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Catherine O'Hara, a gifted Canadian-born comic actor and "SCTV" alum who starred as Macaulay Culkin's harried mother in two "Home Alone" movies and won an Emmy as the dramatically ditzy wealthy matriarch Moira Rose in "Schitt's Creek," died Friday. She was 71. O'Hara died at her home in Los Angeles "following a brief illness," according to a statement

The University of Malta's student council (KSU) said that it will consider taking legal action if no solution is found in the next seven weeks in the ongoing industrial dispute between the University of Malta, its academic staff, and the Ministry for Education on an updated collective agreement. "Should no solution be found, KSU will be escalating

Hili Properties plc announced on Thursday that it has temporarily suspended its managing director, Georgios Kakouras, while an internal investigation is carried out. The suspension took effect on 29 January. No further details were given in the company statement on the Malta Stock Exchange. The company also said that Daniela Pavia has been appointed

Real Madrid faces an immediate rematch with Benfica after the teams were drawn together in the Champions League playoffs on Friday. Benfica beat Madrid 4-2 on Wednesday to deny the 15-time European champion direct qualification to the round of 16 and force it into the uncertainty of the playoffs. Defending champion Paris Saint-Germain must also take

Prime Minister Robert Abela visited Gozo-based company "Gozo Graphics" on Friday, and praised its initiative to set up a private fund worth €100,000 to directly assist innovative projects within the private sector and help start-ups get their prototypes onto production lines. This company specialises in large format digital printing, sign manufacturing,

The news that during the festive period almost 75% of small and medium-sized businesses in Malta and Gozo either performed worse than in the same period the year before or registered no improvement should be a source of serious concern for the Government, the Nationalist Party has said. The PN spoke about a survey issued by the Malta Chamber of SMEs

The European Commission has decided to refer Spain and Malta to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failing to transpose the Delegated Directive as regards the adjustments of the size criteria for micro, small, medium-sized and large undertakings or groups. "This Directive aims to update and adapt the criteria to determine the company's

Climate Walker Jaydip Lakhankiya is organising a five-day nationwide walk across the Maltese islands before setting off on his transcontinental 12,000km walk to India. Lakhankiya informed this newsroom that between 6-10 February, he will be walking through all 54 Maltese and Gozitan localities, visit a church in each one, and organise a clean-up as

Lead poisoning kills around one million birds every year across Europe and continues to pose serious risks to human health, BirdLife Malta has warned, as it made a final push for public support ahead of the closure of an EU-level petition calling for a comprehensive ban on lead in ammunition and fishing weights. In a Facebook post, the environmental

Jamaldeen Jimoh-Aloba's first-ever goal for Aston Villa was an 87th-minute winner in a 3-2 comeback victory over Salzburg to conclude the opening phase of the Europa League on Thursday. The 19-year-old Jimoh-Aloba's strike followed Tyrone Mings' equalizer at Villa Park. Morgan Rogers sparked the comeback in the 64th after the visitors built a 2-0 lead