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Fri, 01 Jan 2021 10:57:00 +0100
Second wave of government vouchers expected by mid-January
A second round of vouchers for use in retail and hospitality outlets are expected to begin making their way to Maltese families by mid-January, the government told ...

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 10:49:00 +0100
S&P 500 ends volatile 2020 at record, up 16% for year
Wall Street stocks concluded a roller-coaster year on a high note on Thursday, reflecting optimism about 2021 despite continued weakness in the economy due to the c...

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 10:30:00 +0100
Manchester United eye Premier League summit after Liverpool stumble
Liverpool will start 2021 in a familiar position at the top of the Premier League but with a rejuvenated Manchester United leading a pack of challengers who are all...

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 10:24:00 +0100
Haaland back in action as Bundesliga returns from mini-break
Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Braut Haaland is expected to make an eagerly awaited return from injury as his side look to battle back into the Bundesliga top fou...

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 10:04:00 +0100
Immigrants in US both hopeful and wary of Biden
Immigrants in the US await Joe Biden's presidency with a mix of hope and wariness - he spells relief after four years of tough restrictions under Donald Trump, but ...

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 09:55:00 +0100
Qatari ‘Superman’ al-Attiyah ready to flex Dakar muscles in Saudi
Qatari Dakar rally driver Nasser al-Attiyah has prepared for the race’s second edition in Saudi Arabia with a strict training regimen to build muscle adapted to c...

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 09:52:00 +0100
Surgeon cradles newborn son after losing family in shipwreck
“Welcome to the world baby Kareem. Hope your future will be better than ours,” Ayman Mustafa wrote in a social media post introducing his newborn son to the wo...

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 09:31:00 +0100
L-Istrina through the years
On the first day of 1759, a Monday, Rev Dr Ignazio Saverio Mifsud – an erudite preacher who left all the sermons and panegyrics he wrote to our National Library i...

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 08:52:00 +0100
Realism and sobriety
Today, being the start of a new year, we are all hopeful that 2021 will be a better year than 2020. We will still be feeling the consequences created by the havoc w...

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 08:41:00 +0100
Police win case over claim of inhumane treatment
A Dutch woman who was made to search her own excrement for drugs has lost her case against the police over her claim that they violated her human rights. Even thoug...

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 08:21:00 +0100
What happened on... January 1
The front pages of Times of Malta from 25 and 10 years ago.  Become a Times of Malta premium member to gain full access to our archive dating back to January 1930....

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 08:15:00 +0100
World ushers in New Year in shadow of pandemic
Confetti fluttered on to frontline workers scattered across Times Square after fireworks burst above eerily quiet landmarks from Sydney Harbour Bridge to Copacabana...

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 07:42:00 +0100
71-year-old man injured in Rabat accident
A 71-year-old man from Żebbuġ was grievously injured on Thursday when he lost control of his car crashed into a wall in Rabat. The police said the accident happen...

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 07:34:00 +0100
Pharmacies open today - January 1, 2021
Chemimart Pharmacy, 14, St Anne Street, Floriana (2123 9310);National Pharmacy, 17, St Mary Street, Ħamrun (2122 5539);Anici Pharmacy, Anici Street, Qormi (2148...

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 07:19:00 +0100
COVID’s global economic scarring
2020 has been a watershed year for most global economies. However much we yearn for the return of normality, it is unlikely that any economy will be able to resume ...

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 07:06:00 +0100
Blockchain and our natural habitat - Matthew Lowell
Amid the constant barrage of bad news on the environment and the regular studies depicting, ever more distinctly, how close we actually are to tipping our climate b...

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 06:55:00 +0100
Today's front pages - January 1, 2021
Happy New Year. The following are the main stories in Friday’s newspapers. Times of Malta says Malta enters 2021 with a “shot of hope” after the devastating c...

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 06:55:00 +0100
New Year, new rules: UK begins post-Brexit future
Britain on Friday began a new year and life outside Europe, after leaving the bloc's single market trading rules to go it alone for the first time in nearly half a ...

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 06:54:00 +0100
GO signs four-year deal to support MCCFF
Company presents a donation of €70,000 in aid of the Istrina campaign  Notwithstanding the challenging times, GO still honoured its CSR commitments with continue...

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 06:51:00 +0100
The real situation of the elderly - Claudia Cuschieri
The editorial ‘Not-so-golden later years’ on December 17 paints too dire a picture of the living conditions of persons aged 65 and over in Malta.  The relative...



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