Times Of Malta
Sun, 18 Sep 2022 10:40:00 +0200Wanted crypto founder Do Kwon says 'not on the run'
Do Kwon, the wanted South Korean founder of the failed cryptocurrency Terra, denied Sunday he was on the run after the Singapore police said he was not in the city-state as had been believed.
Kwon's whereabouts have been thrown into ...
Sun, 18 Sep 2022 10:33:00 +0200Oscars Academy makes amends over 1973 Native American protest
Almost five decades after she refused an Oscar on behalf of Marlon Brando over the treatment of Native Americans by the US film industry, Sacheen Littlefeather was honoured Saturday by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences....
Sun, 18 Sep 2022 10:11:00 +0200Local fashion scene attracting ‘precious little new talent’
One of my earliest fashion memories is of me trying to coerce my mother into buying me a pair of huge green crystal clip-on earrings. Glittering with untold promise, they would have looked way more at home on Elizabeth Taylor than a ...
Sun, 18 Sep 2022 10:11:00 +0200Gallant Malta U-19 go down fighting against Spain at Euro waterpolo championship
SPAIN 15
MALTA 9
(1-2, 4-3, 4-3, 6-1)
Spain needed five late goals to overcome the fierce challenge of Malta U-19 at the European Championships in Podgorica on Sunday.
The Maltese youngsters...
Sun, 18 Sep 2022 10:09:00 +0200Education as a priority
The Finnish educational system is widely regarded as one of the best in the world. Finland thrives to provide an education system that provides equal opportunities to all and at all levels. It is a modern and progressive country with...
Sun, 18 Sep 2022 10:05:00 +0200Phoenicia bids its own ‘special farewell’ to Queen
The Phoenicia, known to be a favourite haunt of the Queen when she was a Princess in Malta, will be bidding its own ‘special farewell’ to Her Majesty by screening her state funeral on Monday in its Club Bar, also enjoyed by Eliza...
Sun, 18 Sep 2022 10:00:00 +0200Nice ideas but disgusting motivation, Mr Boehly – James Calvert
New Chelsea owner Todd Boehly has come up with a couple of interesting ideas for the Premier League.
Speaking at a conference this week, Boehly said he would like to see the EPL take lessons from American sport, where he owns a varie...
Sun, 18 Sep 2022 10:00:00 +0200Illustrations of eco-collapse at Spazju Kreattiv
Dying Planet, currently on display at Spazju Kreattiv, is an exhibition of illustrations and paintings about climate anxiety, depicting a series of allegorical images based on the looming and real effects of climate change and enviro...
Sun, 18 Sep 2022 10:00:00 +0200Vivian turns 70
Vivian celebrated the company’s platinum anniversary, together with employees, families and close friends at Costa Del Sole in Mellieħa, on August 3.
It’s been 70 years since Wilfred Gatt, a local pharmacist, founded the busines...
Sun, 18 Sep 2022 09:19:00 +0200How can Malta weather today’s geopolitical storms? - Simon Barberi
Rarely have business and whole countries faced such a perfect storm of disruptive forces. Just as the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic recedes in many countries, the war in Ukraine has had further devastating consequences, having a rip...
Sun, 18 Sep 2022 09:10:00 +0200What’s on in Malta and Gozo – September 18
DANCE
Moveo Double Bill
Moveo Dance Company is presenting a double bill show this weekend, with choreographies by Klevis Elmazaj from Albania and Otis-Cameron Carr from the UK.
The event, supported by Arts Council Malta and the Allia...
Sun, 18 Sep 2022 09:08:00 +0200The 13 Tuesdays of Santa Luċija
The feast in honour of Santa Luċija in the village that bears its name in Gozo will this year be celebrated on December 11. So last Tuesday, September 13, kicked off the devotion of the 13 Tuesdays leading to the feast celebrated ...
Sun, 18 Sep 2022 09:00:00 +0200French footballer Pogba’s brother charged in extortion case
The elder brother of Paul Pogba has been charged and detained over the alleged extortion of the French football star, a source close to the case said Saturday.
“We are going to challenge this decision,” Mathias Pogba’s lawyer, ...
Sun, 18 Sep 2022 08:57:00 +020027 people killed in China bus crash
Twenty-seven people were killed in a bus crash in southwest China on Sunday, police said, in the country's deadliest road accident so far this year.
The crash took place on a highway in rural Guizhou province when the vehicle carry...
Sun, 18 Sep 2022 08:48:00 +0200Robert Abela orders review of ONE as debts shoot up
Robert Abela has ordered an internal review of the Labour Party’s ONE media arm, amid concerns over the company’s finances.
Labour’s chief executive Randolph Debattista, former party chief executive James Piscopo and business...
Sun, 18 Sep 2022 08:45:00 +0200Today's front pages - September 18, 2022
The following are the main stories in Sunday’s newspapers.
The Sunday Times of Malta speaks to Victor Buttigieg, who claims to be the son of the late Tumas Fenech, one of Malta’s richest men, and who wants the magnate’s childre...
Sun, 18 Sep 2022 08:05:00 +0200With inflation, war, we have to choose between bad and worse – Andreas Weitzer
When faced with bad choices, we have to opt for the least bad one, even if this means to U-turn, or to admit tacitly that it was our own, miscalculating stance which has brought us to this point in the first place. A good start is to...
Sun, 18 Sep 2022 08:00:00 +0200Joseph Muscat excited by challenge of revamping Premier League
The appointment of Joseph Muscat as chairman of the Malta Premier League was met by excitement from the local football family who are keen to see the elite championship become a more attractive competition. The former Prime Minister ...
Sun, 18 Sep 2022 08:00:00 +0200Consumer rights when buying from private sellers
Nowadays, more and more people are choosing to buy the products they need from private sellers. Very often, these sales are made online via platforms that facilitate private selling and buying.
While these purchases may result in mon...
Sun, 18 Sep 2022 07:52:00 +0200Thousands in shelters as Japan braces for dangerous typhoon
Thousands of people were in shelters in southwestern Japan on Sunday as powerful Typhoon Nanmadol churned towards the region, prompting authorities to urge nearly three million residents to evacuate.
The Japan Meteorological Agency (...