Don’t write off Ronaldo, warns ShaqiriPortugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo....
Cristiano Ronaldo may be 37 and without a club but Switzerland’s Xherdan Shaqiri, whose team face Portugal in the World Cup last 16 on Tuesday, says it would be a mistake to consider him a fading...
View ArticleNo diplomatic solution to Ukraine war if Putin is in power: Nobel Prize...
There is no prospect of a negotiated end to the war in Ukraine, according to Irina Scherbakova, one of the co-founders of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Russian rights organisation Memorial. "I am...
View ArticleEngland roar past Senegal, to face France in World Cup quarter-finalsEngland...
England set up a titanic World Cup quarter-final against holders France as Jude Bellingham's masterclass inspired a 3-0 win against Senegal in the last 16 on Sunday. Gareth Southgate's side survived a...
View ArticleLetters to the editor - December 5, 2022Image: Times of Malta
Time to celebrate the birth of baby Jesus I went to Maltapost to buy some Christmas stamps to use on my Christmas cards. I was disturbed to see that, instead of depicting the typical nativity scenes...
View ArticleEditorial: Those volatile fireworks factoriesLeft: a plume of smoke rises...
Records indicate that pyrotechnics deaths in Malta date back to at least 1882. Still, we do not seem to have learnt much from such tragic experiences. The last days of November claimed another life:...
View ArticleThe people are sovereign – Mark Sammut SassiParliamentary democracy means...
The current debate on the proposed amendment to the criminal code concerning abortion has raised two fundamental questions. One of them is about the wording of the proposed government amendment, which...
View ArticlePride in our profession – Anthony ZammitSocial media is rife with photos of...
As, together with my team, we commemorate 10 years since the founding of our architecture studio, Studjurban, I find myself thinking not only of this journey of urban and architectural design and...
View ArticleAnnouncements – December 5, 2022Stock picture
Obituary CRITIEN. Bailiff Fra’ JOHN EDWARD CRITIEN, Grand Prior of Rome, on December 3, at the Sovereign Military Order of Malta’s Magistral Palace in Rome, passed away peacefully comforted by the...
View ArticleCorradino collapse: building was set to become four-storey timber factoryPart...
A Corradino building that collapsed on Saturday, killing one and injuring five others, was set to become a four-storey timber processing factory. The site inside the Corradino Industrial Estate was...
View ArticleToday's front pages - December 5, 2022See today's front pages.
The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Monday. Times of Malta and the Malta Independent lead with the protest held on Sunday in Valletta against a bill seen as introducing...
View ArticleLove behind bars: the Russian imprisoned poet and his fianceeAlexanda Popova,...
In a Moscow prison where he is held for reciting an anti-war poem in public, Artyom Kamardin scribbled some hearts in a letter to his girlfriend Alexandra Popova. Showing AFP a scan of the letter on...
View ArticleJosé Herrera set to head golden passports agencyFormer Labour MP and cabinet...
Former MP José Herrera has been earmarked to lead the board of the government’s golden passports agency. Government sources said Herrera, who missed out on re-election earlier this year, is expected...
View ArticleChinese cities relax testing rules as zero-Covid policy easesPeople wait in a...
Businesses reopened and testing requirements were relaxed in Beijing and other Chinese cities on Monday as the country tentatively eases out of a strict zero-Covid policy that sparked nationwide...
View ArticleInter and Red Bull Salzburg arrive in Malta for training campTurkish...
Italian giants Inter and Austrian champions Red Bull Salzburg flew to Malta on Sunday night ahead of a short training camp on our islands this week. Inter arrived in Malta on Sunday evening with a...
View ArticleJoe Friggieri: still a master to be admiredThe book cover
Sekwenzi: poeżiji 2017-2022 By Joe Friggieri Published by Kite Group I have always admired Joe Friggieri’s poems for their lucidity, admirable musicality and elegant commentary on the life not just...
View ArticleWorld Cup not Modric's swansong, says Croatia coach DalicCroatia captain Luka...
Luka Modric will continue playing for Croatia beyond the World Cup, coach Zlatko Dalic said, as the 2018 finalists prepare to face Japan in the last 16 on Monday. Real Madrid schemer Modric will win...
View ArticleMalta Blackball Christmas tournaments underwayThe Malta Blackball Christmas...
Eight teams booked a place in the Community Christmas Trophy organised by the Malta Blackball Association after beating their respective opponents. In fact, Selmun Bar C, Valletta Fossa Boys, PL...
View ArticleVolatile fireworks factoriesA plume of smoke rising from the fireworks...
Records indicate that pyrotechnics deaths in Malta date back to at least 1882. Still, we do not seem to have learnt much from such tragic experiences. The last days of November claimed another life:...
View ArticleWhat’s on in Malta and Gozo – December 5'It's Almost Summer', a painting by...
FILM Tnejn għat-Talkies The Embassy Cinemas, in Valletta is today screening Akira Kurosawa’s 1985 film Ran as part of its fortnightly shows of classic, cult movies. The action war drama is set in...
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