14

Nov

Photo Story: U2 perform at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane

Irish rock band U2 perform at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Australia. The Joshua Tree Tour 2019 will see U2 return to New Zealand and Australia for the first time since…

Read More Here

14

Nov

Photo Story: The Mandalorian premieres in Los Angeles

A billboard showing Disney Plus web television series 'The Mandalorian' hangs above the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles, California, USA, 13 November 2019. The Mandalorian (also known as Star…

Read More Here

14

Nov

Calls in France for boycott of latest Polanski film after new rape claim

Film director Roman Polanski was facing calls for a boycott of his new film which opened in France Wednesday, in the wake of the latest rape accusation against the controversial…

Read More Here

14

Nov

On This Day…

1680 - Gottfried Kirch discovers the Great Comet of 1680 (Kirch's Comet/Newton's Comet). 1851 - Harper & Brothers published Herman Melville's masterpiece, Moby Dick. 1896 - Power plant at Niagara…

Read More Here

14

Nov

UN leads bid for cheaper insulin, expanding access for diabetics worldwide

Overly expensive insulin could be a thing of the past – and life-changing news – for millions of diabetics under a plan launched by the World Health Organization (WHO) on…

Read More Here

14

Nov

Climate change has become a health emergency, children’s lungs are no longer pink, but black due to the pollution

Paediatricians in New Delhi, India, say children's lungs are no longer pink, but black due to the pollution in the air. Our warming planet is already impacting the health of…

Read More Here

13

Nov

On This Day…

1789 - Benjamin Franklin writes "Nothing . . . certain but death & taxes". 1933 - 1st modern sit-down strike by Hormel meatpackers in Austin, Minnesota. 1956 - US Supreme…

Read More Here

12

Nov

Over a Coffee . . . with MEP Roberta Metsola

Our correspondent Denise Grech, meets MEP Roberta Metsola over a coffee in Brussels. What are your priorities for the new term? I will start with my priorities affecting Malta. I…

Read More Here

12

Nov

On This Day…

764 - Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an for 15 days, capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty. 1833 - The great Leonid meteor shower, in which hundreds of thousands of meteors were…

Read More Here

11

Nov

On This Day…

1675 -  German mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz demonstrates integral calculus for the first time to find the area under the graph of y = f(x) function. 1745 - Bonnie Prince Charlie's army enters…

Read More Here

10

Nov

On This Day…

911 - Conrad I was elected German king at Forchheim, after the death of Louis the Child, the last of the East Frankish Carolingians. 1444 - Turkish forces defeated the…

Read More Here

09

Nov

Breakthrough over vaping lung illnesses as cases top 2,000

US health officials are reporting a breakthrough in their investigation into the cause of a nationwide outbreak of vaping illnesses that topped 2,000 cases this week. The discovery of vitamin…

Read More Here

08

Nov

FAO warns disease slashing global meat output, bananas under watch

A rapid spread of African Swine Fever (ASF) is wiping out pig herds in China, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Thursday, and the killer disease has led to a…

Read More Here

08

Nov

Veteran Italian singer Fred Buongusto dies

Veteran Italian singer Fred Buongusto has died aged 84 years. Buongusto, whose health had deteriorated in these last months, died during the night between Thursday and Friday in his residence…

Read More Here

08

Nov

James Dean Will Be Digitally Resurrected for Vietnam War Movie

James Dean will be brought back to the big screen through CGI visual effects for the Vietnam War era drama “Finding Jack.” The actor, best known for “Rebel Without a…

Read More Here

08

Nov

Placido Domingo won’t perform at Tokyo Olympics cultural events

The Tokyo Olympics organizing committee said Friday opera legend Placido Domingo has said he won’t perform at pre-Olympics cultural events in Japan. The committee said in a statement that Domingo…

Read More Here

08

Nov

On This Day…

392 - Roman Emperor Theodosius declares Christian religion the state religion 1519 - 1st meeting of Moctezuma II & Hernán Cortés in Tenochtitlan, Mexico. 1701 - William Penn presents Charter…

Read More Here

07

Nov

On This Day…

1492 - Ensisheim Meteorite strikes a wheat field near the village of Ensisheim in Alsace, France. Oldest meteorite with a known date of impact. 1837 - Abolitionist newspaper editor Elijah…

Read More Here

07

Nov

French film star Catherine Deneuve hospitalised after stroke

French actress Catherine Deneuve, 76, has been admitted to hospital in Paris after suffering a mild stroke while filming her latest movie. Deneuve's family said in a statement released Wednesday that the 76-year-old…

Read More Here

06

Nov

“Super-grafts” that could treat diabetes

To save patients with a severe form of type 1 diabetes (characterized by the absence of functional insulin-producing cells), pancreatic cell transplantation is sometimes the last resort. The pancreas contains…

Read More Here

06

Nov

Actress Catherine Deneuve hospitalized

French actress Catherine Deneuve has been admitted to a hospital in Paris after feeling ill. French newspaper Le Parisien, which first broke the news, said Deneuve, 76, was in a…

Read More Here

06

Nov

George Michael’s first new track since his death is released

A new song recorded by George Michael before his death in 2016 has been released ahead of its inclusion in a new film featuring his music. This Is How (We…

Read More Here

06

Nov

On This Day…

1813 - Chilpancingo congress declares Mexico independent of Spain. 1860 - Abraham Lincoln (Rep-R-Ill) elected 16th American President. 1888 - Benjamin Harrison of the Republican Party was elected U.S. president…

Read More Here

05

Nov

On This Day…

1605 - Catholic conspirator Guy Fawkes attempts to blow up King James I and the British Parliament. Guy Fawkes was caught, tortured and later executed along with seven others. 1935 - Parker Brothers launches the game…

Read More Here

05

Nov

Over a Coffee . . . with MEP Miriam Dalli

Our Brussels correspondent Denise Grech, meets MEP Miriam Dalli over a coffee. Here's how it went... Q: We’ve just entered a new legislature. What do you want to achieve in…

Read More Here

05

Nov

Current evidence doesn’t back hype on Medical Cannabis potential – POLITICO

Paola Cubillos, a Colombian-Canadian doctor who studies and consults on medical cannabis said that it has potential, but current evidence doesn't back the hype, POLITICO reports. The lack of evidence on medical cannabis'…

Read More Here

03

Nov

Over a Coffee . . . with Madeleine Gera

Corporate Dispatch meets MADELEINE GERA, one of Malta’s prolific and now most established artists on the eve of her exhibition ‘Corpus Disegno’ an intimate collection of previously unseen drawings at…

Read More Here

03

Nov

On This Day…

1793 - French playwright, journalist and feminist Olympe de Gouges is guillotined 1838 - The Times of India, world's largest circulated English language daily broadsheet newspaper founded as The Bombay Times and Journal of…

Read More Here

02

Nov

Restaurant in Sardinia takes endangered sea urchins off the menu

A well-known restaurant in Sardinia has taken endangered sea urchins off its menu. Francesco Deriu, owner of the renowned 'Alamo' restaurant in Alghero, said he had come to this decision…

Read More Here

02

Nov

Tutankhamun returns to London to celebrate 100 years since tomb’s discovery

Highlights from ‘Tutankhamun: Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh exhibition’ during the  press preview at the Saatchi Gallery in Chelsea in London, Britain, 01 November 2019. Egyptomania is expected to hit…

Read More Here

02

Nov

On This Day…

1875 - Verney Cameroon reaches Benguela in Angola, from Africa's east coast, 1st European to cross equatorial Africa. 1936 - The British Broadcasting Corporation officially launched its first television channel, which was also the…

Read More Here

01

Nov

Ninja Theory is using gaming to help people with mental health issues

A Microsoft studio is launching a project to use video games, technology and clinical neuroscience to help people with mental health conditions and promote well-being. Ninja Theory, which was widely…

Read More Here

01

Nov

Austria bans smoking in bars and restaurants

Austria banned smoking in bars and restaurants on Friday, bringing the country's laws into line with most other European nations. Smokers who break the ban will have to pay €1,000,…

Read More Here

01

Nov

U.S. vaping-related deaths climb to 39, Illinois reports third death

Deaths in the United States from a mysterious lung illness linked to vaping rose to 39, with Illinois and Massachusetts confirming additional deaths in the states. The Illinois Department of…

Read More Here

01

Nov

On this day, in 1993, the Maastricht Treaty came into effect

On this day, in 1993, the Maastricht Treaty comes into effect, formally establishing the European Union (EU). The treaty was drafted in 1991 by delegates from the European Community meeting…

Read More Here

01

Nov

On This Day…

835 - All Saints Day made compulsory by Pope Gregory IV throughout Frankish Kingdom 1512 - The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome, one of Italian artist Michelangelo’s finest works,…

Read More Here

31

Oct

New York City to ban foie gras

New York City has decided to ban the sale of foie gras, prompting the country’s largest producer of foie gras to vow to mount a court battle to overturn it.…

Read More Here

31

Oct

On This Day…

Today - Halloween, celebrated this day, is now observed largely as a secular holiday, it is, as the eve of All Saints' Day, also a religious holiday among some Christians. 1485 -…

Read More Here

30

Oct

‘Game of Thrones’ prequel ‘House of the Dragon’ ordered by HBO

Cable channel HBO has given the go-ahead for a prequel series to the hit fantasy TV show Game of Thrones. Dubbed the "House of Dragon," the series will tell the…

Read More Here

29

Oct

Suicide bereavement support to be made available across England

People who have lost someone close to them due to suicide will benefit from dedicated bereavement care. The government has announced plans to roll out services on the NHS across…

Read More Here

28

Oct

Photo Story: Halloween parade in Kawasaki, Japan

Participants in costumes wait for the start of a Halloween parade in Kawasaki city, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan, on Sunday 27 October 2019. Some 2,000 participants dressed in costumes participated in…

Read More Here

28

Oct

On This Day…

1492 - Christopher Columbus sights Cuba and claims it for Spain under the name "Juana" 1538 - The first university in the New World, the Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino, is established on Hispaniola.…

Read More Here

27

Oct

Over a Coffee with . . . Lara Bugeja

Lara Bugeja describes herself as an artist in the broad sense and that it’s important to keep one’s heart open to what life presents. One of these things include the…

Read More Here

27

Oct

On This Day…

939 - Athelstan, the first king to rule over all of England, died. 1932 - American poet and novelist Sylvia Plath—whose best-known works are preoccupied with alienation, death, and self-destruction—was born. 1955 - "Rebel…

Read More Here

26

Oct

Photo Story: The Night of the 1,000 Jack-o’-Lanterns in New York

Photos of some of the pumpkins displayed during the Night of the 1,000 Jack-o'-Lanterns on Governors Island in New York, USA, on the night of the 25 October 2019. The…

Read More Here

26

Oct

New Alzheimer’s drug ‘could slow rate at which disease progresses’

Scientists believe they could be on the cusp of a breakthrough, after a drugs company said it had the first treatment of its kind for Alzheimer's. Biogen says it will…

Read More Here

26

Oct

‘Open Up’ is Rotterdam’s Eurovision Song Contest slogan

‘Open Up’ is the slogan organisers have come up with for next year’s Eurovision song contest in Rotterdam. The festival, which comprises three live shows and the contest itself, will…

Read More Here

26

Oct

On This Day…

1863 - Football Association forms in England, standardizing soccer, splitting with rugby. 1918 - Cecil Chubb gives prehistoric monument Stonehenge to the British nation. 1951 - Winston Churchill re-elected British Prime Minister at the age…

Read More Here

25

Oct

The Leonardo Da Vinci exhibition at the Louvre Museum in Paris

A series of photos from the exhibition at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France, 22 October 2019. The exhibition running from 24 October 2019 to 24 February 2020 marks the…

Read More Here

25

Oct

Photo Story: Mona Lisa’s renovated room at the Louvre Museum in Paris

Leonardo da Vinci's painting La Gioconda (Mona Lisa) is displayed at the new renovated room of the Louvre Museum in Paris, France, after two months of work. The painting was…

Read More Here

25

Oct

On This Day…

1950 - China entered the Korean War on the side of North Korea against South Korea and the United Nations (UN), the United States is the UN's principal participant. 1966 - Jimi Hendrix Experience play their first UK gig as a private showcase at The…

Read More Here

25

Oct

European Commission paves way for new scheme enabling European artists to work abroad

The Commission has successfully tested a new scheme to promote the mobility of artists and cultural professionals. i-Portunus, a pilot funded through the EU's Creative Europe programme, is a concrete…

Read More Here

24

Oct

S.Korea’s top convenience store chain stops selling flavoured liquid e-cigarettes

South Korea’s top convenience store chain GS25 has stopped selling flavoured liquid e-cigarettes, the parent company GS Retail said on Thursday. The sales suspension came a day after the country’s…

Read More Here

24

Oct

Global eradication of wild poliovirus type 3 declared on World Polio Day

 In an historic announcement on World Polio Day, an independent commission of experts concluded that wild poliovirus type 3 (WPV3) has been eradicated worldwide. Following the eradication of smallpox and…

Read More Here

24

Oct

Study discovers link between chronic pain and weather

People with arthritis are more likely to feel pain on humid, windy days, according to new research. Scientists from the University of Manchester found sufferers were 20% more likely to…

Read More Here

24

Oct

On This Day…

1861 - The first transcontinental telegram was sent via the telegraph in the United States, effectively bringing to an end the Pony Express. 1945 - The charter for the United Nations—the world's premier international organization, established at…

Read More Here

24

Oct

Highlights from the exhibition ‘Making Van Gogh – History of a German Love’ in Frankfurt

Photos from the exhibition 'Making van Gogh. History of a German Love' in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The exhibition will show more than 120 paintings and works on paper, as…

Read More Here