A planning authority board has indicated it will refuse a permit to convert a disused explosives factory in Dingli into a hotel. The proposed development included plans for an expansive complex on a site of about 6,275 square metres....

A consortium of US states announced a joint probe Thursday of Instagram's parent company Meta for promoting the app to children despite allegedly knowing its potential for harm, in fresh regulatory trouble for the scandal-hit network...

Equality Minister Owen Bonnici has condemned an outpouring of abuse towards a cartoonist after she posted a caricature of former prime minister Joseph Muscat. In comments to Times of Malta after a conference on hate speech, Bonnici s...

Rudy Buhler Art – “The Colour Project” is announcing a solo exhibition of sculptures at Rudy Buhler Art by the Maltese artist Ċensu Fenech, a well-established and award-winning Maltese sculptor working with Maltese limestone a...

The head of the Women’s Tennis Association said he is prepared to cut lucrative business ties with China if tennis star Peng Shui remains unaccounted for and her sexual assault allegations against a top Communist Party official are...

Nadur Youngsters and SK Victoria Wanderers found little difficult to progress to the next stage of the Knock Out and the GFA Cup respectively last weekend. Top-flight side SK Victoria Wanderers earned qualification to the quarter-fin...

When it comes to trendsetters, the Mercedes-Benz S-Class has always come out on top in the car world. Throughout the decades, the S-Class has set the tone for in-car technology and design, with many of the innovations debuted on this...

Maltese photographers were among the winners of the 16th Black and White Spider Awards, the leading international awards honouring excellence in black and white photography, which were held online last week. These included photograph...

While we cast our votes in favour of the planet one bite, one sip at a time, there is more reason than ever to prefer local produce such as our own wines. A look at good practices at Malta’s Delicata winery demonstrates how some th...

The founder of a Philippines church trafficked girls and young women and forced them to have sex with him on pain of eternal damnation, the US Justice Department charged Thursday. Cash raised for a bogus California-based charity was ...

Gozo Bishop Anton Teuma will lead a diocesan manifestation on the occasion of the feast of Christ the King at Ta’ Pinu Sanctuary parvis on Sunday, November 21, at 4pm. The reliquary of Blessed Carlo Acutis, brought over from Assisi...

The controversial tax exemption scheme announced recently will not be revoked despite mounting criticism from stakeholders and the opposition, Finance Minister Clyde Caruana said on Thursday. In comments to Times of Malta, as stakeho...

Last week, I came across this statement made by a Spaniard and reported in a section of the UK press. “If health and education are a social service in Spain, why not housing?”. This same statement can be made about Malta as well....

The political hypocrisy running this country is despicable. I find no fault in people not realising or not admitting that their politician has done something wrong. The fault is not of those who are faithful to one politician or othe...

The government has got its approach to COVID-19 largely right. Over the 20 months of the pandemic, it has learnt from its mistakes, evolved its stance on social distancing measures into a cautious one and has pulled out all the stops...

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest rose by almost 22% in one year, the highest level in 15 years, according to figures Thursday that cast doubt on promises by President Jair Bolsonaro's government to reverse the trend with "...

The following are the main stories in Friday's newspapers. Times of Malta says doctors have observed that many of those who received the COVID booster shot have experienced stronger side effects than they did from their first two ino...

Obituaries BUTTIGIEG. On November 17, at Mater Dei Hospital, JOHN, of Ħamrun, aged 85, comforted by the rites of Holy Church. He leaves to mourn his loss his wife Maria née Farrugia, his children Edward and his wife Charlene and An...

Many of those who received the COVID booster shot have experienced stronger side effects than they did from their first two inoculations, doctors have observed. But this is nothing to be concerned about, they stress. Rather, it is a ...

I fervently believe in active academic debate of our national response to COVID-19, which should be non-confrontational, transparent, evidence-based and public. We all share the fundamental right to be informed of the impacts, both p...