News
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Netanyahu takes aim at weapons ‘leakage’ in Syria
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France pushes deal with Tuareg
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Egyptian journalists critical of Morsi face trial
Two Egyptian journalists at a newspaper critical of President Mohamed Morsi were ordered yesterday to face an expedited criminal trial for defamation. Several journalists, talk show hosts and comedians have been charged with defamation over the...
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Study finds mental arithmetic boost
A harmless form of brain stimulation can bring about improvements in mental arithmetic skills, according to a new study. The process, called transcranial random noise stimulation (TRNS), was still having helpful effects six months later, the...
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Announcements
BUGEJA. On May 19, Agnes née Cachia of Rabat, residing at Paceville, aged 81, passed away peacefully comforted by the rites of Holy Church. She leaves to mourn her loss her children Lily and her husband Tonio Fenech, Charles and his wife Josette,...
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World briefs
A guitar played by Beatles pair John Lennon and George Harrison sold for £269,000 (€317,791) at a New York auction yesterday. The Beatles Vox guitar, a custom prototype made in 1966 and later given to ‘‘Magic Alex’’ Mardas, a friend of the band, was...
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What’s on today
At Lily Agius Gallery, Sliema, The Spring Art Collection: Celia Borg Cardona, Debbie Caruana Dingli, Joan Zammit Cutajar and Kenneth Zammit Tabona exhibit their latest collections of watercolour and oil paintings. At St James Cavalier, Valletta, WW,...
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Cartoon of the day
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PN’s fading southern star
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An ethical question
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Updated - Large crowd welcomes Gianluca
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Burmarrad apartment damaged in blaze
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North Korea fires short-range missiles for two days in a row
North Korea fired a short-range missile from its east coast today, a day after launching another three of these missiles, a South Korean news agency said. Launches by the North of short-range missiles are not uncommon but, after recent warnings from...
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‘I trust everyone and no one’
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Maritime Day events include pollution control demonstration
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Calleja: The day will come when a Maltese lifts the Eurovision trophy
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‘PN must learn from its mistakes – including me’
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Bombers target Benghazi Catholic Church - minister expresses solidarity
Foreign Minister George Vella has expressed his solidarity with the Catholic community in Benghazi and Maltese priests and diplomats in the region after a bomb exploded outside the main door of the Catholic Church in Benghazi on Friday night. The...
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Migrant was ‘severely humiliated’ on a bus
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Thrilled Gianluca may seek Eurovision return, but not next year