Kyiv says 144 Ukrainian soldiers freed in prisoner swap
Ukrainian intelligence said Wednesday that 144 Ukrainian soldiers, including scores of defenders of the Azovstal steelworks in the southern port city of Mariupol, had been freed in a prisoner swap...
View ArticleJoshua ‘hungry’ to regain world title against Usyk
Anthony Joshua insists he is “hungry” to regain the world heavyweight title as the dethroned champion sets his sights on knocking out Oleksandr Usyk in their rematch in Saudi Arabia. Joshua suffered a...
View ArticleSinger R. Kelly sentenced to 30 years over sex crimes
Disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday for leading a decades-long effort to recruit and trap teenagers and women for sex. Judge Ann Donnelly handed down the...
View ArticleSirens raise game to wallop Exiles
Sirens shook off their initial inertia to recover and collect the spoils against Exiles on Wednesday. In a first session in which both teams went for an uncompromising attacking style, Exiles took a...
View ArticleCurmi, Genovese secure Malta's first medal at Mediterranean Games
Tennis duo Francesca Curmi and Elaine Genovese have secured Team Malta their first medal at the 2022 Mediterranean Games after they produced an astonishing fightback to reach the final of the women’s...
View ArticleVietnam stands for election to United Nations Human Rights Council in 2023-2025
On June 26, 2022, Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam Vuong Dinh Hue and the Vietnamese High Delegation paid an official visit to the Europe with the aims to strongly promote Vietnam's...
View ArticleChris Fearne orders law review following abortion ordeal
Health Minister Chris Fearne has ordered a review of legislation to ensure medical professionals are not stopped from saving lives. Answering questions from the media about local abortion laws,...
View ArticleSuspected drug trafficker's extradition falters due to prosecution mess up
Extradition proceedings against a Maltese man wanted by Italian authorities to face drug trafficking charges have faltered on account of “incomplete” documentary information presented by the...
View ArticleNurses shortage jeopardising safety of patients - union
A man who ran away from a ward in St Vincent de Paul home for the elderly last Tuesday did so due to a lack of staff, according to the nurses’ union. It said the latest incident confirms what the...
View Article‘The aim is to have our destiny in our hands’ says Adamoli ahead of Andorra game
Malta’s women head into Game two of their FIBA Small Countries Games commitments on Thursday on the back of an important opening victory against Kosovo on Tuesday. Now, Malta faces Andorra (tip-off:...
View ArticleOnly 10 of 160 patients referred to crisis resolution team hospitalised: Fearne
Just one out of every 15 people who over the past six months required the intervention of the crisis resolution team has been hospitalised over mental health issues, Chris Fearne said on Thursday....
View ArticleOne COVID case in ITU, vaccination is working: Fearne
Only one patient with COVID is receiving intensive treatment on Wednesday, Chris Fearne said, as the virus numbers remain very high. According to official data published on Thursday, 539 people...
View ArticleUK upholds ban on babies in parliament
MPs in Britain's parliament should not bring children into the chamber, a cross-party committee ruled Thursday, following a row over a Labour MP bringing her baby into the House of Commons. The...
View ArticleThe ultimate Starscope Monocular review: (Almost) everything you need to know
Engineered to put the power to see the cosmos – up close and in person – in your back pocket (with the help of your smartphone camera), the Starscope Monocular telescope is a game changing piece of...
View ArticlePolice union issues t-shirt directive after overtime dispute boils over
Police officers have been told to wear t-shirts, not to man barriers at village feasts, and stop reading e-mails after work, in new directives issued on Thursday. In a statement, the Malta Police...
View ArticleTottenham closing on deal for Everton’s Richarlison - reports
Tottenham are set to further bolster their attacking options with the signing of Richarlison from Everton in a deal that could rise to £60 million ($73 million), according to reports in the British...
View ArticleRussia quits Snake Island, in blow to blockade of Ukraine ports
Russian troops have abandoned their positions on a captured Ukrainian island, a major set-back to their invasion effort that weakens their blockade of Ukraine's ports, defence officials said Thursday....
View ArticleSix arrested in connection with burglary at Ronaldo house
Six people have been arrested in connection with the three-million-euro burglary at the house belonging to former Brazil forward Ronaldo, AFP learned on Thursday from sources close to the...
View ArticleStocks sink on recession fear, oil slips before OPEC
World stock markets mostly sank on Thursday on intensifying recession fears, while oil prices receded before an OPEC output decision. Frankfurt and Paris each tumbled 2.7 per cent in early afternoon...
View ArticleTruck crashes into service room at Ta' Giorni tunnels
A truck has crashed into a recently-built service room just outside the Ta Giorni tunnels on Triq Mikiel Anton Vassalli in St Julians. Police said the incident occurred at around 1.30pm but had no...
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