Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday accused Washington of seeking to prolong the conflict in Ukraine and of fuelling conflicts elsewhere in the world, including with the visit of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan. "The ...

Going on the beat involves a lot of footwork for the police, but this community officer took that to an all-new level while on patrol in Valletta, displaying football skills that surprised onlookers. The Malta police, which uploaded...

A total of 26 trees are in the process of being uprooted as part of works underway at the Siggiewi-Żebbuġ junction, Infrastructure Malta said. The figure is significantly higher than the original one the agency had said would need ...

Just before going into summer recess, Malta’s parliament held the first reading of three acts which, once adopted, are bound to start changing the Maltese insolvency law landscape. These acts will be amending the Commercial Code an...

Republican dissident Liz Cheney looks set to lose her US Congress seat Tuesday to an election-denying conspiracy theorist, in the latest signal of her party's disavowal of traditional conservatism in favour of Donald Trump's hardline...

The stunning knife attack on author Salman Rushdie has fanned interest in his works – above all, The Satanic Verses, which left him living for years under a looming death threat. Different editions of the 1988 book – seen as blas...

Maltese sprinter Janet Richard managed to break the 54-second barrier on her way to setting a new national record in the 400 metres at the European Championships currently being held in Munich, Germany. Competing in the third heat, R...

MUSIC SummerDaze Malta The penultimate day of Malta’s largest music festival will see Italian rapper Tony Effe perform at a beach party at Armier Bay this afternoon. The founder of the group Dark Polo Gang released his first solo a...

ECB monetary operations On August 8, the European Central Bank (ECB) announced the seven-day main refinancing operation (MRO). The operation was conducted on August 9 and attracted bids from euro area eligible counterparties of €90...

Now, more than ever Malta needs not just one national conversation, but rather thousands of such conversations.  To be meaningful, these conversations must not be organised by Malta’s political, cultural, or economic elites.  The...

Mgr Philip Calleja, a leading figure of the Maltese church for more than half a century, died in the early hours of Tuesday. He was 93. His death was announced by the Emigrants' Commission, which he founded and with whom he will fore...

Without entering into the merits of who is at fault regarding the dismissal of Mario Mallia, who had been head of St Albert the Great Church School for 16 years, I would like to offer my reflections since I also had been head of a Ch...

Liverpool fought back with 10 men to prevent a first Premier League defeat in front of fans at Anfield since 2017 as Darwin Nunez was sent off during a 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace on Monday. Luis Diaz's sensational strike salvaged a...

The local media has been flooded with comments and declarations from tourism stakeholders’ representatives on the proposed EU rules intended to introduce a new taxa­tion regime on aviation fuel. As is often the case, however, we h...

The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Tuesday. Times of Malta leads with explanations given by Maltapost for the latest increase in postage rates. The company said it has been operating the service at a loss. The...

Nancy Pelosi deserves the applause of the free world “Nancy Pelosi deserves the applause of the free world. Every democrat in every democracy should reflect on her example and consider how they too might support Taiwan,” wrote le...

A "catastrophe" at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in southern Ukraine would threaten the whole of Europe, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned on Monday. "Under the cover of the plant, the occupiers are sh...

Maltapost has raised the price of inbound and outbound mail, saying that its role as the national postal service is costing it more money than it makes.  The price of a stamp to send a letter locally has increased from €0.30 to �...

The lawyer defending Alfred Degiorgio, charged with Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder, is doing his duty when he insists his client must be assured a fair trial. However, he must also acknowledge and accept that the media has a speci...

Obituary MICALLEF. On August 14, at Christus Sacerdos Home for the Clergy, the very Rev. Canon GIUSEPPE, of Birkirkara, went to meet the Risen Lord whom he served in the priesthood for 67 years, at the age of 90. He leaves to mourn h...