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The Freeport area in Birżebbuġa, Smart City, Fort Ricasoli, Qalet Marku in Baħar iċ-Ċagħaq, Mġarr Harbour in Gozo, and The Strand in Sliema. Photos: Jonathan Borg/Chris Sant Fournier

Six potential sites identified for land reclamation projects

Freeport area appears ‘most promising’, with a site off Smart City also earmarked

Robert Abela speaking during a discussion organised by Labour's youth wing. Photo: PL.

'Taking Manoel Island back would cost hundreds of millions’: PM

National champion Gabriel Grixti is accusing the Malta Olympic Committee of discriminating against Maltese athletes. Photo: Facebook

Table tennis champ: MOC is being anti-Maltese

Zelensky and Putin. Photos: Reuters

Zelensky says he is willing to meet Putin in Turkey

Police officers at road checks this past week. Photo: Malta Police CMRU

Police dish out 84 tickets, charge 14 drivers in checks of trucks and buses

Miriana Conte

Miriana Conte: who is the real girl behind the hype?

National

Terminally ill adult patients will be able to request doctor-assisted death under government proposals. Photo: Shutterstock

Momentum to give its members free vote on assisted dying policies

Photo: Shutterstock

Nursing union pays tribute to Malta's 'unsung hero' nurses

A lawyer has a semi-public quality and is vested by the State with special and delicate functions.

From the Bench: Is a lawyer’s word enough to go by?

5 hours ago| David Chetcuti Dimech

A group of undergraduates protesting in the Sette Giugno 1919 disturbances.

In pictures: Historic university moments

7 hours ago| Giovanni Bonello

Bernard Grech pledged to stand by Għargħur mayor. Photo: PN. Inset: Helen Gauci. Photo: Facebook

PN will do ‘everything in its power’ for Għargħur mayor after no-confidence vote

Once the union has a large enough representation, they can lobby on behalf of couriers with the apps and authorities over their issues, the GWU said.

Food delivery couriers turn to union amid dwindling salaries, conditions

Editors’ choice

Cardinal Prevost, circled, dining with fellow bishops at Il-Barri in November 2023.

Watch: When the new pope dined at Mġarr's ‘Il-Barri’

Activists say the lions and leopard in Naxxar are set to be registered to Christian Borg (inset). Photo (main): Vuċi għall-Annimali.

Naxxar lions and leopard to be registered to Christian Borg, activists say

Maltese is spoken by over half a million people and is a unique linguistic gem, both historically and structurally. Photo: Shutterstock.com

Maltese risks digital extinction

Photo: AFP. Poland’s entry perfoming in Amsterdam in April

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World

UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer with British Steel workers. Photo: Reuters/ Peter Byrne

UK to overhaul immigration policy and ditch 'failed free market experiment'

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul visits the Yad Vashem World Holocaust Remembrance Center, in Jerusalem, May 11, 2025. Photo: Reuters/Ronen Zvulun

Gaza war cannot be solved by military means, says German foreign minister

A villager stands outside a house damaged by overnight Pakistani artillery shelling in Kotmaira village near the Line of Control (LoC) in India's Jammu region on May 11. Photo: AFP

India, Pakistan ceasefire holds after early violations

8 hours ago| AFP

AFP file photos of Zelensky and Putin.

Putin proposes direct Ukraine talks but quiet on 30-day ceasefire

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama addresses his supporters during a rally ahead of Albania's general elections in Tirana. Photo: AFP

Albanian vote seen as key test of EU path

Opinion

Wenger's daylight rule could be a VAR antidote

15 hours ago

Peter Agius

Magħtab incinerator: Questions more than outweigh answers

15 hours ago

Shooting your consultant

15 hours ago

Dennis Doyle

Leo XIV: reform road ahead

15 hours ago

Julia Farrugia

A chorus of young voices in autism project

15 hours ago

Sandro Debono

Collections, artworks, artists and the nation

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Community

Let your child know they can ask anything without fear of embarrassment or punishment. Photo: Shutterstock.com

Talking to your children about sex: why it matters and how to do it

The courses and new initiatives were presented during an MCAST seminar.

MCAST launches courses on offer as from October

Francesca Muscat

Researcher develops digital tool to improve geriatric rehabilitation admissions

13 hours ago| Press Release

Mgr Giovanni Cefai, MSSP, amid a sea of children with their school bags on their first day at the new school in Huancané, Peru.

Christian spirituality: In the meantime…

Valentina Lupo and chaplain Mgr Carmel Farrugia with conservator Valeria Bafumi.

The History of Man’s Salvation dome paintings at Balzan parish church conserved

Sport

Watch: Malta striker Maria Farrugia wins Goal of the Season award

Arsenal hit back to rescue valuable draw at Liverpool

Barca edge Real Madrid in thriller to move to brink of Liga title

2 hours ago| AFP

Nottingham Forest's Portuguese manager Nuno Espirito Santo (R) speaks with Nottingham Forest's Greek co-owner Evangelos Marinakis (L) at the end of the English Premier League football match between Nottingham Forest and Leicester City at The City Ground in Nottingham, central England, on May 11, 2025. Nottingham Forest and Leicester City equalise 2 - 2. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. /

Watch: Forest owner Marinakis confronts Nuno after draw deals Champions League blow

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Eze double gives Palace victory at ailing Tottenham

Motoring

The new ES will come with hybrid or battery power. Photos: PA Media

Lexus unveils new ES saloon with hybrid or battery power

Photos: PA Media

First Drive: Is the Lamborghini Urus SE a plug-in hybrid SUV for all occasions?

Andrew Flintoff tells of his recovery in new documentary Flintoff. Photo: Kerry Spicer/Disney/PA

Andrew Flintoff admits wishing he had died during recovery from Top Gear crash

April 30, 2025| PA Media

Steer-by-wire technology uses an electrical cable instead of mechanical components to connect the steering wheel to the front tyres. Photos: Mercedes

Mercedes introduces futuristic steer-by-wire technology to its vehicles

The new Dacia Bigster is here. Photos: PA Media

First Drive: Dacia takes on premium SUV rivals with new Bigster

Business

The woman paid the electrician/plumber a deposit of €1,500 but he had carried out only €550 worth of work up to the point that she sold the property to third parties. Photo: Shutterstock.com

Consumer Claims Tribunal case: Woman claims refund of deposit for works not done

The fact that container and other cargo bookings from Asia to the US have already halved is certainly ominous. Photo shows a container ship and shipping containers in the Port Of Long Beach, California, the US. Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP

Should we worry about our dollar investments?

Markets were caught off guard by the magnitude and broad-based extent of the reciprocal tariff policies announced by Donald Trump on April 2. Photo: Shutterstock.com

It’s Trump’s markets, we are merely participants

Image: Jesmond Mizzi Financial Advisors Limited

MSE trading report for week ended May 9, 2025

What is your view on the government's proposal for assisted-voluntary-euthanasia?

Total Number of Votes: 1344

Entertainment

Miss Universe 2025 Victoria Kjaer Theilvig receives her crown. Photo: Miss Universe Malta

Miss Universe 2024 winner is coming to Malta

3 hours ago| Times of Malta

Antependium for the altar of St Mark (1901) at Cospicua parish church

Book review: Such things as faith is made on

3 hours ago| Mark-Anthony Falzon

Samut at a political meeting in Żejtun. Photo: Fondazzjoni Wirt Artna

Book review: Malta’s short-lived fascist union

Nela Riehl, chair of the EP Committee on Culture and Education, with representatives of the winning film: (from left) Flow co-producer Ron Dyens, co-composer Rihards Zalupe and co-producer Gregory Zalcman.

Animated movie ‘Flow’ wins LUX Audience Award

Tech

Photo: AFP

Church donation box goes digital in Greece

Arundo donax – giant reed

From drones to data: AI helps tackle invasive species in Malta

Image: Gemini AI

Meet the robot you ride like a horse

Photo: Shutterstock.com

The Oscars have rolled out the red carpet for generative AI