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Cristiano Ronaldo first person to pass 400 million Instagram followers

Cristiano Ronaldo first person to pass 400 million Instagram followers
Feb 7 2022 Share

Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo is used to breaking records on the football pitch, but now he’s managed to score a new record, this time on social media.

The recently turned 37-year-old has become the first person to ever surpass 400 million followers on Instagram. This comes after he was the most followed man on the application back in September 2021 at 237million followers. The amount has since grew exponentially in a matter of months. The football star celebrated his birthday only a couple of days ago, thanking all his fans for the wishes on the platform. 

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The player took to Instagram, saying that life is a roller coaster full of hard work and urgent goals. But ‘in the end, it all comes down to family, love, honesty, friendship, values that make it all worth it.’ The second most followed individual on Instagram is Kylie Jenner, standing at around 308 million followers. She is closely followed by another football star, Lionel Messi, who boasts 306 million. 

That top 5 list is rounded out by both Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson and Selena Gomez at 295 million followers. Ariana Grande, Kim Kardashian, Beyonce, Justin Bieber and Khloe Kardashian seal the top 10 list. Still, Ronaldo is the most followed person on Instagram, as the most followed account is the social media platform’s very own handle which boasts 469 million followers as of February 7th. 

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Activist calls for ban of single-use BBQs due to waste

Activist calls for ban of single-use BBQs due to waste
Feb 7 2022 Share

Activist Cami Appelgren took to social media to call for a ban of single use BBQs, calling upon Environment Minister Aaron Farrugia to take action. 

Appelgren stated that Malta should follow in the footsteps of other countries which actually banned them. Listing off several reasons, the activist said that due to them being single use, they always end up as landfill waste. 

She also said that people do not know how to dispose of them, and are prone to getting scared of them starting fires in bins. This leads them to leave them behind in usually natural areas. 

She also pointed out how they pose a fire hazard, claiming that she has stopped counting the times she had to put out fires spread due to these BBQs as a patrolling ranger. Appelgren also highlighted how burning charcoal releases more particle pollutants and 2-3 times the amount of carbon dioxide as burning gas will. 

‘I can’t find even ONE reason NOT to ban the sale of these […] Invest in a good portable gas BBQ, the camping shops have them at a very good price. And if you use a metal tray, buy quality charcoal which hasn’t been sourced unethically’ she said.

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French military jet makes emergency landing in Malta for refuelling

French military jet makes emergency landing in Malta for refuelling
Feb 7 2022 Share

Many heard it during the early hours of Monday morning – a French navy military jet had to make a sudden emergency landing in Malta after it encountered problems with refuelling mid-air. Speaking to newsroom The Malta Independent, a Malta International Airport spokesperson confirmed that a French Dassault Rafale M ’41’ military jet landed safely at the airport at around 19:30 on Sunday. 

The jet did not have enough fuel to continue with its journey, resulting from a malfunction which occurred with the aircraft’s mid-air refuelling system. Stationing itself on Apron 2, it awaited French technicians to be flown in by helicopter for a quick re-fuel and repair of the issue. They arrived via NH-90 ’24’, with both aircrafts departing at around 00:16 the same night.

The jet was heard by many on the island, some exclaiming how the aircraft was, according to the intensity of the sound, flying really low. The Dassault Rafale is a twin-engine fighter jet capable of reaching a top speed of 1,912 km/h. 

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Virtu Ferries maintains price on freight costs despite rising trend

Virtu Ferries maintains price on freight costs despite rising trend
Feb 7 2022 Share

Malta’s leading commercial undertakings and economists are forecasting an increase in the price of most commodities, food and daily needs included, largely due to the worldwide increase in freight charges and other factors, including COVID. Food has been particularly affected, raising at the highest rate in the last four years and not likely to start falling before October 2022, with supermarkets estimating a 15% increase across the board. In one case it was reported that the freight costs of a container, previously at between Euro 2,000 to 3,000, has now shot up to Euro 17,000 resulting in a 500% increase in the price of certain commodities.

Virtu Ferries, firmly against the world trend, has maintained freight costs at pre-COVID levels. Furthermore, in order to assist SME, Virtu has actually lowered freight cost for small and medium sized commercial vehicles by introduced favourable schemes to assist emerging enterprises.

Importers, sourcing products from Italy and in particular Sicily, have not seen an increase in freight charges. Retailers are taking full advantage of the Virtu offers switching to stocking up from Sicily to reduce their cost of carriage. Hotels and restaurants are resorting to importation from Sicily to counter the local increase in prices of food products.

Virtu Ferries are now operating two vessels with daily voyages at convenient timing, multiple times in the week. Voyage frequency is of particular importance to importers, it allows for warehousing, at no cost in Sicily, and importation of frequent minimum orders reducing financial costs. Cutting costs in the current situation is essential for repositioning post COVID.

Have you noticed an increase in freight costs over the past few years?

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