Hamrun Spartans head into their UEFA Conference League first-leg tie against Bulgarian side Levski Sofia today (kick-off: 7.30pm) in a week which sees a record number of Maltese clubs having progressed this far into European qualifie...

This is the ninth in a series of autobiographical short stories by author Rita Antoinette Borg, collectively titled A Funny Thing Happened to Me…. In New York, my father brought me wounded pigeons, sparrows, and stray puppies and a...

The directors of Batgirl say they are “shocked” that the $90 million superhero film had been axed by the studio and will now not be released in any format. Warner Bros. Discovery announced they were shelving the movie adaptation ...

Andrea Pisanu says that Hibernians are relishing the chance to face Latvia’s RFS for a historical berth in the Play-off Round of the UEFA Conference League. The Paolites take on the Latvian champions in the third qualifying round, ...

MUSIC Steve Hackett in concert Singer-songwriter and musician Steve Hackett, who gained prominence as the lead guitarist of the progressive rock band Genesis from 1971 to 1977, is performing in Malta tonight as part of his Seconds Ou...

Two motorcyclists, both aged 34, have been injured in separate accidents on Wednesday, the police said. In the first one, a Gozitan  man was seriously injured when his motorcycle was involved in collision with a car on National Road...

Life is being disrupted in a once quiet, residential alley in Victoria as applications for restaurants and wine bars turn it into a “disaster” for the neighbours. Triq Mons Guzeppi Farrugia, Alley No.1, a dead-end lane no more th...

Some 20,000 people have visited the Logos Hope, the world's biggest library ship, since it arrived in Malta last month. The vessel opened its doors on July 13 and organisers said it will now be staying slightly longer - until tomorro...

The Rolling Stones wrapped up their 60th-anniversary tour Wednesday in Germany with an emotional tribute to late drummer Charlie Watts. The legendary British band had opened their European tour with a gig in Madrid on June 1 to mark ...

Gżira United have written a new chapter in their club’s history after marking their third qualifying round debut with an impressive draw against Austrian Bundesliga side Wolfsberger AC. On paper, qualification might have looked a...

US Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan has aroused strong indignation among the Chinese people and sharp criticism from the international community. Utterly reckless, dangerous, irresponsible are the words often heard. And here is...

The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Thursday.  Times of Malta and the other newspapers lead with the sudden death of a young prosecutor from the Attorney General's Office at his home on Wednesday. The only exc...

 China's largest-ever military exercises encircling Taiwan kicked off Thursday, in a show of force straddling vital international shipping lanes after a visit to the island by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Pelosi left Taiwan Wednes...

Former ONE radio show host Manuel Cuschieri has been appointed a member of the government’s Welfare Committee.  The appointment, which is valid for a year starting on July 18, was made public through the Government Gazette. The me...

The preliminary report of the Census of Population and Housing 2021, published by the National Statistics Office, measures the extent of the change in Malta’s demographics over the last 10 years. Economists and social scientists wh...

Obituaries AGIUS. On August 2, at Simblija Care Home, Major MAURICE AGIUS, aged 101, passed away peacefully comforted by the rites of Holy Church. He leaves to mourn his loss his children Andrew and his wife Pat, Frances widow of Per...

You know we’re in a new era when the president of the United States takes credit for an assassination and the press needs to explain who the villain was and why he was important. Ayman al-Zawahiri, 71, had an established routine of...

When Daphne Caruana Galizia was alive, most of the local media either attacked her relentlessly or disregarded her. We all know now, even if only a few of us admit, how wrong it was to treat Caruana Galizia in that way before she was...

The husband of Miriam Pace, who was killed when her Ħamrun house collapsed in 2020, said the revocation of warrants of two architects convicted of her involuntary homicide should serve as a deterrent to others. But the family, Carme...

San Giljan struck a psychological blow on the eve of the Premier Division Play-Offs with an emphatic win over Neptunes to win the BOV Knock-Out final on Wednesday. What a fascinating final this has turned out to be! San Giljan were a...