The United States is bracing for the outcome of two high-profile trials featuring a volatile mix of guns, self-defense claims and racial tensions. One of the cases is being tried in the town of Brunswick in Georgia, a southern state ...

Some breast cancer patients are having to pay tens of thousands of euros out of their own pocket for a powerful drug or skip the treatment altogether because they can’t afford it, after the government ended its financial support. N...

European crowdfunding service providers are now able to provide crowdfunding services on a cross-border basis throughout the EU without needing to obtain separate authorisation in each member state. This development is part of the EU...

Invention and innovation are the driving force behind economic growth. Eman Pulis has cultivated an oversized presence in the tech investment community in the past years, building up his reputation for spotting trends in frontier tec...

Parents have expressed anger over the planned reintroduction of a system that penalises those whose children fail to attend state-financed nurseries for more than a quarter of their booked sessions – even if they are sick. The anno...

Enough time has passed since Brexit to start drawing some preliminary conclusions on whether the Brits' departure has shaken the use of the English language in the European Union. The mantra of Brexit was “take back control”. Sti...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian about "concerning" Russian military activity taking place "in and near Ukraine," a US official said late on Sunday. The two top diplomats address...

Police Commissioner Angelo Gafà is facing mounting criticism for reportedly relying on an evidence-gathering exercise led by a magistrate into the hospitals’ deal rather than conducting a comprehensive investigation on Joseph Mus...

The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Monday. Times of Malta leads with comments by former European Commissioner John Dalli, who on Sunday insisted he never hid behind EU immunity, and never sought anyone’s pr...

Last November, with so much fanfare that the neighbours reckoned that an election must be in the offing (and this was November last year), our prime minister ‘opened’ – or, more accurately, reopened – the ‘newly surfaced’...

Mgr Joseph Farrugia, founder and curator of Il-Ħaġar museum and cultural centre in Victoria recently gave a lecture on St Joseph in conjunction with the current temporary exhibition, entitled Joseph the Silent Witness. Mgr Farrugia...

The Malta Philharmonic Orchestra returns to Gozo with principal conductor, Sergey Smbatyan, in a concert presenting Igor Stravinsky’s suite for orchestra from the ballet The Firebird. Based on the story of Prince Ivan’s search fo...

Obituaries CAMILLERI. On November 12, at Mater Dei Hospital, MARGARET, of San Ġwann, aged 74, passed away peacefully comforted by the rites of Holy Church. She leaves to mourn her loss her dearest sisters Mary Rose, wife of the late...

My father had a legendary moustache. Unfortunately, I was not blessed with the same gift. This made my Novembers quite awkward when I would invariably attempt to host some ill-formed caterpillar on my upper lip. My attempts were almo...

Former European Commissioner John Dalli has insisted he never hid behind EU immunity, and never sought anyone’s protection, in the case over an alleged bribery attempt during his time with the EU executive. “I not only did not hi...

Unparalleled revolution Christianity has been here for 2,000 years and, yet, few stop to reflect just what an unparalleled revolution it has brought about. In pagan societies, life had no value at all, especially for the poor and the...

Cristiano Ronaldo’s hopes of playing in a record-equalling fifth World Cup hang in the balance after Serbia stunned Portugal 2-1 in Lisbon to qualify for the 2022 World Cup. Spain and Croatia did secure their places in Qatar on Sun...

Updated Monday 9am A 30-year-old Tunisian woman was killed when she was hit by a car in Xemxija, limits of St Paul's Bay, on Sunday evening. The police said the woman was hit by a Mercedes Benz C350 at Xemxija Hill just after 8pm. Fo...

British police announced the arrests of three men after a car exploded in front of Liverpool Women's Hospital, killing one man and injuring another on Sunday morning. The three men, aged 29, 26 and 21, were arrested in Liverpool's Ke...

Lewis Hamilton won the Brazil Grand Prix on Sunday in one of his all-time great drives from 10th on the grid with championship leader Max Verstappen second. With three races of the season remaining, Hamilton cut his Dutch rival’s l...