The natural environment is not an infinite resource, and soon children will be suffering the consequences of our actions if we do not take care of the natural environment, President George Vella has warned.  He was speaking at the B...

The abortion rights battle takes to the streets across America Saturday, with hundreds of demonstrations planned as part of a new "Women's March" aimed at countering an unprecedented conservative offensive to restrict the termination...

Lisa Baird, who was under fire for her handling of sexual misconduct allegations against a head coach, resigned Friday night as commissioner of the top US professional women’s soccer league.  Baird’s decision was announced in a ...

Updated 10.15am A hunter was arrested on Saturday morning after four flamingos were shot down in Qawra.  Sources told Times of Malta that the body of three of the dead protected birds had been found dead at sea in Qawra Point, with ...

A revival is surely beyond Ronald Koeman even if Barcelona beat Atletico Madrid on Saturday but Antoine Griezmann will hope his own resurgence is just beginning. Only the schedule is on Koeman’s side now, with the international bre...

A man facing the prospect of a €10,000 fine for ignoring a public health order to self-isolate due to COVID-19 is contesting the legality of those proceedings. In a constitutional case filed this week, Nicholas Gatt is arguing that...

Liverpool and Manchester City resume their rivalry for top spot when they go head to head in the Premier League this weekend, while Chelsea and Manchester United aim to get their title challenges back on track. Under Pep Guardiola an...

A board of inquiry tasked with probing internal procedures at prison has been given a two-month extension to its term. The board, which is led by psychiatrist Anton Grech, was appointed by Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri last A...

The 2021-22 local basketball season will set off this weekend with a mixture of fixtures from various categories. The senior men category will begin with the MBA Shield competition which will run throughout October and which will the...

These are the leading stories making headlines in local newspapers this Saturday. Times of Malta leads with reports that Mater Dei is beset with delays for breast cancer surgery, with patients and advocacy groups expressing serious c...

On the same day that the Nationalist Party announced that it had a special Green policy with its own section in the party, the government opened a Gay Pride centre that it has built and financed on Gozo. A coincidence or what? The Gr...

Supporting women who have been victims of domestic abuse, adopting turtles, watering trees and cleaning up campsites are among the actions taken by Melita Ltd and its employees during European Sustainable Development Week (ESDW). Thi...

Oh God, we’re here once again. After another shocking side effect of a construction industry that doesn’t want to improve, we are faced with the same rhetorical questions and misled assumptions about an industry that affects ever...

US pharmaceutical company Merck said Friday it will seek the authorisation of its oral drug molnupiravir for COVID-19 after it was shown to reduce the chance newly infected patients were hospitalized by 50 per cent. A simple pill to ...

In a democracy, citizens expect those in a position of trust to act honourably and do the right thing at all times, even when no one is looking. Integrity is essential for building strong institutions and assures citizens that the go...

Fontana parish will celebrate the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary on Sunday. Mass for families and catechists will be said by parish priest Canon Simon Mario Cachia at 10.30am, followed by the supplication (supplika) to the Virgin Mo...

Obituaries DEMAJO. On September 30, at Mater Dei Hospital, ANNA, 86, passed away peacefully comforted by the rites of Holy Church. She leaves to mourn her loss her beloved son Michel and his partner Bettina, her granddaughters Sophie...

Is there a god? The discussions in these pages regarding God, religion and atheism bring to mind the following story. All the wars had been fought and peace finally arrived around the world. All the nations cooperated in building a g...

Maria* has finally just undergone a mastectomy. But the 10-week wait to remove her breast cancer has compounded the distress of the disease from the day of her diagnosis back in July. Her doctor had told her he would have operated on...

Patients have been waiting for up to three months to undergo urgent surgery from the day of their diagnosis with breast cancer, with surgeons’ operating lists slashed by more than half. The “worrying” delay in potentially life-...