German health authorities on Wednesday advised against the use of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine for people under 30 due to evidence of a small risk of cardiac inflammation. The Stiko vaccine commission cited studies showing that mR...

Animal welfare officials and the police are in the process of confiscating 18 dogs found living in squalid conditions at a house in Pieta’. The Pomerianian dogs were removed from the house, where a man in his thirties and his partn...

Caffe Moak Luxol         57 Starlites Naxxar           53 (11-14, 13-8, 18-13, 15-18) A very balanced match ended with Caffe Moak Luxol just edging past Starlites Naxxar to register their first league win whilst ...

A man had been caught red-handed carrying a box containing a kilo of cocaine worth some €130,000, the police said. The 55-year-old from San Ġwann was arrested on Tuesday after having been monitored for some days. A raid on the Bug...

The Council of Europe’s expert group on human trafficking (GRETA) has urged Malta to guarantee effective access to compensation for victims of trafficking and to take measures to ensure that human trafficking cases are investigated...

No one in favour of abortion will be allowed to form part of, or represent PN, Bernard Grech has declared in his clearest declaration against abortion since becoming leader of the party. "The issue of abortion, for me, is a closed on...

The 2021 Shanghai Marathon has been indefinitely postponed, organisers said on Wednesday, citing a resurgence of the coronavirus that also has forced the suspension of the Beijing and Wuhan marathons. China is battling a fresh Delta-...

UK prime minister Boris Johnson launched the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow with the mantra of “coal, cars, cash and trees”. But thus far the summit has largely ignored the elephant in the room. Or rather, the cows, pigs, chicke...

Emirates airline posted a $1.6 billion loss in the first half of the financial year, the Dubai-based carrier said Wednesday, as it remains in the red due to the Covid pandemic. However, revenue was up 86 percent to $5.9 billion and t...

Quantum Leap actor Dean Stockwell, who was a regular on film and television over eight decades, has died in Hollywood, his publicist said. He was 85. Stockwell died at his home of natural causes, according to the publicist. The son o...

Last updated 10.17 with a statement by the prisons.  An Indian national has committed suicide at the Corradino Correctional Facility, the prison authroities have confirmed. The 35-years-old,  incarcerated a month ago, was found dea...

Updated 9.45am to add statement by Tonio Fenech. Former ministers Austin Gatt and Tonio Fenech have dismissed claims by Joseph Muscat that after stepping down from their ministerial posts they took up roles in companies that had link...

The state advocate has stalled the return to the matrimonial home of a woman whose husband has been missing for several months, after he appealed a judge’s decision which granted her access to the premises. The appeal was filed aft...

Liverpool marksman Mo Salah leads Egypt against Angola this weekend with the clear objective of ending his scoring drought to help lift his nation into the final stage of Africa World Cup qualifying. Qualifying for the 2022 tournamen...

The following are the top stories in Malta's newspaper front pages on Wednesday, Times of Malta reports how Prime Minister Robert Abela, questioned on Tuesday with reference to payments given to Joseph Muscat, said former prime minis...

Obituaries CASSAR TORREGGIANI. On November 9, RAYMOND, comforted by the rites of Holy Church. He leaves to mourn his loss his loving wife of 63 years Geraldine née Curmi, his children Colette and Paul, Christian and Fiona, Kenneth a...

A US judge has ordered White House records that could implicate former President Donald Trump in the January 6 attack on the Capitol be released to a Congressional committee, despite the ex-leader's attempts to keep them secret. The ...

Four months after the €14.7 million upgrade of the Kirkop, Santa Venera, Tal-Qroqq and Ta’ Giorni tunnels was completed, Infrastructure Malta is still “fine-tuning” the intelligent lighting system that has been criticised for...

Whenever I am stuck in a traffic jam, my mind goes into brainstorming mode, thinking of ways the congestion could be reduced. But how? There are several simple and cost-effective ways to do so. The web defines traffic congestion as �...

The police are investigating threats of violence made against Franco Debono.   The threats were made against the lawyer in a group chat on popular messaging platform WhatsApp by Nationalist Party activist Charles Zammit.  Zammit l...