Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo and Harry Maguire have received the most Twitter abuse of any Premier League players, a report published Tuesday has found. Analysis by British media regulator Ofcom of 2.3 million tweets in t...

President George Vella "absolutely" does not feel he should resign for failing to personally sign IVF amendments into law, he told reporters on Wednesday. He faced calls to step down after he waited until he went abroad before the la...

Transport Minister Aaron Farrugia has dodged criticism about an overload of road projects causing gridlock, saying that village feasts are also to blame for traffic.   “The traffic jams are not just due to infrastructure work, bu...

Australian swim star Emma McKeon made Commonwealth Games history on Tuesday by winning her 19th medal as Jacob Kiplimo raced to victory in the 10,000m on the first day of track and field. McKeon pulled one ahead of shooters Michael G...

Eyebrows furrowed in careful concentration as he chisels images and Chinese characters onto mahjong tiles, 70-year-old Cheung Shun-king is one of the last craftsmen of his kind in Hong Kong. Hand carving playing tiles for the popular...

Robert Arrigo has accused Bernard Grech of lying to the public and making his party’s executive “look like idiots”, saying the Nationalist Party leader should do the honourable thing and resign.  In a public broadside publishe...

Moviment Graffitti is to hold a second protest at Comino's Blue Lagoon, on August 13, to 'reclaim' the island from its 'hijacking' by commercial interests. The NGO held a much-publicised protest at the place at the beginning of summe...

Air Malta warned on Wednesday that a plan to impose a tax on aviation fuel, currently being considered by the EU, will not bring about a moal shift in transport to peripheral islands like Malta, but only considerably raise costs and ...

FILM Spanish Film Days: Handia Spazju Kreattiv is showing the 2017 drama Handia (The Giant), which is based on the life of Miguel Joaquín Eleicegui (1818–1861) who suffered from gigantism and was known as the ‘Giant from Altzo�...

The Commissioner for the Elderly has described the inquiry into the disappearance of a patient from St Vincent de Paul as ‘fair’ and said disciplinary action should be taken against staff who failed to follow basic procedures. �...

In the latest development in the wake of the Dieselgate scandal, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)  recently confirmed that consumers who purchased diesel vehicles fitted with software which reduces the effectiveness...

Updated 10.12am At least 112 women have been hospitalised after a gas leak at an apparel manufacturing plant in India, police said Wednesday. The workers complained of nausea and vomiting at a plant in the Atchyutapuram district of t...

Gżira United will be looking to continue their giant-killing run in the UEFA Conference League when they travel to Austrian side Wolfsberger in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Conference League, first leg tie on Wednesday eve...

A judge has ruled that the attorney general needs to consider other factors, besides those laid down in current legal guidelines, when deciding whether to send accused persons for trial before the Criminal Court or before the Magistr...

Oscar Piastri said Tuesday he will not drive for Alpine in Formula One next year, barely an hour after the team announced that he would replace departing two-time world champion Fernando Alonso. Alpine released a statement saying th...

We have long had on paper the ethical standards which are due by MPs and, since 2018, a law that led to the setting up of the respective commissioner entrusted with investigating breaches of ethical standards by ministers, MPs and pe...

The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Wednesday. Times of Malta reports how developer Joseph Portelli controversially got Planning Authority approval for pools in a protected zone in Qala. It also reports how a p...

“Lidl welcomes you to Malta,” reads one of the many ad hoardings decorating the arrivals lounge at Malta International Airport. I’ve a visceral hatred for that particular sign. It’s another reminder that holidays are over and...

 China rolled out curbs Wednesday on the import of fruit and fish from Taiwan while halting shipments of sand to the island in the wake of a visit by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The trip by Pelosi, who is second in line to the pr...

The American University of Malta (AUM) said it will waive fees for all EU students after questions were raised about whether its admissions criteria breached European Commission rules. Over the weekend, the Cospicua-based university ...