A woman who fell down a shaft in a house in Nadur on December 8, has succumbed to her injuries, the police said n Thursday. The incident had happened in Triq ir-Ramla when the 66-year-old fell the height of one storey down the shaft....

The current COVID-19 situation is not sustainable and there will come a point, if no action is taken, when Mater Dei Hospital will not have enough beds to manage the pandemic,” the president of the doctors' union, Martin Balzan, ha...

At the stroke of midnight tonight, local ultrarunner Stephen Sammut Nurminen will begin his toughest challenge yet – running for 18 hours around the university athletics track in Msida. It’s for a special cause: for every 10 minu...

Former Minister Justyne Caruana helped draft the law on the commissioner of standards in public life which she is now contesting in court, rule of law group Repubblika said on Thursday. She had even described the legislation as "a mo...

One of the biggest accomplishments that a player can achieve throughout his career is the acknowledgment and respect from the clubs he has represented and the teams he has played against, in particular the rival ones. If there is on...

It is controversial whether viruses are alive, but – like all living things – they do evolve. This fact has become abundantly clear during the pandemic, as new variants of concern have emerged every few months. Some of these vari...

Two men and a woman were hospitalised, one in a serious condition, after a car crash in Mosta late on Wednesday. The police said a Toyota Corolla driven by a 19-year-old man from Mosta went out of control and crashed into a Smart bei...

Obituaries  CURMI. On December 20, at Sir Anthony Mamo Oncology Centre, Rainbow Ward, JAKE, our bright, funny and sweet child took his last breaths at the tender age of 7 after a long illness, borne with much courage, strength and d...

The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Thursday. Most of the newspapers lead with Justyne Caruana's resignation from the post of Education Minister in the wake of a scandal over the award of a contract to a close ...

Though he isn't even a year into his first term, US President Joe Biden says one factor could help convince him to run again in 2024: a rematch against 2020 rival Donald Trump. "That would increase the prospect of running," Biden tol...

From the online comments board Labour MP Silvio Grixti investigated by police And another one bites the dust... I agree that the Labour Party is a corrupt political party. The legacy of that corrupt prime minister who was elected wit...

Sitting on the balcony above a bar the other night I inhaled a waft of somebody else’s second-hand air that took me right back to the Swingin’ Sixties of my youth… To the fun evening when mine was the only white face in a Carib...

Three institutions have consistently proven to work – independently and autonomously of government – and to reliably take the side of the citizen. These are the commissioner for administrative investigations, better known as the ...

What’s in a word? A lot, sometimes, especially if it concerns Christmas. If you’re still writing out your cards or mulling over how to text your greetings, read on.  Should you wish your friends that it be “merry” or “happ...

A special night for Malta international defender Zach Muscat who captained Casa Pia in a high-profile encounter against Sporting CP in the fourth round of the Portuguese cup, on Wednesday. Casa Pia, who are currently fourth in the Po...

Liverpool came from two goals down to beat Leicester on penalties after a pulsating League Cup quarter-final ended 3-3 at Anfield as Tottenham and Chelsea also made the semi-finals on Wednesday. Spurs were 2-1 winners over West Ham, ...

Celtic’s clash with Rangers on January 2 has been postponed after the Scottish Premiership’s winter break was brought forward by a week after crowds were limited to 500 in fresh coronavirus restrictions. Scottish First Minister N...

More than 4.5 million people including Kim Kardashian have called for a US truck driver's 110-year prison sentence to be reduced over a 2019 crash in which his brakes failed and he ploughed into traffic, killing four people. Cuban im...

S0me 70 people are in distress in Malta’s search and rescue zone. NGO Alarm Phone said on Twitter on Wednesday it is in contact with two boats in the Maltese search and rescue area “who are urgently asking for help”. One wooden...

African football chief Patrice Motsepe confirmed on Tuesday that the Africa Cup of Nations (AfCon) will go ahead as planned in Cameroon next month despite the Omicron-variant led surge in Covid-19 cases. “I am going to watch, on th...