Water, water everywhere; but not a drop to drink. The line is taken from the The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.Published in 1798, the poem tells the story of a mariner who has returned from a voyage during which...

The UN Security Council’s unanimous support for a statement backing a peace plan for Syria drawn up by former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan may signify an important change in the way the international...

The Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses has threatened to take industrial action as from Monday if issues pertaining to Mater Dei Hospital are not resolved....

The death of a young man in Paceville this week was at once a tragedy, an eye opener and an omen of ill portent...

A European Network Against Racism report has found that racial discrimination has continued to be prevalent in Malta, stating categorically that...

At a time when many Maltese start crossing over to Gozo for some rest and recreation, as opposed to duty and work, some have already come back grumbling and worse at the state of Gozo....

There are some new items which transcend international borders; and the shooting of three children and a teacher in France is just one such story....

An analysis of surveys going back over 40 years has shown that young people today are less interested in the environment and resources than older people, when they were young. ...

The report on poverty, published by Caritas Malta, proposed that the mandatory minimum wage be raised from €158 to €180....

This is the economy election, right? Tell that to the world.President Barack Obama is getting another dose of the reality of his job: the out-of-his-control events that shape whether he will keep it.He is lobbying Israel not t...