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Wed, 05 Jan 2022 10:12:00 +0100
Worker injured in Naxxar quarry accident
A worker suffered foot injuries in a quarry accident late on Tuesday afternoon, the police said on Wednesday. The 53-year-old resident in Mġarr was working in a quarry in Triq San Filep, Naxxar, when some machinery fell onto his fee...

Wed, 05 Jan 2022 09:42:00 +0100
Schembri and Mizzi join torturers, oligarchs on US travel ban list
Keith Schembri and Konrad Mizzi have the dubious honour of joining a US travel ban list which includes “gross human rights violators” from Iran and a Honduran president suspected of taking bribes from narco-traffickers. These two...

Wed, 05 Jan 2022 09:36:00 +0100
Melania Trump to auction off hat, NFT from Macron visit
Former first lady Melania Trump announced Tuesday she will auction off a famed white hat she wore in 2018, with accompanying physical and digitised NFT drawings. The three "important one-of-a-kind signed items" commemorate an April 2...

Wed, 05 Jan 2022 09:32:00 +0100
When language is not a barrier
The world has become a small place. Especially for those businesses who are on their path to internationalisation – or those who are already there and are engaging with clients all around the world – new custom is just a click aw...

Wed, 05 Jan 2022 09:11:00 +0100
Golden Globes to go ahead without audience or TV broadcast
A stripped-down Golden Globes will go ahead with no audience or media on Sunday, as the event traditionally known as Hollywood's biggest party reels from an industry boycott over ethical lapses by its organisers. The Hollywood Foreig...

Wed, 05 Jan 2022 08:51:00 +0100
One year after assault, US Capitol still licking its wounds
Mourn, or move on? A year after the mob of Donald Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol, lawmakers are trying to heal the deep rifts left behind by the insurrection that sought to overturn the election results.  "January 6th 2021 ...

Wed, 05 Jan 2022 08:48:00 +0100
Macron sparks backlash with warning to non-vaccinated French 
President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday faced anger from opponents and chaos in parliament after issuing a provocative warning to people in France not yet vaccinated against Covid-19 that he would pressure them as much as possible by ...

Wed, 05 Jan 2022 08:43:00 +0100
Gżira United agree deal to sign Croatian full back Antonio Pavic
Gżira United have announced their second signing of the January transfer window when they reached a deal to sign left-back Antonio Pavic. The Maroons have been working hard in the past few weeks to try and bolster their squad ahead ...

Wed, 05 Jan 2022 08:25:00 +0100
Nirvana baby album cover lawsuit dismissed
Earlier this year, the man who as a baby was photographed naked for the cover of Nirvana's Nevermind album sued the band for sexual exploitation – and now a California judge has dismissed the case on procedural grounds. The federal...

Wed, 05 Jan 2022 08:16:00 +0100
Valletta FC reach agreement to sign San Ġwann forward Andrea Zammit
Valletta FC have completed a major transfer coup as they have reached an agreement with San Ġwann FC to sign young Maltese forward Andrea Zammit, the Times of Malta can confirm. The 18-year-old forward is seen by many as one of the...

Wed, 05 Jan 2022 08:11:00 +0100
Denmark’s Eriksen sets sights on World Cup return
Denmark’s Christian Eriksen, who went into cardiac arrest at the European Championships and has since been fitted with a pacemaker, hopes to play in the World Cup in Qatar, he said in a Danish television interview aired Tuesday. Er...

Wed, 05 Jan 2022 07:59:00 +0100
Liverpool request to postpone League Cup semi against Arsenal due to COVID-19
Liverpool have formally requested to have Thursday’s Carabao Cup semi-final first leg at Arsenal postponed after further cases of COVID-19 within the squad forced the cancellation of training on Tuesday. The request was submitted a...

Wed, 05 Jan 2022 07:30:00 +0100
BNF Bank helps bring Xemxija flour mill back to life
A group of BNF Bank staff members volunteered their time to take part in an extensive clean-up of the underground flour mill in Xemxija on November 20. A contribution was also made by BNF Bank towards the future restoration of the hi...

Wed, 05 Jan 2022 07:00:00 +0100
Baby Jesus statuettes on show at Dar Karmni Grima
An exhibition of Baby Jesus statuettes is currently on show at Dar Karmni Grima museum at No.2, Għarb Street, Għarb. One of the exhibits belonged to Karmni Grima (pictured) which was dressed and decorated by Karmni herself. The di...

Wed, 05 Jan 2022 07:00:00 +0100
Announcements – January 5, 2022
Obituaries PORTELLI. On January 1, at Sir Anthony Mamo Oncology Centre, BERNARDETTE, aged 62, passed away peacefully comforted by the rites of Holy Church. She leaves to mourn her loss her husband Thomas, her son Timothy and his fian...

Wed, 05 Jan 2022 06:43:00 +0100
Today's front pages - January 5, 2022
The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Wednesday. The newspapers all give prominence to the vigil for Paulina Dembska, the 29-year-old Polish woman who was murdered in Sliema on Sunday, and the death of cancer spe...

Wed, 05 Jan 2022 06:38:00 +0100
North Korea fires suspected ballistic missile into sea 
North Korea fired what appeared to be a ballistic missile into the sea on Wednesday, South Korea and Japan said, in the first such launch by Pyongyang this year. In the decade since Kim Jong Un took power, North Korea has seen rapid ...

Wed, 05 Jan 2022 06:36:00 +0100
People are receiving quarantine letters after their isolation period is over
A number of people in isolation because of COVID-19 are yet to receive their quarantine letters despite testing positive for the virus or being in close contact with an infected patient several days before. Such letters are not only ...

Wed, 05 Jan 2022 06:32:00 +0100
'I lost the person who gave me my life back' – tributes flow for Victor Calvagna
Many young cancer patients and their families know Victor Calvagna as their doctor probably during the worst times of their life. This is what they had to say about the amiable paediatrician who died on Tuesday, a few days after he w...

Wed, 05 Jan 2022 06:30:00 +0100
Forecasting, with 85% accuracy – Revel Barker
The editor didn’t ask me for my predictions for the New Year. Well, why would he? I am, after all, an expert on nothing and have no particular axe to grind. Nor am I paid by the government to run an NGO. But I thought I’d put in ...



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