Band club members motivate marathon runners with roadside music

Feb 26 2023

As many take on the challenge of the MC Adventure Malta Half Marathon and Walkathon, some band members in Sliema took to the side of the road to motivate the runners with some musical energy.

A video sent to this newsroom shows a group of seated band club musicians playing their respective instruments as runners and walkers zoom by to finish off their marathon race.

Major props to these fellows for their positive spirit!

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The MC Adventure Malta Half Marathon and Walkathon kicked off in Imdina, with contestants making their way through Ta’ Qali, Attard, Qormi, Msida and finally finishing in Gżira/Sliema in Triq ix-Xatt.

As the Marathon raises funds for the Inspire Foundation to help various children and adults with various disabilities, it is advised to all road commuters to be careful whilst on the road so as to avoid any incidents.

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Major traffic reported around Malta due to ongoing marathon

Feb 26 2023

This newsroom has been informed that there are various traffic jams reported all around Malta due to a currently ongoing marathon.

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Cristiano Ronaldo scores two hat tricks since joining Al-Nassr

Feb 26 2023

Cristiano Ronaldo has once again earned the praise of football fans as the Portuguese legend goes on to score his second hat-trick in five matches for his new team Al-Nassr.

With a contract worth upwards of £175 million a year, the 38-year-old scored three first half goals against Damac, opening with a. Left hand corner penalty goal.

He then doubles the advantage of Al-Nassr with another goal from the edge of the area and then completed his hat-trick with a close range finish.

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This saw Ronaldo seal his 62nd hat-trick of his career, with fans suggesting that the player is about to rewrite Saudi league history. He has so far scored eight goals in just six games in the Saudi Pro league.

This comes after a heartbreaking World Cup loss with Portugal, which saw the player exit the match and pitch with tears streaming down his face.

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The moon is slowly moving away from Earth

Feb 26 2023

Don’t worry, it will still be a long time before you have to wave the moon goodbye. But it has been discovered that the moon is slowly inching away from our home planet at a rate of 3.8cm per year.

It was earlier assumed that the moon, Earth’s only natural satellite revolving around our planet, is at a constant distance away due to the gravitational pull of Earth.

However, a new discovery by NASA suggests that the moon is slowly drifting away into the emptiness of space.

But why is the moon drifting away from the Earth? Experts believe that it has to do with ‘Milankovitch cycles’, which describe the tiny diversion in the shape of Earth’s orbit, its axis and its impacts on the amount of sunlight received on Earth.

The cycles and frequencies of these cycles determine the distance between the Moon and Earth, as the moon was reportedly 60,000km closer to Earth around 2.46 billion years ago.

The small changes in the cycles change the amount of sunlight the planet receives, with scientists researching old sediment so that they can measure Earth’s wobble and figure out how far the moon was from the planet.

The discovery reportedly came due to reflective panels installed on the Moon back in 1969 during the Apollo mission, which has allowed NASA to measure the distance.

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