A single gold coin and a one-cent stamp could be sold for up to $15 million each at auction in June, after Sotheby's announced on Thursday the sale of rare treasures set to break new records. The auction house described the 1933 Doub...

Italy's government was expected Friday to announce the closure of schools, restaurants and shops across most of the country as a new wave of coronavirus infections puts hospitals under strain. Prime Minister Mario Draghi will hold a ...

The Superintendent for Health Charmaine Gauci has been given the power to give the national teams an exemption from the current COVID-19 measures so that they can host international competitions in Malta. This was revealed by the L...

A group of NGOs has called for people to reduce physical contact and get tested after a rise in syphilis cases was reported by the genitourinary clinic at Mater Dei. The statement, signed by ARC - Allied Rainbow Communities, Checkpoi...

Cristiano Ronaldo’s Juventus dust themselves down and head for lowly Cagliari on Sunday, focussed on salvaging their bid for a 10th consecutive league title with their Champions League ambitions buried for another season. Juventu...

More twins – almost one in 40 children – are being born than ever before, according to research published Friday, citing the rapid rise in medically assisted reproduction as a major factor. More than 1.6 million twins are now bei...

Italy’s Luna Rossa continued to defy expectations and match America’s Cup favourite Team New Zealand Friday, with the rival yachts on two wins apiece after day two of racing in Auckland’s Waitemata Harbour. Written off by pundi...

A number of bodies have called for the removal of time-barring in cases of child sexual abuse, mainly because victims only pluck up the courage to speak about their ordeal after several years. The call was made after it emerged how t...

A digital collage by American artist Beeple sold Thursday for a record $69.3 million at Christie's auctioneers, as virtual art rapidly establishes itself as a new – and highly profitable – creative genre. Everydays: The First 5,0...

Within the cosmos of the European Union there is a great deal of talk about workers’ rights, one of which is the right to disconnect, that is, to disconnect from one’s work once one has ended one’s working day. There is also ta...

Another sizeable fleet took part in the third race of the Royal Malta Yacht Club Spring Coastal Series on Sunday morning.  The short, 10-nautical mile course, took the fleet towards the Fairway Buoy before heading toward Għallis an...

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Australia's defence minister settled a defamation case Friday with a former staffer who was allegedly raped in her parliamentary office, after calling the woman a "lying cow". Brittany Higgins, 26, who last month came forward with al...

Għajnsielem and Victoria Hotspurs maintained their positive run of late when they had the better of Oratory Youths and Sannat Lions respectively On the other hand, SK Victoria Wanderers and Xagħra United boosted their hopes of avoi...

The Permanent Commission Against Corruption has found no evidence of corruption or bribery in the way Enemalta had granted BWSC the €200 million contract for the extension of the Delimara power station. In its report sent to Justic...

The Delicata winery, the country’s foremost advocate of its two native and endemic grape varieties, is proclaiming March 20 henceforth as Malta’s National Girgentina and Ġellewża Day. After all, with this ultra-local grape tand...

Political egos have turned out to be no match for COVID-19. Declarations of being the best in the world and of having soundly defeated the virus have proven woefully premature, besides immature, in the face of variants that show abso...

The following are the main stories in Friday’s newspapers. Times of Malta leads with Vince Muscat’s (il-koħħu) shocking testimony in court on Thursday during which he said that Daphne Caruana Galizia’s killers were receiving ...

Prime Minister, We note that you read our articles. We are flattered. So here’s another one. We have no doubt that you have figured out for yourself that we work for no one except our country. You should try that some time. Repubbl...

When he was first contacted by a woman claiming to have discovered letters written by Adolf Hitler's father, Roman Sandgruber was understandably wary. "Given all the forgeries and self-proclaimed 'eyewitnesses' who've come forward in...