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An assistant director unwittingly handed Alec Baldwin a loaded weapon and told him it was safe to use in the moments before the actor fatally shot a cinematographer, court records released Friday show. “Cold gun,” the assistant director announced, according to a search warrant filed in a Santa Fe court. Instead, the gun was loaded with live rounds,

Ritratt: Pulizija Tista' taqra bil- Malti . A 24-year-old man from Ħal Għaxaq was grievously injured on Friday night in a head-on collision with a car in Żurrieq. The crash happened on Valletta Road around 8.30pm, the police said. The motorcyclist collided with a car being driven by a 27-year-old Gudja man. The Civil Protection Department and a medical

The Malta Women Lobby called out Life Network Foundation for saying that giving out free contraceptives would not solve sexual health issues, as these claims are “unscientific and harmful”. The pro-life and Catholic Life Network Foundation criticised a PN proposal to offer free contraception and morning-after pills, saying that it was in contradiction

Keep the beach ladders It is preposterous that, come October, ladders giving swimmers access to the sea on rocky beaches are removed. It is time to review this policy in view of the fact that some swimmers continue to enjoy this activity even during the winter. And, please, no excuse about these ladders being carried away by rough weather. A proper

Reading Time: 3 minutes Morning Briefing Fearne urges booster shot take-up as Europe cases pick up Health Minister Chris Fearne urged people to accept the Covid booster, as cases around Europe were increasing over the past days. he noted that despite Malta having so fair avoided a spike in cases, Europe was the only region experiencing increases. “The

The parish church of St George of Victoria has embarked on a project having as its motto Fejn hu Ħuk? Kont bil-ġuħ u tmajtuni (Where is your brother? I was hungry and you gave me food). To celebrate this event, Fr Marcellino Micallef OFM, Guardian of the Valletta Franciscan Friars, will celebrate Mass at St George’s basilica on Saturday (October 23)

The following are the main stories in Friday’s newspapers. Times of Malta leads with an EY Generate Youth Survey which found that almost 60% of young people in Malta would rather live in another European country. In another story, the newspaper quotes FATF president Marcus Pleyer saying that Malta has made “ good progress ” in implementing an action

Malta has so far avoided a spike in new COVID-19 cases across Europe but Health Minister Chris Fearne has urged eligible people to accept their booster appointments. Europe was the only region in the world where COVID-19 cases increased last week, according to the World Health Organisation, which said there was a seven per cent rise overall. Malta,

An Alabama man convicted of murdering a woman during a robbery thirty years ago was executed late Thursday. Willie Smith, 52, was put to death by lethal injection at 9.47pm Central Time (0247 GMT) at a prison in southwest Alabama. "Justice has been served. Tonight, Willie Smith was put to death for the heinous crime he committed nearly three decades

Photo: Unsplash According to a report in the BBC, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said that the Covid-19 pandemic will “go on for a year longer than it needs to” because poorer countries are not getting enough vaccines from Covax. COVAX was launched in April 2020, and it aims to bring countries together to provide access to Covid-19 treatments

Reading Time: < 1 minute Serbia will make a COVID-19 “health pass” mandatory for access to restaurants, cafes and bars in the evenings, Prime Minister Ana Brnabic announced, as the country struggles with persistently high numbers of coronavirus infections. As of Oct. 23, people who want to visit indoor cafes, hotels and restaurants after 10 p.m., will

Sea Watch The court case against rescue NGO Sea Watch has been archived by a Sicilian court. According to Italian news portal Avvenire.it , the Agrigento Court of Cassation rejected the case initiated after Sea Watch 3 rescued a group of asylum seekers at sea in 2019. The people in distress were later taken to Lampedusa in defiance of the Italian home

Between October 31 and November 12, the UK will host the United Nations Climate Change Conference. It is meant to be a meeting for parties to accelerate action towards the goals of the so-called Paris Agreement, which set out targets for the reduction of carbon emissions. However, there are still too many doubters in very powerful positions around

British bank Barclays on Thursday announced a jump in profits during the third quarter, extending its recovery following the pandemic fallout. Barclays said net profit more than doubled to £1.45 billion (€1.7bn) in the three months to the end of September compared with one year earlier. Profit after tax for the first nine months stood at £5.25 billion,

British consumer goods group Unilever on Thursday warned that high cost pressures would continue into next year, as it posted rising sales thanks to price hikes. “Cost inflation remains at strongly elevated levels, and this will continue into next year,” said Alan Jope, chief executive of the company making food, cleaning and beauty products. “We have

German travel company Flixbus on Thursday said it will acquire historic long-distance bus company Greyhound, expanding its low-cost coach offering in the United States. Flixbus will pay $172 million (€148m) to FirstGroup, the British owner of Greyhound Lines, which serves 2,400 destinations in North America, carrying almost 16 million passengers a

Tesla’s third-quarter profits more than quadrupled on sharply higher sales despite a global semiconductor shortage that has plagued the car industry, according to results released on Wednesday. Elon Musk’s electric car company posted a record profit of $1.6 billion (€1.37bn) for the three-month period, as revenues surged 57 per cent to $13.8 billion

Land Rover has given a first glimpse of the new Range Rover ahead of its world premiere on October 26. Across five decades of pioneering innovation, the Range Rover has led by example. It has earned an unmatched status as the ultimate luxury SUV for royalty, politicians, business leaders and celebrities across the world, combining peerless refinement

PIERRE LOUIS ATTARD , Gaulitana: A Festival of Music manager, gives an overview of the recently concluded ‘GauLive’ series which rounded up the 14 th edition of the festival. After the initial plans for a hybrid 2021 edition of Gaulitana: A Festival of Music in spring had to be abandoned when public events were practically barred, the festival team

This week's Frankfurt book fair, the world's oldest and largest, brings with it the first wave of pandemic novels. But are readers ready to relive coronavirus and lockdown life through fictional characters? Some of the best-known authors have pandemic tales on the way, with Jodi Picoult finding inspiration in a tourist stranded abroad, while Margaret

Canadian pianist Bruce Xiaoyu Liu was awarded first prize in the Chopin piano competition in Warsaw on Thursday, clinching one of the world's most prestigious music awards. "Being able to play Chopin in Warsaw is one of the best things you can imagine," 24-year-old Liu said as the jury announced their decision at the Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall

Tehran's International Short Film Festival opened this week, for the first time as an Oscar-qualifying event, giving winning entries a shot at an Academy Award. The festival jury has members from the Islamic republic as well as Italy, Japan, France and Austria. The festival, now in its 38th edition and running until Sunday, earned qualification this

Christine Zerafa Soloist and chamber musician Christine Zerafa has performed in major world-renowned venues and festivals, such as the Royal Festival Hall, Cadogan Hall and St Martin in the Fields. Her latest research project, entitled ‘The Pianist as a Duo Partner: Understanding our Role in Duo Collaboration’, sees her focusing on the art of duo collaboration

Photo courtesy of Stella Maris Parish Stella Maris Parish has inaugurated its first art exhibition featuring works inspired by the sea and seacraft by artist Joe Pace Ross. The aim of Stella Maris Parish is to continue to use its halls for other exhibitions in the near future to further demonstrate the artistic skills of parishioners and others outside

Reading Time: < 1 minute STOCKHOLM, Oct 21 (Reuters) – Sweden has extended the pause of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for people aged 30 and younger due to rare heart-related side-effects, the public health agency said on Thursday. The health agency said earlier in October that data pointed to an increase of myocarditis and pericarditis among youths and

Reading Time: < 1 minute Oct 21 (Reuters) – The UK drug regulator added an extremely rare nerve-damaging disorder, Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), as a very rare side effect of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, updates on the agency’s website showed on Thursday. Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency’s (MHRA) decision comes after the European

Reading Time: 2 minutes JERUSALEM, Oct 21 (Reuters) – The Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is highly effective at preventing infection and symptomatic disease from the Delta variant among 12- to 18-year-olds, research conducted in Israel shows. The findings, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, will likely provide further reassurance the

Reading Time: 4 minutes The EU drug regulator is unlikely to decide whether to approve Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine until at least the first quarter of 2022 because some data needed for the review is still missing, a source with knowledge of the matter said. “An EMA decision by the end of the year is now absolutely impossible,” the source

Reading Time: 3 minutes ROME (Reuters) – When AC Milan ended an eight-year wait to qualify for the Champions League last season, it was lauded as a return to the continental elite for the seven-time European champions. But just three games into their campaign, the Rossoneri face a momentous task to avoid elimination after losing every group game so

Jose Mourinho’s Roma were humiliated 6-1 in the Europa Conference League on Thursday at Bodo/Glimt, the Norwegian champions whose fans are famed for carrying giant yellow toothbrushes to games. Bodo/Glimt, playing their 11th European game of the season, stunned the Italian giants who struggled in temperatures of two degrees on an artificial pitch just

Ben Camille has teamed up with the Times of Malta's sports website sportsdesk.com.mt as the popular TV presenter will be hosting his own show GAME ON. Ben Camille, who in the past was a football player with Hibernians among others, will be hosting a sport and entertainment show which will see him meet a different star guest every week to talk about

Another season of basketball is here, and Maltese basketball players abroad have or will be looking to start their commitments, mostly at new clubs. The Times of Malta Sportsdesk looks at the Maltese professionals plying their trade overseas in another segment in the ‘Maltese Abroad’ series. Continue reading this article on Sports Desk , the new sports

Max Verstappen will seek to beat Lewis Hamilton in one of the defending champion’s favourite backyards this weekend to realise his own American dream and consolidate his lead in the Formula One drivers’ world championship. Having finished fourth, third and second, but never won at the Circuit of the Americas, the Dutchman is aiming to claim a maiden

The challenges facing the Gozitan economy hardly attracted any mention in the 2022 budget, much less solutions. Apart from an attempt to modernise the heliport facilities in Xewkija, some micro measures for first-time home buyers and the repair of rubble walls there were no new initiatives that would reflect some kind of strategic update for Gozo’s

Over centuries, with the establishment of guilds and chambers of commerce and industry, economic activities have been regulated. These regulations serve to protect the members of the guild or the chamber from intrusion of gangsters and criminals into the honest circle of practitioners. The rules and internal governance of the guilds and chambers also

Saga of Għargħur development site The Għargħur local council refers to the article ‘The Għargħur land fallacy’ (October 4) and wishes to clarify its position with respect to the allegation made in the article, wherein it was stated that “the Għargħur local council initially expressed interest in converting the site into a car park, day centre and night

Our governors do not merely delight in the assurance that their grip on power is being extended for another 5-year term. They somehow feel the need to troll their opponents, a real-word reflection of the “erbgħin elf” followed by a row of lemons that their minions post on Facebook as an irrelevant close to every argument they lose. Consider this post