Brazilian police have officially identified the remains of British journalist Dom Phillips, who was found buried in the Amazon after going missing on a book research trip. The grim result comes after the disappearance on June 5 of Ph...

Farmers whose crops have been destroyed by a recent spate of grass fires will receive compensation from the government, Agriculture Minister Anton Refalo has promised. “We have already issued a call for farmers to tell us what dama...

The MSE Equity Total Return Index shed 0.6% to 7,834.354 points. A total of 18 equities were active, seven of which registered a loss, while another five traded higher. A total weekly turnover of €0.8m was generated over 140 deals....

Jamaican sprint legend Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce believes she can run faster than she ever “dreamed possible” and has not given up on appearing at the 2024 Olympics. “What drives me is I believe I can run faster,” the 35-year-o...

Police officers will be patrolling the Sliema promenade from 5am till midnight as of Monday, the locality's council said in a statement on social media.  The local council said the patrols - from Exiles to the Strand - will kick off...

The SB20 Sailing National Championship 2021/2022 has turned the spotlight on the class that began five years ago and now boasts 8 boats on the island.    The Association is now running in its 5th year and represents a growing fleet...

A 19-year-old man was seriously injured in a fall on a Mellieħa construction site in the early hours of Saturday morning. The police said in a statement the accident happened at around 2.30am on Triq ir-Ramla.  Two Austrian men - a...

Spain’s La Liga is challenging the legality of Kylian Mbappe’s new contract claiming Paris Saint-Germain breached financial fair-play regulations to sabotage the France World Cup winner’s seemingly certain move to Real Madrid. ...

Papà The children were brought up calling him “papà” [father]. He was born in Xewkija, Gozo and baptised in the old church of the village, christened Joseph. He was the son of Mikiel Zammit and Francesca née Ciantar. Ġużeppi...

Charles Leclerc’s hopes of victory at this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix were dented on Friday when it was confirmed he will face a substantial grid penalty for Sunday’s race. Soon after finishing second behind series leader an...

A country’s reputation is the overall measure and assessment of how it is perceived. It is a long-term accumulated and durable perspective. It is an intangible asset critical for building awareness of the nation among different sta...

The man who had been nominated to become the Planning Authority’s new chairman – but who admitted to having been offered a bribe by a policeman which he failed to report – will not be removed from his position on the Planning C...

As we all look forward to enjoying summer, despite a new COVID-19 sub-variant causing a temporary increase in local cases, allow me to share some personal thoughts about past, current and future responses to the virus. We now know mu...

When are we going to pause and take stock of what we, as a people, are going through? When are we going to listen to the complaints that many citizens are airing because their life is being dictated by our local ‘oligarchs’? We s...

Who rules, residents or establishments? Residents are unhappy with the change to Valletta’s nightlife hours. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier. A legal notice has just added nine Valletta streets to entertainment hubs in Buġibba, Qawra a...

France, Spain and other western European nations braced on Saturday for a sweltering June weekend that is set to break records and sparked concern about forest fires and the effects of climate change. Temperatures already nudged over...

Obituaries COLE. On June 2, at her residence in Cape Town, South Africa, the Noble ANNE COLE née Formosa Gauci, aged 69, passed away peacefully in the presence of her devoted husband. She leaves to mourn her loss her husband Richard...

The rate of new hospital admissions because of COVID-19 has tripled in a week, fresh EU data shows.  Malta’s weekly new hospital admissions rate went up from 2.3 per 100,000 patients to 6.9 per 100,000, according to the weekly rev...

Neptunes took the lead in Group A after Friday's scraping win over a disciplined Sirens for whom goalkeeper Thomas Micallef pulled off a series of excellent saves. However, the profligacy of the Balluta Bay team, without Jake Muscat,...

Former Germany striker Miroslav Klose, the all-time top scorer at World Cup finals, was on Friday named coach of Austrian Bundesliga club Altach. This will be the 44-year-old’s first role as a head coach having previously been on t...