President George Vella is leading a one-day conference on national unity this Saturday. The conference, announced last month, features a panel of seven experts from various sectors appointed by Vella.  "Even at a micro level, if we...

Two-time Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso will skip next week’s Alpine car launch following his cycling accident two weeks ago, the team said Friday. The 39-year-old, who is returning to the sport after two years, will co...

Malta’s business lobby has urged people to act responsibly and respect social distancing regulations, warning that a failure to do so could lead to restrictive measures that could hurt the nation’s economy.  In a call for discip...

Ħamrun Spartans midfielder Predrag Djordjevic has described his team’s top-of-the-table clash against Gżira United as their biggest game of the season as the Reds will be looking to preserve their leadership in the Premier League...

Manchester City have set their sights on a clean sweep of the four major trophies as the runaway Premier League leaders prepare to host high-flying West Ham this weekend. To have any chance of putting City under pressure, second-plac...

The US House passed an enormous, $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package early Saturday, hailed by Democrats as a critical step in funnelling new funding toward vaccinations, overburdened local governments, and millions of families ...

Brooklyn Nets star forward Kevin Durant will remain sidelined through the NBA All-Star break with a left hamstring strain, the team said Friday. Durant has missed six games with the injury, the Nets originally saying on February 14 t...

Myanmar police fired rubber bullets to disperse protesters in Yangon on Saturday, after the country's ambassador to the United Nations broke ranks to make an emotional plea for action against the military junta. The country has been ...

The MSE Equity Total Return Index declined by a further 1.4%, as it closed at 7,860.835 points.  A total of 18 equities were active, two of which gained ground, while another 13 closed in negative territory. A total weekly turnover ...

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More than 200 prisoners were on the run in Haiti on Friday, a day after they escaped from jail in a violent breakout that left 25 people dead including the prison director, officials said. About 400 inmates fled on Thursday, with AFP...

Gżira United will be facing Ħamrun Spartans on Saturday as the Premier League season run-in kicks on. With nine games left, the third-placed Maroons will be keen to close the gap on leaders Ħamrun with a win as they are currently...

Daphne Caruana Galizia’s assassination, subsequent probe and political drama are the basis of the play They Blew Her Up, which opened yesterday at Spazju Kreattiv  in Valletta. Written and directed by Herman Grech, it provides an ...

Atlas Insurance has renewed its main sponsorship with Melita FC for the forthcoming seasons. The sponsorship relation between the insurance company and the football club dates back to 2009. As a result of the renewed agreement, Atlas...

After 14 days in isolation, most non-severe COVID-19 patients will no longer be infectious even if they test positive, the health department has told Times of Malta. The explanation came after the Superintendent of Public Health, Cha...

These are the leading stories in local newspapers this Saturday. Times of Malta reports that a UK variant of the COVID-19 virus is fuelling a record number of new infections in the country, with Malta registering an average of more t...

Food security is of critical importance for Malta as an insular country. The UN defines food security to mean the physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food for an active and healthy life. An estimat...

The president’s conference on national unity is on. Earlier this month, Ranier Fsadni wrote an article about it. His main point was: there’s nothing to lose, possibly there’s something to gain. This article provoked a barrage o...

On Tuesday, we heard Prime Minister Robert Abela state for the first time that justice needs to be done with Daphne Caruana Galizia and her family. This was quite a climb down from the usual posturing we have been accustomed to for t...

From a tracksuited rapper to a bumbling Kazakh TV reporter in a green mankini, Sacha Baron Cohen has made his name with outrageous characters who expose real people's prejudices and hypocrisy. On Sunday, Baron Cohen's wild portrayal ...