While he appreciates interest from Neymar or Lionel Messi, Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber warned football’s global stars on Tuesday that US clubs aren’t their retirement homes. Speaking ahead of Saturday’s MLS seas...

Vast swathes of land stretching from southern Ethiopia to northern Kenya and Somalia are in the grip of a severe drought that has left 13 million people facing hunger. Across these regions, where people eke out a living from mainly a...

Prosecutors in money laundering proceedings against Pilatus Bank have still not explained the relevance of over 160 boxes of documents seized from the now-shuttered bank and lawyers are insisting on an explanation, a court was told. ...

Equities mostly rose on Wednesday and oil prices eased as investors tracked developments in the Russia-Ukraine crisis after world powers imposed less harsh sanctions on Moscow than feared. However, trading floors remain on edge after...

The decriminalisation of abortion and a full-time, rather than a part-time parliament, are two of 37 pledges that human rights NGO aditus is calling on political parties to make for the March election. The NGO on Wednesday presented ...

It is now widely known that Robert Abela’s law firm, Abela Advocates, received €17,000 a month from the Planning Authority as part of a retainer deal. That deal ended when Abela became prime minister in January 2020. However, th...

As the women’s game continues to catch up in every angle of the world, there is one country who is keen on becoming a reference point in its continent. Ranked 78th in the world, Morocco have embarked on a journey which they hope wi...

In the 1950s, there were only two Boy Scout groups in Gozo: one in Xagħra and another one which formed part of the Don Bosco Oratory (founded by Dun Pawl Micallef) ‘active groups’, in Victoria − that of the Salesian Boy Scouts...

Sebastien Haller will be bidding to continue his remarkable scoring record in this season’s Champions League when his Ajax side face Benfica in the first leg of their last-16 tie on Wednesday. Ajax take on Benfica at the Estadio da...

Benfica interim coach Nelson Verissimo said on Tuesday that he believes Ajax are “one of the best teams in Europe” ahead of the two sides’ Champions League last-16 first leg in Lisbon. The Portuguese giants welcome the Dutch ch...

Malta goes to the polls on March 2026 to elect a new government.  Times of Malta is bringing you rolling covering of the 2022 general election, with updates as they happen. Day one | day two Spotted something worth noting? Get in to...

With the 2021-22 season reaching a decisive stage, Challenge League teams, particularly in the opposite ends of the standings, will be searching for every point available in order to safeguard their status. While for the top teams it...

Kampus Kotba, the 2022 Campus Book Festival, will be hosting a record number of established publishers and booksellers for its ninth edition, being held between March 23 and 25. The festival is the second biggest book festival in the...

Are vaccines effective against the Omicron variant? – Joseph Agius Results from recently published studies show that vaccine effectiveness with the primary schedule against symptomatic disease is lower for Omicron than for other va...

Caffe Moak Luxol set off on a good note in the first leg of their Louis Borg Cup semifinal against ARMS Depiro, opening up a 15-0 lead in the opening minutes with treys from Palmira Marcal and Antoinette Borg adding to hoops from Jos...

Wistin Camilleri – l-Ewwel Artist Għawdxi, written by Stanley Mangion and Christopher Magro, has just been published. The book is a compendium about the life and works of sculptor and statuary Wistin Camilleri. Wistin, as he was p...

Prof. Joseph Agius, OP The Dominican community of Valletta is holding a series of talks at St Dominic parish church to better understand the life and mission of the Church, with particular reference to the Synod of Bishops being held...

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A man with a firearm who held several people hostage in an Apple store in central Amsterdam late Tuesday was overpowered after a siege lasting several hours, police said, adding that the last of the hostages had been freed. Police ha...

Ideally, members of parliament are seasoned, respectable members of society. They would have used their years of service to build alliances with constituents, commerce and civil society. Ideally, their membership of the House of Repr...