At least eight people died and several were injured in a crush at the Astroworld music festival in the southern US state of Texas on Friday night, authorities said. Houston fire chief Samuel Pena said the incident began at around 9 p...

The work being done at the Marsa incinerator will get rid of the unbearable stench that is making people sick, Enviroment Minister Aaron Farrugia promised on Friday. “Improvements have already been registered and the issue will be ...

Manchester United are relying on Cristiano Ronaldo to show Manchester City what they missed out on when they meet at Old Trafford on Saturday with both sides in need of the points. Ronaldo continued to dig United out of holes in the ...

HSBC Bank Malta has reaffirmed its commitment to become a net-zero organisation by 2030. Speaking during the ‘Financing a Green Transition’ session at the recent National Climate Change Conference, Michel Cordina, HSBC Malta’s ...

Emergency crews were scouring waters for a missing swimmer off Australia's west coast Saturday after reports of a shark attack, with witnesses telling local media two predators were involved. Western Australian police said they were ...

Barcelona confirmed the return of Xavi Hernandez as coach on Saturday, with the legendary midfielder facing an immense challenge to restore the fallen Spanish giants to their former glory. The Spaniard left Camp Nou to play for Al Sa...

The Environment Planning Review Tribunal has revoked a permit for a massive 11-storey hotel in a narrow residential street in Sliema, sending the file back to the Planning Authority to consider a scaled-down proposal. The application...

Max Verstappen dominated practice at the Mexico Grand Prix on Friday, ending the session over a half a second ahead of world champion and title rival Lewis Hamilton. The Dutch Red Bull driver, who has a 12-point lead over Hamilton in...

Immigration has emerged as one of the defining issues of our times in Europe. Still, the European Union has failed to adopt a pragmatic migration policy agreed upon by all member states to alleviate the pressure on the main countries...

The following are the main stories in Saturday’s newspapers. Times of Malta quotes Health Minister Chris Fearne saying that Malta will offer a COVID-19 booster shot to everyone aged 12 and over. In another story, the newspaper reco...

Merill SICAV plc has launched a new EUR distributor share class of its Merill High Income Fund, which is set up in a way to maximise further the income payable to investors. This new share class addresses the needs of a segment of in...

“Europe has made fragile gains in gender equality. But big losses are emerging as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The economic fallout is lasting longer for women, while life expectancy for men has dropped,” Carlien Scheele, t...

One of Spain's busiest airports, Palma de Mallorca, was forced to close for nearly four hours after several passengers ran off when their plane made an emergency landing, according to airport authorities. The aircraft, which was on a...

In Memoriam AGIUS. In loving memory of DONALD on the 44th anniversary of his demise. Sadly missed by his wife Marie Louise, son Michael, daughter Ann and grandchildren Julian and Nicola. CALLEJA – ARNOLD. In loving memory, on the f...

A priest who described pro-choice PN election candidate Emma Portelli Bonnici as a “satanist, murderer and butcher” has removed his comments from Facebook following the intervention of the Curia, Times of Malta has learnt. Fr And...

The majority of the scores of families I am meeting or visiting every week invariably bring up the subject of the staggering cost of living. NSO statistics bear this out. But not only. Pensioners, youths and middle-aged people tell m...

Bishops’ synod Congratulations for Fr Joe Inguanez’s Talking Point (November 1).  I enjoyed it tremendously. Somehow, it evoked in me distant echoes of the late Hans Kung’s 1965 Structures of the Church. I wonder how relevant ...

Pope Francis has declared Sunday, November 14, to be the fifth World Day of the Poor. In his message for this World Day of the Poor, Pope Francis reflects on Jesus’s words at the anointing in Bethany, “the poor you will always ha...

142nd day of the 'new normal' Żepp is produced by Ġorġ Mallia. See more Żepp cartoons.

Austria said on Friday that only those vaccinated or cured of coronavirus would be allowed to frequent restaurants, hotels and cultural venues as the Alpine nation battles a surge in cases. The new rule takes effect on Monday with a ...