A construction worker has died after falling two storeys at a building site in San Ġwann. The victim, a 25-year-old Syrian man who lived in Birkirkara, was working at the Triq il-Gallina site when he fell at around 8.30am. A medical...

Inter boss Simone Inzaghi expects a “fight until the final game” as his team battle Milan and Napoli in a three-way fight for the Serie A title. A midweek 3-0 win over Milan at San Siro sent Inter through to a first Italian Cup f...

A Planning Authority employee was transferred to an 'independent' planning appeals board with a written guarantee that he could return to the authority after his stint with the tribunal ended, raising conflict of interest concerns.�...

Malta’s continued insistence on barring travel from a ‘dark red’ list of countries for COVID-19 purposes is hurting local business prospects, the Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry has said. The business lobby g...

Premier League leaders Manchester City and their relentless challengers Liverpool will expect to stay neck and neck in the title race after this weekend’s matches. In the battle for top four places, Arsenal can deliver a hammer blo...

The MSE Equity Total Return Index (MSE) closed in the red, as the increase in the value of the shares of Malta International Airport plc (MIA) was outweighed by declines in the two major banks. The MSE closed 1.3% lower at 7,538.198 ...

A person set themselves on fire outside the US Supreme Court on Friday, a spokeswoman said -- the second incident to raise alarm near the Capitol in Washington in a week.   "At approximately 6:30 pm (2230 GMT), an individual went o...

Updated 9.12am with PN condolences John Rizzo Naudi, a doctor and Nationalist Party politician who served as a member of parliament for five legislatures, has died aged 96.  Born in Msida and educated at the Lyceum and UK, Rizzo Nau...

Floriana president Johann Said has urged his team to keep up the pressure on leaders Hibernians as the Greens face Birkirkara for the second time in the space of a week at the National Stadium this afternoon (kick-off: 4pm). The Gree...

Why should the cultural sector target younger audiences? Is it doing enough to cater for children and young people and to cater for their engagement?  This month’s ACMHangouts session sees guests discuss the relevance of consideri...

Anyone watching the BBC programme Freeze the Fear with Wim Hof may be starting to wonder whether there really “power in the cold shower” as extreme athlete Hof claims. Hof, who set a Guinness World Record for swimming under ice, ...

These are the leading stories in local newspapers this Saturday. Times of Malta gives prominence to Friday’s announcement that masks will no longer be compulsory as of May 2 save for hospitals, care homes and flights, as the govern...

The political history of post-Independence Malta became synonym with the PN/PL tug-of-war mode of participation, where people’s expression of participation is limited to their allegiance to one party and antagonism towards the othe...

To mark the 80th anniversary since Malta was awarded the George Cross, Heritage Malta is holding a number of activities at Fort St Elmo and the National War Museum on April 24. Coupled with reduced admission fees, attractions include...

Malta has been at the forefront in deve­loping concepts safeguarding natural resources and the environment for the benefit of future generations. From the concept of the common heritage of mankind proposed by Malta’s first Perma...

Tomorrow, the French will elect their president in a contest between incumbent centrist Emanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine le Pen. While opinion polls predict a narrow victory for Macron, many expect the election to be a nail...

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Russia said Friday that one crew member died and 27 were missing after the Moskva missile cruiser sank last week, Moscow's first admission of the losses following the tragedy. The flagship of Russia's Black Sea Fleet had been leading...

Twitter on Friday banned ads that deny the reality of climate change. Twitter's announcement on  Earth Day came as it tries to fend off an unwanted takeover bid by billionaire Elon Musk, who has said he thinks people should be able ...

Updated 10.05am with details The European Union early Saturday finalised new legislation to require Big Tech to remove harmful content, the bloc's latest move to rein in the world's online giants. The Digital Services Act (DSA) -- th...