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Pictures of the Week: Remembering the past and living for the present
Two women help themselves to sandwiches from the refreshment area set up in the bowling alley to celebrate the European Year of Active Ageing and Solidarity Between Generations. Photo: Chris Sant...
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Gathering clouds
A number of readers sent pictures to mynews@timesofmalta.com this morning showing a waterspout amid gathering clouds off the East coast of Malta.
View ArticleUpdated - IVF: Association insists on two embryos limit
Updated - Adds statement by Gift of Life - The Maltese Paediatric Association has reiterated the need for the effective regulation on the number of embryos that may be legally transferred in any...
View ArticleTrain ploughs into school bus in Egypt, 47 killed
Up to 47 people, mostly children, were killed when a train slammed into a school bus as it crossed tracks in a city south of Cairo this morning, state media and officials said. A senior security...
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Children walk through a river to get to school
Some kids take a bus to school... some get a ride from mom or dad. But these kids wade through a waist high river every day to get to class. They live in a remote village on the island of Sumatra in...
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President clarifies that he had prerogative on granting pardon
President George Abela clarified this morning that it had been his prerogative whether or not to grant a pardon to a woman who was jailed for refusing her husband access to their son. Speaking in a...
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Curia announces events ahead of Episcopal Ordination
The Curia has issued a programme of activities to be held ahead of the Episcopal Ordination of Mgr Charles J. Scicluna, Auxiliary Bishop of Malta. The programme kicks off on November 20 at St...
View ArticleBirkirkara coast past Melita
Melita 0 Birkirkara 3 Camenzuli 33; Sciberras 50, 65 Birkirkara have temporarily moved above Valletta at the top of the Premier League standings after coasting past Melita in a one-sided encounter at...
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Arsenal seize derby spoils after Adebayor sees red
Arsenal ruthlessly exploited Emmanuel Adebayor's moment of madness to come from behind and beat Tottenham Hotspur 5-2 in another eventful north London derby at the Emirates Stadium this afternoon....
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Israel, Gaza fighting rages on as Egypt seeks truce
Israel bombed militant targets in Gaza for a fifth straight day this morning, launching aerial and naval attacks as its military prepared for a possible ground invasion, though Egypt saw "some...
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Press digest
The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press: The Sunday Times says that Arriva has been given a harsh warning by Transport Malta, which has slammed its unacceptable public...
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Migrants were coerced into paying for their release from a Benghazi prison
The 246 migrants rescued off Malta last week were coerced into paying for their release from a Benghazi prison, only to be forced onto an overcrowded boat with little food and water, the UNHCR...
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Arriva is given a harsh warning and a deadline
Transport Malta has slammed Arriva’s “unacceptable” public transport service and given the company until the end of this month to bring it up to scratch, The Sunday Times has learnt. The transport...
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Low turnout for Stiletto fun run
Malta’s first Bupa Stiletto Fun Race was a disappointment this morning, with only some 50 people turning up at Ta' Qali. More disappointing was the fact that hardly any men took up the challenge to...
View ArticleIsrael shoots down two Hamas rockets fired at Tel Aviv
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip fired two rockets at Tel Aviv this morning but they were shot down by Israel's Iron Dome air shield, witnesses and police said. Gaza's Hamas militants said they launched...
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Muscat: Labour will keep Budget's good points, but vote against it
Labour leader Joseph Muscat said this morning that Labour would vote against the Budget, but should the Budget be rejected, a Labour government would still retain its framework and its positive...
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PM asks Labour: Where will the money come from?
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi insisted this morning that Labour needed to explain where it would get the money it needed to keep its election promises. Speaking at a political conference in San Gwann,...
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Scicluna: 'If you want to silence someone, you don't make him a bishop'
Mgr Charles Scicluna has told the Associated Press that his promotion to serve as Auxiliary Bishop in Malta wasn't the latest casualty in the Vatican's turf battles and Machiavellian personnel...
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New Coptic Pope installed to lead church in Islamist-run Egypt
The Coptic Orthodox church staged a ceremony rich in ritual today to install its pope, Tawadros II, who Christians hope will guide them through the new, Islamist-led Egypt. The 60-year-old pope was...
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Italian steals €7,300
An Italian man, Giuseppe Mermina, 52, admitted in court today to stealing some €7,000 from two restaurants and an office over the past weeks. He admitted to breaking into a Sliema architect's office...
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