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Global helium shortage could hit local hospitals
The ongoing helium crisis could potentially affect Malta’s hospitals as early as next year. The gas is used to cool magnets in MRI scanners and to treat respiratory ailments such as asthma and...
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Secret video club gives respite to gay men in Cameroon
The club is secret. You have to know someone who will guide you to the address - off a busy street in Cameroon's capital, down a dingy alley to a door with the unwelcoming message in chalk: "No...
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Pop-up show
A new artist network titled Momentum is organising a series of art events for specific sites. By questioning the architecture but also the geographical, social and cultural data of the place, a group...
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Johnson hopeful as Brexit looms
Following a June 2016 referendum, in which 51.9% of the electorate voted to leave, the UK government formally announced the country's withdrawal in March 2017, initiating a two-year process, due to be...
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Picture of oil-stained Brazilian boy goes viral
A boy walks ashore in Brazil in filthy waist-high water with a look of exasperation and his body smeared in oil, a photographer takes a shot, and the image goes viral. On October 21, an AFP stringer...
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Our active farmers, a year on - Malcolm Borg
To take stock: this has been the major objective of Għaqda Bdiewa Attivi during this past year. The agricultural sector is replete with ambiguities and discordant elements. The farmer has always been...
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Heavy rains trigger landslide in Japan, killing nine
Rescuers worked by hand to clear debris from a landslide triggered by heavy rains in central Japan on Saturday, as the toll from the storms rose to 10 dead with a further three people reportedly...
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RSM Malta celebrates International RSM World Day
RSM Malta celebrated its annual International RSM World Day on October 3 with a full day packed with activities, with the highlights being a treasure hunt and a reception in Mdina for its employees....
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Don’t calm down. Stay mad - Alessandra Dee Crespo
Raise your hand if you are a woman reading this and you have been either talked over, interrupted, or shut down while speaking to a man. How many times were you called hysterical or told to ‘calm...
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Rats and cramped conditions: life inside the Ħal Far open centre
Concerns about poor hygiene, sever overcrowding and rat and cockroach infestations were all flagged in a report about the “extremely challenging” conditions at an open centre in Ħal Far. The account...
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Today's front pages - October 26, 2019
These are the news items making headlines in Saturday’s local newspapers. Times of Malta highlights results of EY’s annual Attractiveness Survey, which found that many foreign investors were happy...
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Quad bike driver hurt in Luqa crash
A Ħamrun man was seriously hurt on Friday night when he lost control of a quad bike and crashed in Luqa. The 64-year-old was driving a Moto-Roma ATV-150S on Triq San Tumas at around 10.30pm when the...
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French comic opera Manon screened live from New York
Spazju Kreattiv is showing a live broadcast of Manon, the opéra comique in five acts by Jules Massenet, which is being staged by New York’s Met Opera. Manon’s story − from innocent country girl to...
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Opera House roof is not the answer
During the Budget speech a fortnight ago, the Minister for Finance, Edward Scicluna, pulled a rabbit out of the hat by announcing that a possible revision of the current opera house site might be...
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How daylight saving time can mess with financial markets
A number of studies show that daylight savings time harms people’s decision making processes due to the disturbance it has on their circadian rhythm or body clock. For example, research finds that...
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An Italian’s real-life tale
As part of the Week of the Italian Language in the World, the Italian Cultural Institute is today staging Come un Granello di Sabbia (Like a Grain of Sand), written and directed by Salvatore Arena and...
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What happened on... October 26
The front pages of Times of Malta from 50, 25 and 10 years ago. Become a Times of Malta premium member to gain full access to our archive dating back to January 1930.
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Nurses hoping for €5 alternative to two free canteen meals a day
Nurses and other staff at Mater Dei Hospital will be able to opt for a food allowance at the hospital if negotiations underway between the Health Ministry and the Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses...
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Temperatures hit highs of 39.6°C in summer 2019
Temperatures rose to a maximum of 39.6 degrees Celcius during this past summer, with sea temperatures higher than average for every summer month. Data collected by the Malta International Airport...
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A hawk in a sky of doves
Global growth projections have been diminished in recent weeks as economists are considering the repercussions of trade uncertainty, the rise in geopolitical tensions as well as deteriorating economic...
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