Serena Williams, who said this week she will soon call time on her storied tennis career, departed the WTA Toronto Masters for the last time Wednesday with a 6-2, 6-4 loss to Belinda Bencic. The second-round defeat by Switzerland’...

In the latest episode of the ‘Ganado Meets Finance’ podcast, Stephanie Farrugia, senior associate at Ganado Advocates, speaks with Paulianne Nwoko, managing director of Apex Fund Services Ltd, on the representation of women in fi...

Since the start of the interim reporting season just over two weeks ago, three retail banks were among the various companies that published their half-year results. The financial performances of the three banks – namely APS Bank pl...

Hibernians face Latvian side FK RFS on Thursday in the return leg of their UEFA Conference League qualifying third-round tie (kick-off: 8.00PM). The idea of a second-leg tie against a Latvian team at Ta’ Qali may leave a bad taste ...

FILM Anime Festival The Eden Cinemas in St Julian’s is currently hosting its first-ever Anime Festival, showing feature-length films of some of the most popular anime series of all time, including Dragon Ball Z, Demon Slayer and My...

The police’s financial crimes squad will have to wait for a new head because the preferred candidate has signalled his intention to quit the force.  The process to select a new assistant police commissioner to run the Financial Cr...

A man was grievously injured in an argument in San Ġwann when he was hit by a car at around 9.30pm on Wednesday. The police said in a statement the man, a 27-year-old Polish national who lives in San Ġwann was involved in an argume...

Festa enthusiasts have hit back at the transport minister after he controversially blamed outdoor feasts for some of the country’s traffic problems. Questioned about the perennial traffic problem last week, Aaron Farrugia replied: ...

Ħamrun Spartans will go out in search of an early goal as they look to turn around their UEFA Conference League tie against Levski Sofia at the Vivacom Arena Georgi Asparuhov Stadium in Bulgaria (kick-off: 8pm). The Spartans were le...

Facebook sparked outrage by complying with US police probing an abortion case, boosting simmering fears the platform will be a tool for clamping down on the procedure. Criticism built after media reports revealed the social networkin...

This year, the Gozo Cathedral and Leone Philharmonic Society are commemorating the 125th anniversary of the arrival of one of their most cherished possessions – the statue of Santa Marija. To mark this event, Malta Post issued a sp...

Updated 8am with Health Ministry's comment Psychiatric patients are being denied free medication because health authorities refuse to accept a retired doctor’s signature, a veteran psychiatrist is claiming. John Mifsud, widely cons...

The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Thursday. Times of Malta leads with news that a new patient was admitted to Mater Dei Hospital’s emergency room every two minutes on Monday as the summer rush and the clos...

Governments depend on sustainable funding sources to support social programmes and public investments. Compliance with tax laws is crucial to keep the system working for all and support programmes that provide public health, educatio...

Donald Trump has declined to answer questions under oath about alleged fraud at his family business, as legal pressures pile up for the former president whose house was raided by the FBI just two days ago. Trump said he had "no choic...

A new patient was admitted to Mater Dei Hospital’s emergency room every two minutes on Monday as the summer rush and the closure of a major community health clinic pile pressure on the national hospital.  Although patients at the ...

Obituaries ATTARD. On August 9, at her residence in Mdina, JANE, aged 97, passed away peacefully comforted by the rites of Holy Church. She leaves to mourn her loss her children John and his wife Josianne, Jo and her partner Sean, he...

The chances are you know that it was Shakespeare who invented the phrase that “all that glitters is not gold” and who warned us against people who want their “pound of flesh”. But did you know that it’s thanks to him that w...

The progress of a country is often measured in terms of economic growth, usually taking Gross Domestic Product (GDP), measured in real terms, as a yardstick. The term ‘domestic product’ refers to what is produced locally (that is...

More mediocrity Early last month, I wrote regarding ARMS charging me (for no apparent reason) interest on unpaid bills. Their customer service is yet to contact me, of course, and my latest bill also includes interest. I have paid th...