Twenty-two loggerhead turtles hatched from an unreported nest in Ramla l-Ħamra late on Friday night, the environmental regulator reported. The 22 hatchlings were discovered by members of the public, who immediately informed NGO Natu...

A research fund to award innovators in the maritime sector has been reopened for the fifth consecutive year, with successful applicants eligible for up to €25,000 in funding. The Maritime Proof of Concept Fund started in 2017, with...

Ħondoq ir-Rummien should be declared public domain by parliament to protect it from development, Qala’s mayor has argued. “We are requesting that all the parties go to parliament and pass a resolution so Ħondoq be declared publ...

The MSE Equity Total Return Index (MSE) climbed 1.05%, to end the first week of September at 8,140.833 points. This week’s trading sessions saw 18 active equites, eight of which gained ground, five declined, while a further five re...

A 28-year-old man is in hospital with grievous injuries after he fell and hurt himself while riding a kick scooter in the early hours of the morning. The man, who is from Colombia but lives in Vittoriosa, was injured in the town’s ...

 Buoyed by Wednesday’s impressive 3-0 win over Cyprus, the national team is bracing itself for another tough test when Malta face Slovenia in a Group H match in Ljubljana on Saturday evening (kick-off: 18.00). Two goals from Cain ...

Former boxing great Oscar De La Hoya said Friday he has been hospitalised after contracting COVID-19, forcing cancellation of his one-off comeback bout against Vitor Belfort next week. De La Hoya, 48, said in a video posted on Twitte...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has added another coronavirus variant to its list to monitor. It’s called the mu variant and has been designated a variant of interest (VOI). What this means is that mu has genetic differences to...

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This last week has witnessed the deaths of two remarkable women. Separated by geography, they nonetheless were united by their life journeys, by the struggles they personified and by their impact. I am referring to Lucille Times and ...

Defending champion Naomi Osaka of Japan and Greek third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas were both ousted from the US Open by 18-year-olds in epic stunners on Friday at Arthur Ashe Stadium. Four-time Grand Slam champion Osaka was shocked by C...

Spazju Kreattiv in Valletta is premiering two films at its intimate cinema this weekend. The film Annette, which opened the Cannes Film Festival this year and won best director (Leos Carax) and best composer (Ron and Russell Mael), i...

As Taliban fighters entered Kabul on the evening of August 15, executives at Afghanistan's biggest independent TV network had a tough decision to make: stay on-air or go dark. Tolo kept broadcasting, but like the rest of the country'...

Anthony Debono and his wife, former Gozo minister Giovanna Debono, have expressed relief that their “nightmare” is finally over after a court of appeal upheld a previous court judgment exonerating him from a ‘works-for-votes’...

A 60-year-old motorcyclist was grievously hurt in a Naxxar collision on Friday, the police said on Saturday morning. The man, who is from Mosta, was riding a Peugeot Tweet motorcycle on Triq il-Parrocca when he was involved in a coll...

These are the leading stories in local newspapers this Saturday. Times of Malta leads with the words of relief of Anthony Debono, who was on Friday definitively cleared of fraud and misappropriation charges by an appeals court. Debon...

The Office of the Prime Minister was quick to inform the public what action was being taken to deal with the disinformation campaign that targeted journalists and politicians, including himself. In contrast, a month after the publica...

Among the things you probably don’t know about Joseph Muscat is that, when he was first posited as the new Labour leader, his party organised a national tour of dinner parties for him. One such was at the home of an expat Brit in G...

‘Mutti’ – or mother, as Angela Merkel’s friends and foes refer to her – is set to leave the German political scene after federal elections scheduled for September 26. Her dominance over the German and European political sce...

Facebook on Friday said it disabled its topic recommendation feature after it mistook Black men for "primates" in video at the social network. A Facebook spokesperson called it a "clearly unacceptable error" and said the recommendati...