The Australian Open was under growing pressure Thursday to make Covid tests mandatory after leading players openly questioned the seemingly lax policy and the Grand Slam got its first positive case. Frenchman Ugo Humbert said followi...

European airports are demanding action against Malta for breaching EU COVID travel rules. According to new rules that came into force on January 17 in Malta, vaccine certificates are valid for only three months from the second dose i...

The Beatles producer George Martin signed the legendary rock band in its early days more for its four members’ endearing personalities than for their music, he revealed in a video posted on Twitter Wednesday by his son. George Mart...

It’s December but when I draw the curtains of my hotel room window, I’m confronted by a hot sunny day. Dubai Creek lies below me and, since it’s my first time visiting, I spend some time studying the landscape. At a distance I ...

Elderly residents in care homes are being made to quarantine in their rooms for weeks even if not infected, leading relatives to question the necessity of this health measure and express concern about its impact on their mental healt...

Hibernians are one of the giants of the local game. However, up to 1960, they had failed to win a major honour. It seemed that a spell was cast on the club which would never be broken. This hoodoo was finally broken in season 1960-61...

In a TV discussion programme dealing with the criminal justice system some years back, the mother of a convicted murderer tearfully offered to serve time instead of her son. The mother of the victim had no such choice. But both their...

Who would have imagined 20 years ago that the western world’s largest elected legislature would be headed by a Maltese woman? Who would have imagined 20 years ago, among fears that acceding to the European Union would ‘dissolve o...

In recent years, the international financial media have given a lot of prominence to the debate across the investment community regarding the preferred style of investing. The concept of value investing dates back to at least the 192...

The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Thursday. Times of Malta leads its front page with news that Joseph Muscat’s Burmarrad home was on Wednesday searched by police as part of a corruption probe into the Vital...

The police have a working theory about the gruesome murder of Paulina Dembska. Part of its horror is that it’s a meaningless murder, totally random, unrelated to gender. The various activist groups protesting before the police head...

Obituaries EYNAUD. On Tuesday, January 18, PROF. JOSEPH EYNAUD passed away peacefully comforted by the rites of Holy Church. He leaves to mourn his loss his beloved wife Carmen née Coppini, his loving son Pierre and his wife Vanessa...

The first humanitarian flights arrived in volcano and tsunami-stricken Tonga Thursday, five days after the dual disaster cut the Pacific nation off from the rest of the world. Tonga has been inaccessible since Saturday, when one of t...

From the online comments board Metsola’s snub of Muscat widely shared after EP election win Yes, the pic is priceless. She did not want to dirty her hands with the most voted corrupt politician. His friends are accused of kickbacks...

Domestic violence victims are having to wait up to a year for their aggressor to be summoned to appear in court due to a “massive backlog” in cases that are being dealt with by a single magistrate. Over the past months, cases of ...

Manchester United got back on track with a 3-1 win at Brentford on Wednesday, but Cristiano Ronaldo’s petulant reaction to his substitution cast a shadow over their first victory in three Premier League games. Ralf Rangnick’s sid...

Birkirkara made a brilliant comeback from two goals down to score three in the final stages and beat Balzan 3-2. With just four minutes to go, Balzan were comfortably leading by two goals but the Stripes pulled one back on 86 minutes...

Antonio Conte said he saw the spirit he is trying to implement at Tottenham after Steven Bergwijn scored twice deep into stoppage time to stun Leicester with thrilling 3-2 win on Wednesday. The Foxes looked set to snatch victory agai...

The Nationalist Party's executive committee has unanimously approved the cooption of Graziella Galea to replace David Thake in Parliament. Thake resigned from parliament in the wake of revelations over outstanding VAT dues. The resig...

The UK government announced Wednesday that restrictions reimposed in England last month to fight the surge in Omicron coronavirus cases would be lifted, citing data that showed infections had peaked. Guidance advising people to work ...