Chief Electoral Commissioner Joseph Camilleri presented a copy of the official result of the general election to President George Vella on Monday morning, but it was not made public. While the outcome of Saturday's election was well ...

Mireya Cassar continued to set new national standards in the women’s hammer throw after setting another record in the discipline last weekend. Competing in the Baden-Wurttemberg Winter Regional Championships at the Wablingen Stadi...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the top diplomats of Israel and four Arab states held a landmark meeting Monday to discuss issues from the Iran nuclear negotiations to the global shockwaves of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. T...

Stock markets were mixed on Monday with hopes for some progress in ceasefire talks between Russia and Ukraine this week tempered by a phased lockdown in Shanghai that led to fresh concerns about already strained supply chains. Growin...

World champion Max Verstappen admitted he was relieved to secure his first win of the season after battling to a thrilling victory ahead of old rival Charles Leclerc in Sunday’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. The 24-year-old Dutchman sa...

The original altar of the opulent St John’s Co-Cathedral was simple and made of stone, and its exact position at the very back of the presbytery has been located following works on the underlying crypt. These led to the unearthing ...

Footage of the moment a Labour Party truck collided with a car on Sunday went viral but the real impact of the accident was only divulged at night. Eight people, including a 28-year-old pregnant woman, were actually injured in the ac...

The ‘GauLive’ series, part of the 15th edition of Gaulitana: A Festival of Music, will be brought to an end on March 30 with a concert dedicated to Maltese music.  Entitled A Finale of Maltese Music, the event will present vario...

Prime Minister Robert Abela will be sworn in on Monday morning in a ceremony crowning the Labour Party's landslide electoral victory. President George Vella is expected to administer the oath of office at the Palace in Valletta at 11...

Two NGOs have proposed that cannabis associations should be “safe spaces” where members have a “true interest and passion” in the substance, and where they could share best practices and seek advice even about unwanted effect...

Canada qualified for the World Cup for the first time in 36 years on Sunday with an emphatic 4-0 victory over Jamaica in Toronto. Goals from Cyle Larin, Tajon Buchanan, Junior Hoilett and an Adrian Mariappa own goal secured all thre...

It was a bitter-sweet general election for two new candidates in last Saturday's general election. The two, both Nationalist candidates, saw their party fall to a historic defeat, and yet they not only made it to the House for the fi...

Malta international Sam Deguara bit through Kaohsiung Family Poseidon on Friday as the 7’5 centre put up 19 points off the bench on his debut with the TaiwanBeer HeroBears. The side beat Kaohsiung Family Poseidon 99-92 and Deguara,...

Foreign Minister Evarist Bartolo eyed a new season in his life on Monday after failing to be re-elected to parliament, despite winning two districts in 2017. Bartolo was the most senior politician to fail re-election, followed by cul...

The Taliban have ordered airlines in Afghanistan to stop women from boarding flights unless accompanied by a male relative, aviation officials told AFP. The latest restriction on women follows Wednesday's shutdown of all girls' secon...

The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Monday. The outcome of the general election dominates the front pages, as expected. Times of Malta leads with the headline 'Labour cruises to record victory' and reports how ...

"CODA," the heartwarming indie drama about a deaf family defying the odds, on Sunday won the top prize on Oscars night for best picture. Lady Gaga and Liza Minnelli presented the award to the film, which follows teenage Ruby -- who c...

In terms of European geography, it’s difficult to get further from Ukraine than Malta. Much the same could be said for understanding the meaning of the word freedom. The valiant Ukrainians will be fighting against invasion when Mal...

I have been closely following the unfolding of events on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Many rounds of talks in Belarus bet­ween Ukrainian and Russian delegations have so far yielded little progress towards a peace agreement. Just ...

Obituary ATTARD. On March 26, ANTOINETTE, sive Lina, of Sliema, aged 86, passed peacefully away comforted by the rites of Holy Church. She leaves to mourn her loss her husband Charles, her son Stephen, her daughter Louise, wife of Fa...