All 132 passengers on Chinese aircraft crash confirmed dead

Mar 27 2022

China has confirmed that all 132 of the passengers on board the China Eastern Airlines flight which crashed earlier this week have died.

The plane had plunged from more than 6,000m on Monday 21st March, crashing into a mountainside near Wuzhou in Teng County, Guangxi province in China.

Following a fire sparked by the crash, a recovery mission team confirmed it had found human remains at the site, confirming to state media in the country that everyone on board has sadly died.

With 123 passengers and 9 crew members aboard, more than 300 rescue workers have been working at the site following the crash. The cockpit voice recorder is being analysed in Beijing.

Much of the aircraft disintegrated on impact due to the force of the crash, badly damaging the black box when it was recovered from the wreckage.

It was revealed that a family of three, carrying an 18-month old daughter, were on board the plane. They were hading to Guangzhou for medical treatment for the child and ended up on the plane due to their previous flight being cancelled.

Personnel claimed that the plane passed all checks prior to take-off and had flown the normal flight path through ‘not dangerous’ weather. Investigations are ongoing.

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Labour Party wins 2022 general election

Mar 27 2022

Robert Abela’s Labour Party is reported to have officially won the 2022 general election.

The Labour Party approached the election with the slogan Malta Flimkien, a campaign centred around an appeal for unity and increased opportunities whilst relying on Labour’s reputation in government.

In a call with Television Malta, Prime minister Robert Abela revealed that Labour have secured ‘an absolute majority’ and while it would not be prudent to comment on numbers as of yet, “work will begin from tomorrow.”

Check out this video from the Naxxar counting hall:

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Vote counting officially started at 9:24AM with initial samples showing the election result to be in the Labour Party’s favour, despite what is reported to be a historically low election turnout.

Yesterday, the official election turnout by 2pm was reported to be 44.8%, which is 8 points less than the turnout in 2013 – over 50,000 votes were not submitted.

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Vote counting officially starts in Naxxar counting hall

Mar 27 2022

After ballot boxes were transported to the counting hall yesterday evening and underwent reconciliation, vote counting has officially started in Naxxar.

Counting officially started at 9:24, with reports indicating that this year’s election may have a historically low turnout. The official election turnout by 2pm on Saturday was 44.8%, which is 8 points less than the turnout in 2013.

Samples released during the course of counting will shine a light on the potential outcome of the election, with over 50,000 votes not being submitted.

This year, votes will be counting electronically as occurs in European Parliament and Local Council elections in what is known a ‘ecounting’.

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YouTube will start to stream hundreds of free TV shows and films

Mar 26 2022

As if Netflix, Amazon Prime and Disney+ weren’t enough, YouTube will be making hundreds of TV shows available to watch free of charge with a couple of small costs.

Despite there being so many options for people to binge and stream their favourite series, YouTube has always remained a platform where many people go to catch up on favourite influencers, content and lots of other types of videos.

Now, the video giant has decided to take on streaming more aggressively by adding nearly 4000 episodes of your favourite TV shows. There will be up to 100 new titles added each week.

In a blog post, YouTube wrote that more people are choosing to experience YouTube on the big screen with friends and family. According to reports, the platform gained over 135 million new people on connected TVs in December 2021 in the US.

‘YouTube is at the forefront of the consumer shift to CTV viewership as the top ad-supported streaming platform with the content people enjoy and the creators they love’ they said.

Despite these shows being free to watch, you will have to put up with a few ads. It will only be available for the US for now but there are plans to extend this service to the rest of the world.

Movies from Disney Media, Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures and other companies will be available to watch on the site. So you can still keep your Netflix subscription along with your YouTube binging habits as the age of streaming rolls on ever stronger.

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