Watch: Higuain-less Milan back fourth with Genoa win
Fabio Borini and Suso scored late as Milan bounced back from last week's Italian Super Cup defeat to Juventus by reclaiming fourth spot in Serie A with a 2-0 win at Genoa on Monday. Gennaro Gattuso's...
View ArticleLiverpool's Milner sent off by his former PE teacher
Liverpool midfielder James Milner was shown a red card by his former PE teacher over the weekend, in what will have been an uncomfortable flashback to his schoolboy youth. Milner, 33, walked straight...
View ArticleTheresa May promises new EU talks in bid to salvage Brexit deal
Prime Minister Theresa May said Monday she would seek further talks with Brussels to salvage her Brexit deal, but offered no new solutions to break the deadlock, just 10 weeks before Britain is...
View ArticleWatch: UAE sink Falcons at Asian Cup
Hosts United Arab Emirates ended Kyrgyzstan's fairytale with a controversial extra-time penalty to reach the Asian Cup quarter-finals on Monday. Substitute Ahmed Khalil was UAE's hero on an...
View ArticleWorld's 26 richest own same as poorest half of humanity - Oxfam
The world's 26 richest people now own the same wealth as the poorest half of humanity, Oxfam said Monday, warning that "out of control" inequality is stoking popular anger and threatening democracies....
View ArticleGovernment 'paving a path for abortion', Opposition MP claims
Opposition MP Robert Cutajar said in Parliament on Monday he was voicing the concern of many Maltese that the government would be paving a path for abortion to make Malta more "modern". Asserting his...
View ArticleBoateng in shock Barcelona loan move
Ghanaian forward Kevin-Prince Boateng has joined Barcelona in a shock loan move from Italian side Sassuolo, the Spanish club said on Monday. The leaders of La Liga said in a statement they had agreed...
View ArticleWatch: Ronaldo misses penalty but Juventus ease past Chievo
Cristiano Ronaldo missed a penalty but Italian league leaders Juventus eased past bottom club Chievo 3-0 to pull nine points clear on top of Serie A on Monday. Portuguese superstar Ronaldo had sealed...
View ArticleAnnouncements - January 22, 2019
Obituaries CARUANA. On January 21, HENRY, aged 81, went to meet the Risen Lord and to join his son Sandro and others he loved. He will be deeply missed by his wife Laura née Bisazza, his son Claude...
View ArticleSciriha hails City’s character
Valletta fans woke up yesterday morning with a big smile on their face after seeing their team boost their chances of successfully retaining their Premier League title when they beat Hibernians 2-1 to...
View ArticleParty in perdition
Decent elected politicians ought to seriously take an inward look at themselves, their conscience and their moral values and find a party that can seriously do the job of honest governance. A party...
View ArticlePN problems
Support for the Nationalist Party is evaporating fast. What is going on in the PN? Ever since Eddie Fenech Adami decided to call it quits, all hell broke loose. Frustration among supporters and...
View ArticleHistory of the accordion
I studied the accordion under Carmelo Abela. I used to participate in Christmas processions organised by the Christian doctrine society MUSEUM playing the accordion together with others. Recently,...
View ArticleToday's front pages - January 22, 2019
The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Tuesday. Times of Malta reports that resistance to antibiotics is costing Malta €3 million a year. It also reports that fuel will not be sold...
View ArticleConfirmed
The news that Għarb will have a new fireworks factory confirmed – though there was no need for confirmation – what the Planning Authority is all about.
View ArticleMoney market report for week ending January 18
ECB monetary operations On January 14, the European Central Bank (ECB) announced its weekly main refinancing operation (MRO). The operation was conducted on January 15, and attracted bids from euro...
View ArticlePound recovers as PM May outlines Brexit ‘Plan B’
The pound recovered ground yesterday after British Prime Minister Theresa May said she plans to return to Brussels to discuss changes to the Brexit deal she agreed with EU leaders last month despite...
View ArticleProper planning before handouts - Alex Torpiano
There has been considerable recent debate on whether the right price is being paid to the state for the disposal of public land for the Corinthia project (as well as for the dB Tower project)....
View ArticleTourist killed as window falls from Hong Kong hotel
A tourist has died in Hong Kong after a hotel window fell on top of her as it was being cleaned. A hotel employee who was cleaning the window was arrested and released on bail on Tuesday as...
View ArticleWhat we have, what we need - Frank Salt
From the time the British Forces left Malta in the early 1970s until today, successive governments have given us, the citizens of Malta, quite a few things that we now take very much for granted. We...
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