President Donald Trump on Sunday said the U.S. Navy would "immediately" begin a blockade of ships entering or leaving the Strait of Hormuz, after U.S.-Iran ceasefire talks in Pakistan ended without an agreement or next diplomatic steps in sight. In his first public comments after the 21-hour talks, Trump sought to eliminate Iran's key source of leverage
Still marveling over their moon mission, the Artemis II astronauts received a thunderous welcome home Saturday from hundreds who took part in NASA's lunar comeback that set a record for deep space travel. The crew of four arrived at Ellington Field near NASA's Johnson Space Center and Mission Control, flying in from San Diego, where they splashed down just
In a handwritten note on a sketch of an evening dress for her official visit to India and Pakistan in 1961, Queen Elizabeth II specified it should be sewn in “yellow satin”, a colour symbolising health and prosperity in the region. The sketch is one of about 300 items on display, some for the first time, at the exhibition Queen Elizabeth II: Her Life
The acronym SSPX stands for the Society of St Pius X, the association founded by archbishop Marcel Lefebvre in 1969. For most people, this is the society that continues to insist on using the Tridentine Mass (the pre-Vatican II Mass in Latin). This is so, but not only. Like their founder, the followers of Lefebvre do not accept many of the deliberations
Malta Enterprise CEO George Gregory has said that Malta is now in a stronger position to focus on attracting high-quality, value-added investment. On paper, he is absolutely right. In principle, this is exactly the direction Malta should be taking. For too long, Malta's economic success has too often been measured in volume - more businesses, more
Football coach Ramon Falzon believes that Malta must better protect its homegrown players. He believes that Malta must strengthen its homegrown player quota, or if not, at least commission a study to see how to best empower local talent. Ramon Falzon - who has recently returned to Malta after spending more than a decade in Australia, where he earned
Bugibba is facing a second summer of chaos as a project to rehabilitate the locality's main square appears to have no end in sight. Ongoing construction works, which began in April last year, have significantly disrupted daily life, raising serious concerns about safety, communication, and the future of the locality as a tourist hub. Residents and
On the eve of the start of yet another hunting season, the CEO of BirdLife Malta Mark Sultana told The Malta Independent on Sunday that the practice has an expiry date, and that the organisation is attempting to speed up the process in this regard. Sultana said that he believes there will not be a spring hunting season next year due to new data showing
Organised poaching for profit and a growing trend in the ownership of dangerous animals are among the most worrying environmental crime trends currently being investigated in Malta, Police inspector Elliot Magro said, warning that both have become growing areas of concern for the Environmental Protection Unit within the Malta Police Force. Malta's
After falling out of the Serie A title race, AC Milan is looking nervously at the teams behind it following a shock 3-0 loss at home to Udinese on Saturday. The Rossoneri were not only nine points below league leader Inter Milan but just three points above fourth-placed Juventus, which won at Atalanta 1-0. Fifth-placed Como was two points further back
