Nations were trying to rebuild bridges at the COP26 summit on Saturday after talks faltered overnight, when rich emitters refused a request to help developing economies meet mounting financial losses from climate change. Delegates fr...

The wait is finally over for the Malta rugby national team who will play their first home international after almost two years when they host Israel in a FIRA-AER Championship qualifier at the Tony Bezzina Stadium on Saturday afterno...

Former footballer Daniel Bogdanovic was paid one payment of €5,000 before his three-month €15,000 contract with the Education Ministry was rescinded by Prime Minister Robert Abela, Times of Malta has learnt.  It remains unclear ...

Seven knights, seven dames and three priests were invested during a ceremony by the Knights of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem at St John’s Co-Cathedral in Valletta last Saturday. The knight investees were Josef Aquili...

Updated 10.30am, adds MIA statement Any amnesty or other prescribed or conventional mechanism which effectively rewards defaulting taxpayers, is patently inequitable and should not be entertained, much less promulgated and implemente...

The MSE Equity Total Return Index (MSE) gained 1.3% to close above the 8,000 points level, as turnover jumped to €0.5m, up from €0.2m last week. Among the large caps, gains in International Hotel Investments plc (IHI), GO plc and...

Malta joins the rest of Commonwealth countries in saluting the war dead on Sunday as it celebrates Remembrance Day. Mass, led by Archbishop Charles Scicluna, will be concelebrated at St John’s CoCathedral in Valletta at 9.30am. It ...

Works painted in the final years of Vincent Van Gogh's life fetched a combined $150 million (€131 million) at a Christie's Impressionist auction in New York Thursday evening, while a Gustave Caillebotte oil on canvas smashed record...

Prime Minister Robert Abeka has attended the commemorative 75th-anniversary ceremony of when the United Nations set up UNESCO. The ceremony was held at UNESCO’s headquarters in Paris. It was attended by around 30 heads of state and...

Sara Duterte, the daughter of outgoing Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, will run for vice president in the 2022 elections, the government's election monitor said Saturday, after months of speculation she would seek the top job....

Fr Victor Grech has an early start to the day. The 92-year-old priest drives himself to Tal-Ibraġ early in the morning, where he celebrates the 7.30am Mass and meets people for counselling. Upon returning home, where he still lives ...

World champion Lewis Hamilton on Friday dominated qualifying at the Brazil Grand Prix but then found himself facing demotion to the back of the grid for Saturday’s sprint race after Mercedes were placed under investigation for a po...

Angel Di Maria’s goal on Friday put Argentina on the verge of qualifying for next year’s World Cup in Qatar as Lionel Messi was on the bench for the 1-0 win away to Uruguay. Messi was only called upon by coach Lionel Scaloni to p...

As the general election approaches, some Maltese citizens working abroad invariably question the hassle they must endure to exercise their democratic right to vote. Air Malta offers subsidised flights for voters from the destinations...

“I am alone and this loneliness is killing me!” How many times did we meet people expressing the above statement? However, there is a big difference between lonely and alone. Loneliness is marked by a sense of isolation. Solitude...

Former US president Donald Trump's longtime advisor Steve Bannon was indicted Friday for refusing to testify to the congressional committee investigating the Capitol riot, the Justice Department announced. A federal grand jury return...

The following are the main stories in Saturday's newspapers. Times of Malta leads with the start of criminal proceedings against John Dalli saying these were off to a false start after the prosecution raised an issue over the former ...

Basic scenario: the Squid Game (Netflix Series 16+, South Korean production) relates the story of heavily indebted individuals with only a bleak, desperate and despicable future who, at the prompting of ‘others’ – but of their ...

Obituaries ANASTASI. On November 9, ALPHONSE of Tarxien and residing in Qawra, aged 78, passed away peacefully comforted by the rites of Holy Church. He leaves to mourn his loss his wife Maria, his children Joseph and Christopher, hi...

The demise of credit cards has accelerated as more Maltese are turning to alternative payment options such as Revolut, a report by the Central Bank has found. In a review of card and digital payment options that was published this we...