US government data on Wednesday showed a steep, faster-than-expected rise in the consumer price index in June compared to May. The increase was driven by significant increases in gasoline prices. The Bureau of Labour Statistics said ...

MARTIN DEBATTISTA speaks to Lara Zammit about his new book on the role of Maltese newspapers during World War II. LZ: The Front Page on the Front Line is a new book on the role of Maltese newspapers during World War II. What was the ...

Decades of hard work by thousands of scientists and engineers culminated in the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) on December 25, 2021. Like other space observatories before it, such as Herschel and Gaia, JWST travelled...

Stars that we can see with the naked eye are a few hundred to a few thousand light years away. That means that light from the most distant stars that we can see with the naked eye is only a few thousand years old, at most. However, s...

Chelsea, prepping for their first Premier League season since Todd Boehly’s consortium bought the club, beat Mexico’s Club America 2-1 in an international club friendly in Las Vegas. Mason Mount sealed the victory in the 83rd min...

The Delicata Classic Wine Festival, Malta’s longest-running wine festival, returns to the Upper Barrakka Gardens in Valletta, on August 13 and 14. After a forced two-year hiatus, Delicata is delighted to stage the 19th edition of t...

Investments have become a staple product of banking, yet many customers still hold them at arm’s length. However, we are making investment decisions all the time: saving for a rainy day, acquiring our first or upgrading our family ...

We are living on thin ice – due to global crises and especially Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war of aggression against Ukraine. Many things are in question. A new era, a new spirit of the times, is emerging because the barr...

A monument has been unveiled in Sliema in memory of the elderly victims of COVID-19. The unveiling was made by President George Vella, who paid tribute to the victims and also underscored the hardship which elderly people had to endu...

For many years, the Maltese rental market was constrained by rental regulations. In the years preceding 1995, the Maltese property market witnessed excess property demand. This required property owners to either rent out their vacant...

International co-operation is a key factor for economic development. Hence, compliance with international and regional standards is key to the sustainable growth of an international financial centre. As a result, the regulatory frame...

The women’s game might not have been around for a long time on the Maltese islands, with the first Malta FA championship being organised just in the 1995-96 season and won by Rabat Ajax. However, despite the several hurdles that th...

Which of Malta’s governors was most eccentric? Let’s look at the governors’ list, which runs from 1813 to 1964. The first name up is Maitland, and Sir Thomas has no competition in eccentricity. His eccentric behaviour includes ...

French President Emmanuel Macron will on Sunday mark the 80th anniversary of the wartime round-up of Jews in France at a former railway station used to deport them to Auschwitz. With him at Pithiviers station, 100 kilometres (60 mile...

American Fred Kerley led a US clean sweep as he stormed to victory in the men’s 100m at the World Championships in Oregon on Saturday. Kerley, in lane four, trailed Marvin Bracy for 95 metres of the tight race, but managed to outd...

No to abortion in EU charter The Bishops of the European Union (COMECE) expressed regret over European Parliament motion asking the European Council to include the right to abortion as part of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. C...

MUSIC Sam Ryder in concert Eurovision Song Contest 2022 runner-up and TikTok star Sam Ryder will be rocking Fort Manoel at Manoel Island on July 17. He will be accompanied by local artists Destiny, Kurt Calleja, Red Electrick and Rya...

As the Maltese say, “iż-żmien ma jistenna ’l ħadd!” (Time doesn’t wait for anyone!). The diocesan process ‘One Church, One Journey’, and the first phase of the Synod on Synodality are bound to share this experience. Le...

I’ve been trying desperately hard not to catch any of the women’s European Championships over the past 10 days or so. But before you get on your high horse and slam me for being sexist, this has absolutely nothing to do with Euro...

Jurgen Degabriele said that he is hungry to achieve more success in his football career after the Hibernians striker was on Friday crowned as the 2022 MFA Player of the Year. For the 25-year-old striker, this was the first time he h...