Reliance on drone technology has increased over the years with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) now featuring in a multitude of activities. Drones can generate economic growth, provide wider consumer choice and even support services ca...

Mental health heavily influences our quality of life. Just like physical health, it is to be taken care of and maintained. And one way it can be maintained is through finding a sense of community. Manuel and Rita Galea recount their ...

A 42-year-old motorcyclist was injured on Sunday in an accident at the St Paul’s Bay by-pass. The police said the accident happened at 7.30am. The man was riding a Kawasaki when he skidded and fell. His condition is not yet known. ...

A 25-year-old man is in a critical condition after falling with a quadbike in Żebbuġ, Gozo, on Saturday. The police said on Sunday the accident happened in Triq is-Sagħtrija at 11am. The man, who lives in Naxxar, was riding a CFMo...

Former Liverpool and England midfielder Terry McDermott, a three-time European Cup winner, on Saturday revealed he had been diagnosed with dementia. The 69-year-old announced on Liverpool’s official website that he is in the early ...

At a particular time when the loss of our archipelago’s identity has become so pronounced, the past being bulldozed away and heritage being sacrificed on the altar of an unforgiving right-now mentality, Joseph Agius talks to Mark S...

New Zealand conceded its ambitious "COVID zero" elimination strategy may no longer be viable on Sunday as an outbreak of the virulent Delta variant spread further. COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins reported a further 21 cases ...

While the markets drifted through the doldrums of August, the world we took for granted has changed irreversibly. Five years ago, I was commissioned to document COP21 - the UN sponsored 2015 conference on climate change in Paris. The...

Monday 9.30am The president receives a courtesy call by Reuben Gauci, Malta’s High Commissioner to India, at San Anton Palace, Attard. Tuesday 10am The president presents letters of credence to George Said Zammit, Malta’s newly-a...

Malta needs a top-down plan to solve its staffing crisis in the catering industry, a local chef has warned, while one restaurant owner has spoken of having to turn down business due to the shortage of employees. As a result of the ex...

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter says he will continue fighting fraud allegations, and does not fear his case possibly going to trial, he told a Swiss weekly in an interview to be published Sunday. Former world football chief Blatt...

Bugatti has announced that it will produce a low volume production run of its Bolide hypercar. Originally revealed last year, it was a one-off concept designed to explore what the ultimate lightweight performance car it could build a...

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As this year’s Malta Mediterranean Literature Festival comes onto the scene, Jean Paul Borg speaks to Lara Zammit about the festival and the place of literature in Malta. The Mediterranean is a melting pot of diverse yet deeply con...

The educational system has never faced the kind of operational uncertainty it has faced in the last 20 months. A few weeks from the beginning of the scholastic year, heads of schools, parents, and teachers are baffled by the educatio...

An increasingly common problem local consumers are currently encountering relates to delayed deliveries. A main cause of this problem is undoubtedly the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the public health authorities’ restrictions to conta...

The following are the main stories in Sunday’s newspapers. The Sunday Times of Malta leads with the second and final part of its interview with former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat who insists he will never “ditch” his old frien...

The disfigured body lay lifeless on the floor. Riddled with bullets, president Jovenel Moïse’s left eye had been gouged out and bones in his arm and ankle had been fractured. Haiti was stunned by the barbaric murder. An investigat...

After a distinguished career as a player and a brief spell as a coach, Andre Schembri is now writing a new chapter in his football career as the Football Director of Apollon Limassol. Schembri, former Malta international with 94 caps...

The situation in Afghanistan can hardly be described as ‘unprecedented’. Nonetheless, this does little to reassure people. Some have described the ‘War on Terror’ as an absolute failure. Others lamented the lack of state-buil...