The 2016 Noble Prize in Physicology or medicine goes to Yoshinori Ohsumi of Japan for discoveries about the secrets of how cells can remain healthy by recycling waste.
He located genes that regulate the cellular "self eating" process known as autophagy.
Dr Ohsumi's work is important because it helps explain what goes wrong in a range of illnesses, from cancer to...
In April 2016, registered full-time employment increased by 4.3% while part-time employment as a primary job increased by 5.8% when compared to the corresponding month of the previous year.
Full-time employment for males and females went up by 3.2% and 6.3% respectively over 2015 levels.
Registered part-time employment also went up April 2016 when compared to a year earlier, by 6.1%.
Malta is hosting the 2016 Maritime Summis which brings together many key shipping Ministers, policy makers and executives with the aim to discuss in detail the future of the shipping industry and the role it will continue to play in the world.
The conference, themed ‘The Voice of the Industry’, will discuss topics such as regulation, operation, safety, the environment,...
Directed by Norwegian filmmakers Espen Sandberg and Joachim Rønning (Kon-Tiki), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead men tell no tales will feature the return of Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow, Orlando Bloom as Will Turner and Geoffrey Rush as Captain Barbosa.
They’re joined by Academy Award winner Javier Bardem, who plays the central antagonist, Captain Salazar. Brenton Thwaites (Maleficent, The Giver) also plays...
Kim Kardashian has been held up at gunpoint in a Paris hotel room by two armed and masked men dressed as police officers.
The reality TV star was said to have been left "badly shaken" after the incident, which came as she attended the French capital's fashion week.
A jewellery box containing valuables worth €6 million was stolen, as well as...
Marcus Rashford and Manchester United team-mate Jess Lindgard have been included in the England squad to face Malta in their World Cup qualifier on Saturday.
Interim manager Gareth Southgate, who took over following the dismissal of Sam Allardyce, has also included Stoke right-back Glen Johnson while winger Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is back after a year's absence.
England lie second in Group F,...
United States won the trophy for the first time in eight years at Hazeltine National.
Europe had high hopes of retaining the trophy for a fifth time but Team USA got off to a flyer on Friday, the opening day of the three day event and closed out Sunday to claim a throughly deserved victory and stem the flood of...
VistaJet has announced a further €100 million investment in Malta’s aviation industry with the purchase of three new luxury jets.
These latest additions see the company’s fleet increase to a total of 70 private aircraft, 60 of which are registered in Malta, while the rest are located in the US and China.
Britian's Prime Minister Theresa May said that Brexit process will begin next March.
The prime minister confirmed the deadline for triggering Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, which sets in place a two-year process of withdrawal.
She was speaking to the BBC when she made the surprise announcementm.
Fuel prices at the pumps will go down on Monday according to Enemed.
The price for diesel is down 2c to €1.14 per litre, whilst the prices for unleaded petrol and E Power are down 1c to €1.27/ltr and €1.42 respectively.
The price of kerosene went down 2c to €1.14/ltr.
