from euro area eligible counterparties of €319 million,...

The Maltese Festa Exposed was the first expo the Leone Philharmonic Society organised at the new conference and expo centre adjoining the society’s premises in Victoria. The expo was inaugurated by Gozo Minister Clint Camilleri and...

A bad hangover from the pandemic days, when public health told everyone to camp at home, is the Working From Home (WFH) practice.  In the words of Boris Johnson, “Working from home doesn’t work”! Spot on, Boris.  Unfortunatel...

The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Tuesday. Times of Malta reports that Labour candidates, on average, spent three times more than Nationalist candidates in the general election.  The Malta Independent says i...

A key objective of the European Commission’s Democracy Action Plan, presented in December 2020, is safeguarding and strengthening media freedom. The media and civil society must be able to participate freely in an open debate on th...

Russian forces on Tuesday stepped up their offensive on the last pocket of resistance around Lugansk in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region, as the conflict entered its fourth month. Since Moscow's invasion in late February, Western supp...