Gameday 14 of the BOV Men’s League resulted in a definite outcome as regards the playoff berths after Mellieħa Libertas’ win over Depiro ascertained the northerners’ place amongst the top four teams progressing to the post-sea...

Kirkop United have started to make amends for their below-par start to their MFA Women’s League campaign. After conceding 12 goals in their opening games of the new year – against Birkirkara and Swieqi United – Kirkop have stru...

The world is watching with fear and concern as the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine decimates once-bustling cities and displaces millions of people scrambling to leave the country. Unable to watch the suffering of Ukrainian people...

Tuesday is day 23 of the general election campaign.  We will be providing live updates of the campaign as they happen throughout the day.  Refresh the page for the latest updates.  Read past blogs: Day one | day two | day three | ...

Karim Benzema became the highest French goalscorer in history on Monday after his double gave Real Madrid a 3-0 win over Mallorca, sending them 10 points clear at the top of La Liga. But the Frenchman had to go off late on with what ...

The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Tuesday.  Times of Malta reports that the prime minister and the leader of the opposition clashed on alleged illegalities in their private residences on Monday. The newspape...

Just 42 of the 173 candidates in the March 26 election are women despite legislative changes to ensure that more women make it to the House of Representatives. Prime Minister Robert Abela admitted at a recent press conference that he...

A three-year-old American child accidentally shot and killed his mother while playing with a gun in the suburbs of Chicago, police said Monday.  The tragedy, all too common in the United States, took place on Saturday evening in the...

Iranian authorities have arrested members of a network linked to Israel who tried to sabotage a key nuclear enrichment plant, state media reported Monday. The suspects "planned on sabotaging the Fordo facility and were arrested by th...

Officials in the Dominican Republic confirmed Monday that a large cruise ship had run aground off the Caribbean island nation's north coast after leaving the port of Puerto Plata. According to local media, the ship is the Norwegian E...

The health authorities are looking to extend the vaccine certificate for children aged between 12 and 17 who are not yet eligible for a booster. The current EU rules state that a certificate is valid for nine months from the date the...

Had Joe Debono Grech said what he said in a comedy show it would have been hilariously funny. However, he said it during a political rally and Labour supporters applauded him. That is tragically sad or sadly tragic. The former member...

This year was my first opportunity, as minister responsible for equality, tocommemorate International Women’s Day. As father of a young girl (who incidentally celebrates her birthday on that very day) all this, for me, had a very s...

Doris Day inspires Bernard Grech On February 28, Bernard Grech announced that “a PN government would reduce income tax for businesses from 35 per cent to 15 per cent on the first €500,000 profit”. At that very moment, my mind ...

Every country can choose its friends but no one can determine its neighbours. Malta’s proximity to Libya exposes us to the increasingly volatile political situation in our neighbouring country. The rumblings of war in Libya are gro...

Manchester City wasted a host of chances in a damaging 0-0 draw at Crystal Palace on Monday that severely dented their bid to retain the Premier League title. Pep Guardiola’s side had 18 shots and 74 percent of the possession, but ...

Ciro Immobile broke Lazio’s all-time Serie A scoring record on Monday with the only goal in his team’s 1-0 win over struggling Venezia which moved them fifth. Immobile, who also had a goal ruled out for offside just after the bre...

A Russian editor interrupted her network's own live broadcast on Monday night to protest against Putin's invasion of Ukraine and carrying a poster telling viewers they are being lied to.  Marina Ovsyannikova, an editor at the premi...

The major political parties were introducing abortion by stealth, Ivan Grech Mintoff, leader of the small Abba party told a televised political debate on Monday. He said the big parties' support for abortion could already be seen thr...

The Nationalist Party has reiterated a promise to provide free glucose monitoring devices to all diabetes type 1 patients, irrespective of age. PN leader Bernard Grech told supporters in Siġġiewi that a Nationalist government would...