Mister Power of Incumbency is back to entertain us, sporting his trademark poker-face and deploying his humour-busting verbal missiles in L-orizzont....

“So the object of international law is not to ban ‘unjust’ wars and permit ‘just’ ones, but to assure that wars are waged for limited aims, so that they don’t rage out of control”...

X (plaintiff) vsY (defendant)Judge Philip SciberrasCourt of Appeal12 December 2008...

In one of his first public policy statements as America’s president-elect, Barack Obama focused on climate change, and clearly stated both his priorities and the facts on which these priorities rest. Unfortunately, both are weak, or even wrong. ...

There is a slight possibility that when the President Elect of the United States moves formally into the White House on 20 January, the Middle East flare-up between Israelis and Palestinians might have cooled down...

Throughout his tenure as South Africa’s president, Thabo Mbeki rejected the scientific consensus that AIDS is caused by a virus, HIV, and that antiretroviral drugs can save the lives of people who test positive for it. ...

Like all other issues of this nature, the question of university lecturers’ salaries is being considered in a vacuum. The lecturers are demanding more money. But what are they offering in return?...

It is estimated that in the European Union between eight and 12 per cent of patients admitted to hospital suffer from a healthcare associated adverse effect, that is, they incur harm due to the care they have undertaken. ...

Having discussed the benefits of the UH-72 helicopter due to be the AFM air wing’s new flagship, and the possibility of using the derelict Gozo heliport as an AFM base in The Malta Independent on Sunday ...

The boughs of holly have begun to wilt, the flashing lights on the Christmas tree have begun to irritate even the most jovial of spirits and the egg-nog has started to go sour... in other words the festive season is almost over. ...