19-year-old Afghan footballer dies after holding onto plane to escape

Aug 20 2021

A local Afghan newspaper announced that an Afghan youth national team player died after he fell off a plane going to the USA as he attempted to escape the Taliban takeover. Crowds of desperate Afghans have made news headlines as they convened in huge masses at Kabul airport trying to flee from Afghanistan, with some people also trying to hold on to planes going westwards.

Zaki Anwari was only 19-years old when he died. It was said that he was a promising footballer who even had the opportunity to make a career out of the sport and move abroad. His death was also confirmed by the General Directorate for Sport with a report stating that he died after attempting to hold on to the outside of an American military aircraft. It was reported that 5 other people sadly lost their lives as well on that day.

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Superyacht Maltese Falcon spotted sailing in St. Paul’s Bay

Aug 20 2021

The world’s former largest sailing super yacht was spotted making its way around St.Paul’s Bay. Spanning 88 metres and donning 15 majestic white sails, the yacht was built by Italian Perini Navi yachts and launched in 2006.

It took nearly six years to complete, using radical unstayed masts made up of ‘weapons-grade’ carbon fibre and utilising a computerised sail and mast control system. Hailed a s a ‘triumph of design’, the Maltese Falcon, which was created by Tom Perkins, was sold to hedge-fund manager Elena Ambrosiadou.

It is now available for charter with SuperYachtsMonaco from €460,000 a week. It includes a master suite and five further guest cabins, with a crew of 16 accommodated in eight cabins.

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Photo Source: Justin Vella, SuperYachtsMonaco

UEFA to open investigation over Hibernians game

Aug 20 2021

UEFA have officially contacted local team Hibernians FC, telling them that an investigation over their match against Riga will occur. Last Sunday, Hibernians sent an official complaint to UEFA stating their disappointment with Irish referee Rob Hennessy and his team. Despite the Paolites confirming that the result cannot be overturned, they did insist on justice being sought after.

UEFA replied to Hibernians on Thursday and informed them that an UEFA Ethics and Disciplinary Inspector was ordered to evaluate Hibernian’s complaint. The decision from the ethics and disciplinary inspector is set to be reported to Hibernians in due course, meaning it will most probably come after Riga’s matches versus Gibraltar side Lincoln Red Imps.

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Silent protest by PN youth following prison suicides

Aug 20 2021

The Nationalist Party’s youth wing MZPN took to the outskirts of the Corradino Correctional Facility to silently protest the two suicide attempts which occurred in the facility just this year. With the most recent victim Colin Galea attempting suicide and later passing away whilst in care, the protestors stated in a post on Facebook that a prison ‘is a place where a human being should win back their dignity and the respect of other people.’

A board heralded by psychiatrist Anton Grech was set up to review suicide prevention measures, amongst other things, in the facility following the suicide attempts and other concerns of inmate mistreatment. With signs stating everything from ‘Malta has Europe’s steepest rise in rate of imprisonment’ to ‘social conscience’ and ‘solidarity’, the protest couples with around 100 new recommendations for prison reform released by activists and academics. Another protest is set to occur next Sunday outside parliament, this time by a number of civilians in a ‘non-political’ demonstration.

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Photo Source: MZPN FB