Balenciaga High-Vis jacket selling for whopping $4000

Jul 6 2021

French label Balenciaga is known for both its cutting-edge designs and their insane price tags to match them up. The latest inspiration for its current line has apparently come from high-vis jackets, and its selling at the insane price of $4000. The neon yellow ‘men’s reversible parka’ is being sold on the Balenciaga website and features the letters BLNCG as logo.

The jacket comes in two sizes – French sizes 44 and 46, which are equivalent to extra small and small. With two slash pockets, a concealed zipped closure with snaps and a foldable hood with drawstrings, the jacket is completely reversible. This means you get two coats for the price of one… sort of. The release was met with both intrigue and skepticism, with some asking why construction jackets are becoming a fashion statement.

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Photo Source: Balenciaga

11 COVID-19 cases registered with 0 recoveries

Jul 6 2021

Malta has registered 11 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours from 2,481 swab tests, while 0 patients have recovered. No deaths were registered in the past 24 hours. This information was announced by the official Facebook page of Malta’s Ministry for Health.

As of Monday 5th July 2021, 689,924 vaccine doses were administered of which 364,277 were 1st doses. 340,423 people are currently fully vaccinated.

To date, Malta has registered 30,675 COVID-19 cases in total, of which: 30,165 have recovered, 420 died and 90 are still active.

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Photo Source: Charmaine Gauci

Maltese football fans welcomed back to the stadium

Jul 6 2021

The Malta Football Association announced on Facebook that as of Tuesday, a small number of fans will be welcomed back to local stadia after 15 months. Fans will be making their return for the first UECL tie of the season. The association, whilst welcoming the fans back, appealed for everyone to cooperate in following the rules as live football makes its long awaited return.

As for health precautions, only persons in possession of a match ticket and a vaccination certificate are allowed to enter stadia. An identification document will also be requested prior to entry at the stadium with persons attending requested to provide their contact details for contact-tracing purposes. No ticket sales at the door of the matches will take place. Face-masks are to be worn at all times and social distancing adhered to.

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Photo Source: Trip Advisor

13 elephants travelling to Africa from UK park in first re-wilding project

Jul 6 2021

The world’s first and largest re-wilding project will see a herd of elephants bred in captivity travelling to Africa. Should the project prove successful, it will be the first time an entire elephant herd has been released into its natural habitat. The herd includes 13 elephants, of which 3 are calves, and they will be travelling a massive 7000km from the UK to Kenya.

Organised by British wildlife conversation charity The Aspinall Foundation, the project does not have a lack of challenges. Since these elephants were bred in captivity, conversationists claim there are a lot of unknowns as to how the animals will adapt to the new environment and the various threats that come with it. The animals all weigh a whopping 25 tonnes together, making the travel immensely difficult. However, if successful, the project will show that endangered species can be successfully returned to natural environments.

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Photo Source: Aspinall Foundation