Robert Abela and his wife Lydia have just cast their vote at the Saint Anne Primary School in Marsascala. The Prime Minister did not give any comments to the media. PN leader Bernard Grech and his wife Annemarie are expected to cast ...

Red Bull team chief Christian Horner on Friday backed the decision to continue with the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix despite a rebel attack on a nearby oil depot, insisting: “F1 will not be bullied”. “The sport has to stand against...

The decision to relax entry requirements for Junior College comes after a promising number of university students admitted on probation during the pandemic were able to pass their exams, University Rector Alfred Vella has told Times ...

Shanghai on Saturday recorded a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases, but a member of the city's pandemic task force said officials were determined to avoid a full lockdown over the damage it would do to the economy. Millions of Chinese in a...

Lionel Messi scored on his return to the national team as Argentina stretched their world-leading unbeaten run to 30 matches with a routine 3-0 World Cup qualifying win over Venezuela on Friday. Goals from Nicolas Gonzalez and Angel ...

Poland’s Iga Swiatek clinched becoming the new world number one in women’s tennis on Friday by defeating Swiss player Viktorija Golubic 6-2, 6-0 at the WTA Miami Open. Swiatek will move into the top spot vacated by Australian Ash...

Malta holds its general election on Saturday, in a national vote that will elect the country’s fourteenth legislature. Polling stations opened at 7am in towns and villages across the country’s 13 electoral districts. They will co...

The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Saturday. Saturday's general election dominates the front page of every newspaper.  Times of Malta leads its front page with a story on predictions this election could see a...

Picture the following: an eight-year-old boy or girl sitting upright on a chair behind a small table for five hours a day five days a week. The student has to stay still, oblivious to movement, while obeying and listening to an innue...

The MSE Equity Total Return Index (MSE) added to the previous week’s loss, as it closed 0.76% lower at 7,616.457 points. A total weekly turnover of just €0.4m was generated over 89 transactions. Out of 21 active equities, seven h...

Drummer Taylor Hawkins of the multi-Grammy award-winning rock group Foo Fighters has died, his bandmates said in a statement Friday. He was 50. As part of one of the world's most influential and critically lauded alternative rock ban...

The number of road fatalities in the first two and a half months of this year has already equalled the total for 2021. Road deaths last year doubled from five to 10 during the last three months. The possibility of that happening agai...

This is one proud moment for the Malta Maritime Forum (MMF) to take a step forward and salute all those involved in the salvage operation on the chemical tanker Chem P, particularly Tug Malta and its crew members who, through their d...

Madeleine Albright was an American at her best in the shorthand appellation to denote someone who is a paragon of their particular nationality.  The many eulogies are indeed deserving, although with time other views may surface and ...

Gozitan artist Paolo Camilleri Cauchi is busy preparing for his upcoming exhibition Kontinwità (Continuity) to be held at the Banca Giuratale at Independence Square, Victoria, from April 8 to 24. The exhibition will showcase paintin...

Obituaries CARDONA. On March 24, JOSEPHINE, of Paola, aged 81, passed away peacefully comforted by the rites of Holy Church. She leaves to mourn her loss her husband Oliver, her  daughter Elizabeth-Ann, her sons Neville Juan, Oliver...

Religion was never of any relevance in the quest for material prosperity and economic advancement in any century, more so in our century, where it seems not to have any significant importance today. The declining rate of organised re...

Russia has signalled it may dial back its war aims to focus on eastern Ukraine after failing to break the nation's resistance in a month of fighting and attacks on civilians, including up to 300 feared killed in the bombing of a thea...

Anyone doing up a property can expect to pay about 30 per cent more than last year, as the price of raw materials for finishes has shot up, according to interior designers and project managers. From metals to glass, copper to concret...

From the online comments board Airport queues for COVID checks are ‘safety’ concern, says aviation director Malta is still the only country in Europe, that does not recognise a PCR test as a valid way to enter the country without...