Adidas to continue Yeezy sales under new name after dropping Ye

Nov 10 2022

Adidas will be pushing ahead with its sale of Yeezy shoes, despite having cut ties with rapper Kanye West.

This comes after the mega brand severed its nine-year link with the rapper, who last month faced backlash due to antisemitic comments made on social media and to press.

The business deal’s demise raised questions about Yeezy shoes which had been produced thus far as well as whether there will be any future new designs.

According to CNN, Adidas has claimed the intellectual property to the Yeezy range and will therefore continue selling them. Adidas finance chief Harm Ohlmeyer said the company has intellectual property for new versions and colourways.

The company is taking its time to review the best options and said that ‘when the time is right we will be more concrete.’ Insider noted that the only design Adidas may find issue with is the Yeezy Slide due to the patent being owned by Ye.

Ye himself has not responded about the Yeezy shoe range being sold without his input. Meanwhile, Adidas was set to lose $245 million when it revealed it would cut ties with West.

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32 year old motorcyclist dies after Sliema road accident

Nov 10 2022

Police were informed yesterday at around 2300hrs that an accident had taken place in Triq it-Torri, Sliema.

Preliminary investigations showed that a crash had taken place between an Isuzu D-Max driven by a 29-year-old Syrian resident of Marsaskala, and a Piaggio Vespa driven by a 32-year-old Macedonian.

The motorcyclist was given first medical attention on site and later taken to Mater Dei Hospital. Unfortunately, he passed away a few moments later at the hospital.

Another 33-year-old Macedonian resident of San Gwann and who was riding passenger on the motorcycle, suffered grievous injuries. Investigations are ongoing and an inquiry has been opened.

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ADPD’s Cacopardo to contest St Julian’s local council seat

Nov 9 2022

Green Party chairperson Carmel Cacopardo has submitted his nomination for the casual election after the St Julian’s local council seat was left vacant by new PN MP Albert Buttigieg.

There are currently non more unelected Nationalist candidates to contest the election, meaning the opposition will nominate the councillor of their choice if Cacopardo does not acquire the necessary votes.

Cacopardo filed his nomination on Wednesday, with candidates having until today to submit their candidature. Addressing the press outside the Electoral Commission, the ADPD chairperson said that each vote carries more weight than that imposed by the main political parties.

Buttigieg was elected in the casual election to fill the vacant seat of late Robert Arrigo, who passed away a week before.

The full quota for the seat consists of 390 votes and Cacopardo needs half the quota to be elected.

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4062 traffic accidents reported during 2022 third quarter

Nov 9 2022

According to the National Statistics Office, road traffic accidents and casualties increased during the 3rd quarter of 2022 when compared to the same quarter in 2021.

The number of reported traffic accidents during the third quarter reached 4,062, which is up by 2.1% over the same period in 2021.

The Northern harbour district registered the most accidents at 1,388 cases (34.2% of all accidents).

Road traffic casualties, meanwhile, increased by 4.4% to 449 over the same period in 2021. There were 116 grievously injured persons. 61 of these were drivers, 17 passengers and 38 pedestrians, cyclists or other.

One passenger and five pedestrians’ injuries were fatal. Four more fatalities occurred during this period when compared to 2021’s same period.

71.6%, a majority, of those grievously injured were males. 5 of the fatalities during this quarter were also male, with the other fatality involving a female. 34.7% of the casualties involved persons aged between 26 and 40 years.

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