Bridgerton is now Netflix’s biggest series ever!

Jan 29 2021

Bridgerton has become the crown jewel of Netflix’s 2020-2021 season! Bridgerton premiered on Christmas Day, 2020 and up until now, it has hit a record of views of 82 million households.

82 million households, means that a total of 82 million Netflix accounts have watched at least two minutes of Bridgerton. Accounts with multiple users are on counted once.

A Netflix blog post has revealed that Bridgerton has made the top 10 in 83 countries excluding Japan. This success has propelled the Bridgerton books into the New York Times bestseller list for the first time in the 18 years since their publication.

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Two foxes found dead in Ħaż-Żebbuġ

Jan 29 2021

Two foxes were found dead in Ħaż-Żebbuġ close to the previous building associated with the River of Love.

One of the foxes was white in colour and the other was black, as reported by One News.

More details are being awaited.

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Local politician and journalist; Joe Micallef Stafrace passes away at the age of 88

Jan 29 2021

Joe Micallef Stafrace who was formerly a Labour Minister passed away the age of 88.

The Malta Labour Party said in a Facebook post that, “this is a loss of a patriot who loved the freedom of expression”. They also mentioned the hardships he faced in the past and how he always fought for he believed was right.

May you rest in peace, Joe Micallef Stafrace.

It-telfa ta’ Joe Micallef Stafrace, politiku u ġurnalist ta’ ħila kbira, hija telfa ta’ patrijott li kien jgħożż…

Posted by Partit Laburista on Friday, 29 January 2021

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Ice is melting at record rate because of climate change

Jan 29 2021

Planet earth is losing 1.2 Trillion tons of ice a year. New research is suggesting that scientists have been underestimating the impact of Climate Change on Earth’s ice.

Sea levels could also rise more than initially expected this century, Thomas Slater who is the lead author of this new research said that “Sea level rise on this scale will have very serious impacts on coastal communities this century”.

Our previous predictions were called conservative by NASA glacier researcher Eric Rignot, who argued that ice will continue to melt at a faster rate than predicted and it will leave very serious impacts.

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