Rafael Nadal had little sympathy for long-time rival Novak Djokovic, saying on Thursday that he must face the consequences for not being vaccinated against coronavirus. The world number one was stopped by border officials on arrival ...

Archbishop Charles Scicluna said on Thursday he would take action against a priest over homophobic comments uploaded to Facebook, and he offered an apology on behalf of the Church to all gay people and their families. Mgr Scicluna wa...

Tech firms led losses across Asian markets on Thursday following a painful sell-off in New York fuelled by bets that the Federal Reserve will embark on an aggressive campaign against soaring inflation by hiking interest rates several...

EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders has been urged to ensure that Maltese citizens in quarantine are not denied their right to vote. The appeal was made by independent candidate Arnold Cassola in a letter to the commissioner.  H...

San Ġwann FC have named Ramon Zammit as their new first-team coach. The Saints have been looking to appoint a new coach following the departure of Jean Paul Desira who left the club and has now moved to Mġarr United. Zammit has...

North Korea has successfully tested a hypersonic missile, state media reported Thursday, in the first major weapons test by the nuclear-armed nation this year. This was the second reported test of what Pyongyang claimed were hyperson...

Is the co-option of Andy Ellul to parliament a sign of renewal or a symptom of a crisis? A crisis, of course, which embraces all political parties in parliament and which runs deep in our politics. First, the obvious: Ellul’s co-op...

The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Thursday. Times of Malta reports that the police have questioned members of the River of Love over main suspect Abner Aquilina, who attended some meetings. The newspaper also...

A woman was brutally murdered in cold blood on Sunday morning. Not just murdered but also raped. While walking to the vigil alone in silence on Tuesday evening, I was trying to decipher what my feelings were about this gruesome act. ...

Tennis world number one Novak Djokovic fought against deportation from Australia on Thursday after the government revoked his visa for failing to meet Covid vaccine-entry requirements. The vaccine-sceptic Serb was stopped by border o...

Law needs clarification Giovanni Bonello (December 16) asserts that therapeutic abortions are excluded by Malta’s blanket ban on abortions because no case has ever been taken to court. Respectfully, might the fact that nobody has b...

Obituaries  BONNICI. On January 4, our beloved CONCETTA (Connie) passed away comforted by the rites of Holy Church. She leaves to mourn her sad loss her husband Joseph, her daughters Chantelle and her husband Artemios Vogiatzis and ...

The US Department of State recently issued a travel ban on “former Maltese public officials Konrad Mizzi and Keith Schembri due to their involvement in significant corruption”. A ban on two disgraced public officials is not just ...

Two ministers, as well as activists, have urged police to take action against Mosta priest Fr David Muscat for hate speech after a Facebook post he uploaded in the wake of the murder of a Polish woman in Sliema on Sunday morning.  T...

The police have questioned members of a controversial Evangelist movement to better understand a murder suspect's links to the group.   Abner Aquilina, 20, attended a River of Love ceremony the night before Paulina Dembska, 29, was ...

Australia said Thursday it had cancelled the entry visa of Novak Djokovic, opening the way to his detention and removal in a dramatic reversal for the tennis world number one. The vaccine-sceptic Serb had landed in Melbourne a few ho...

Chelsea took control of their League Cup semi-final against Tottenham as Romelu Lukaku returned from exile in Wednesday’s 2-0 first leg win over their London rivals. Thomas Tuchel’s side are within touching distance of a first Le...

Udinese and Torino’s Serie A matches this week could be postponed after local health authorities banned squad members from playing following Covid-19 outbreaks. Udinese, who have seen nine players test positive for the virus, on We...

The NFL said Wednesday that next month’s Super Bowl will take place in Los Angeles as scheduled but confirmed the league had inquired about the availability of alternative venues as part of standard contingency planning. A report b...

Olympic chiefs on Wednesday urged all participants at next month’s Winter Games in Beijing to be “extra vigilant” as Covid-19 infections hit unprecedented case levels in several countries. At a closed-door meeting with national...