Sweden's public health agency on Monday recommended a fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine for people over the age of 80, those in nursing homes and those receiving at-home care. The agency said the jab should be taken four months aft...

Five years after the government declared in its cancer plan that HPV vaccine could help prevent cancer in boys, the jab is still only given for free to girls. It means an estimated 2,400 boys each year are missing out on the potentia...

As the first round of the Enemed Futsal League came to an end, five teams booked a place in the Enemed Futsal Premier League with the last six playing in the Challenger League. In fact Luxol St Andrews, Valletta, Ta’ Xbiex, Unive...

A Maltese man who is wanted in Italy to answer to drug trafficking charges has filed a constitutional case claiming that a procedural error committed by an appeals court breached his human right to a fair hearing. Paul Attard claimed...

Updated 10.13am French police shot dead a man who lunged at them early on Monday with a long-blade knife at Paris's busy Gare du Nord train station, police sources said. The man attacked two police officers on patrol at the station, ...

Need a bit of extra space but still want an EV? These are some of the ideal options. The electric car segment is expanding at a fearsome rate, with all manner of battery-powered models hitting the market to take advantage of ever-inc...

Four alleged accomplices in the murder of an 85-year-old French priest go on trial in Paris on Monday after years of investigations into one of the most grisly jihadist attacks that have rocked France in recent years.  Father Jacque...

Russian teenage figure skating sensation Kamila Valieva was on Monday cleared by the Court of Arbitration for Sport to continue competing in the Beijing Olympics despite failing a doping test. CAS said it had rejected appeals by the ...

COVID-19 has now entered its third calendar year. While we have all seen first-hand, and discussed at length, the effect that the pandemic has had on our health and economic situation, the effect that COVID-19 has had on industrial r...

Cooper Kupp scored two touchdowns and Aaron Donald spearheaded a fearsome defensive display as the Los Angeles Rams defeated the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20 to win the Super Bowl on Sunday. Kupp scored a decisive touchdown with 1min 25s...

Robert Abela has tenaciously refused to publish his tax returns for the years preceding his election to parliament in 2017. Why he resists this basic act of transparency is a mystery to all the citizens of Malta. He cannot escape ...

If Shakespeare were still alive today, he would have to rewrite his amusing poem, The Seven Ages of Men. Today, many older adults are not as frail as those described in the Bard’s sixth and seven ages. Medical science and improving...

Obituaries BORG CARUANA. On February 12, ALEXANDER, aged 92, passed away peacefully comforted by the rites of Holy Church. He will be dearly missed by his beloved wife Marie Therese, his children Charlotte and her husband Graham, Reu...

The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Monday. Times of Malta reports that three of Malta's top filmmakers are threatening to quit Malta over poor tangible support for the industry. It also reports on a plea, made...

Many users of a Philips breathing machine remain without a solution, eight months after it was recalled over fears of patients inhaling cancer-causing chemicals through a foam sound filter. Left untreated, sleep apnea can put people ...

Three of Malta’s top film producers and directors said the Maltese film industry will die if the authorities do not take tangible action to help it take off this year. They believe that the industry is still in its infancy and, eve...

Politicians might argue that the excessive number of cars on our roads is evidence of economic progress. The rest of us are more likely to worry about the stress of driving to and from work in traffic and finding a parking space at a...

Soap bubbles or restored dignity? When Pope Benedict visited Malta, he had some recommendations to make and inter alia said: “You live in a society that is steeped in Christian faith and values. You should be proud that your countr...

Taking the EZL way out See more work by Seb Tanti Burlò.

Marco Reus defied the boos of the home crowd with two goals against Union Berlin on Sunday, as Borussia Dortmund cruised to a 3-0 win to narrow the gap at the top of the Bundesliga to six points.  Reus, who won a controversial penal...