Four drugmakers, including Johnson & Johnson, went on trial Monday over claims they helped fuel the deadly opioid epidemic in the United States through deceptive marketing that downplayed the risks of addiction. J&J, Teva, Endo and A...

Anadolu Efes will be aiming for a final-four place in this season’s EuroLeague playoffs as they face Real Madrid in their opener in Istanbul tonight. Third seed Efes will have homecourt advantage as they battle to recreate and go o...

Workers on Tuesday were engaged right away to remove graffiti painted over the Curia façade in Floriana on Monday night. The graffiti which read: “Home of killers. Vaccines is 4 depopulation” was sprayed on the recently-restored...

US computer giant IBM soothed market jitters on Monday with better-than-expected results and a slight uptick in turnover after four quarters down.  Its stock rose 3.14 per cent during electronic trading after the close of the New Yo...

For three decades Abu Ali planted potatoes to provide for his family, but Lebanon’s economic crisis has driven up production costs and forced him to swap the crop for cannabis. “It’s not for the love of hashish,” the 57-year-...

Malta has retained its 81st position in the annual World Press Freedom Index published by Reporters without Borders (RSF) on Tuesday. The country had also placed in 81st position last year, down from 45th position in 2013. The report...

Real Madrid president Florentino Perez said on Tuesday that no club will be thrown out of the Champions League for joining a proposed European Super League (ESL).  On Monday, six Premier League teams — Liverpool, Manchester Unite...

Downton Abbey is to return in a sequel due to be released this Christmas, producers told US media. The first Downton Abbey film, based on the hugely popular British TV series, was released in 2019. Reassuring diehard fans, producers ...

Tokyo led a sell-off in Asian markets on Tuesday after Wall Street pulled back from record levels in overnight trade and with Japan fearing a renewed COVID-19 surge. Both the Dow and S&P finished last week at new peaks and also poste...

Violent dad-of-four who took drugs in front of his children banned from seeing them, as court urges mother to stay away from him and build a new life A family court judge has banned a dad-of-four from having any access whatsoever to ...

Supporters of the six Premier League clubs leading the breakaway European Super League have slammed the controversial plan, branding it the “ultimate betrayal”. Liverpool, Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City and ...

The front pages of Times of Malta from 25 and 10 years ago.  Become a Times of Malta premium member to gain full access to our archive dating back to January 1930.

Dr Neil Faulkner will deliver a lecture on the myth and truth about this early 20th century celebrity. On the basis of sensational new evidence from archaeological fieldwork, Faulkner will contrast the legend of Lawrence of Arabia wi...

Jurors on Monday began mulling the fate of the white ex-Minneapolis policeman accused of killing African-American man George Floyd, a death that sparked a nationwide reckoning on racism and that prosecutors called a "shocking abuse o...

Liverpool midfielder James Milner said on Monday he hopes a European Super League (ESL) does not happen despite his club being one of 12 teams to sign up to a breakaway. The English champions have teamed up with Premier League rivals...

The major political parties continue to insist that the recently approved bill to ensure gender parity in parliament was needed “to shock the system” and will “facilitate a wider and more inclusive debate in parliament” even ...

For years, the Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) was rendered toothless. It suffered from a lack of sufficient resources, a weak political direction to prevent financial crime and little interest on the part of the police f...

It is disappointing and shameful that a majority of politicians belonging to the two main parties, Nationalist and Labour, cosy up to each other and see eye to eye when a legislative proposal comes up that is to their mutual benefit....

Former US Vice President Walter Mondale, a liberal icon who famously told voters to expect a tax increase should he win the presidency, died Monday, US media reported. He was 93 years old. No cause was given for Mondale's death, acco...

On April 26, 1937, in a small Spanish village, hundreds of civilians were brutally massacred by Fascist and Nazi forces at Francisco Franco’s behest. It was one of the first bombings of civilians by a military air force. That villa...