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Madagascar seed-sized Chameleon may be world’s smallest reptile

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A seed-sized chameleon was found in Madagascar and it just might be the world’s smallest reptile. This male nano-chameleon is named Brookesia nana and its body is only 13.5mm long.

The discovery was made by a German-Madagascan expedition team in northern Madagascar. The female version of this reptile is significantly larger than the male.

Its total length from nose to tail is 22mm and the female’s body from nose to tail is 29mm. The species’ habitat was subjected to deforestation and has now been placed under protection.

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Chris Fearne says AstraZeneca’s vaccine arrival is another cannon against Coronavirus

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Chris Fearne announced in a tweet that Malta now has another cannon against COVID-19 as the AstraZeneca vaccine arrives in Malta.

The British-Swedish company’s vaccine is now the third COVID-19 vaccine to arrive in Malta following the arrival of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines.

Malta will be receiving 1 million doses of the vaccine. This particular vaccine will only be administered to people between the ages of 18 and 55 since not enough studies have been carried out as of yet, regarding its efficacy in older people.

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Robert Abela’s trust rating decreases as Bernard Grech’s rating increases

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MaltaToday has published another survey regarding the party leaders’ trust ratings. Robert Abela’s trust rating has slipped to 41.7% and has been decreasing during the past couple of months.

Although the decrease is marginal, this is the lowest rating that Robert Abela has had since becoming the leader of the Malta Labour Party and Prime Minister of Malta.

The gap between the leaders is now 6.6 points and this is the closest it has been since the last general election.

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Joseph Capriati, Italian DJ has recovered and is back in action!

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Joseph Capriati is an Italian DJ, who went through a personal ordeal earlier on this year. He was stabbed by his own father, with a kitchen knife. Capriati took to social media yesterday, to let his fans know that he has recovered and will be making a comeback!

The 33-year-old DJ was being treated at a hospital in Caserta, Italy. His father had no previous criminal convictions. However, the 61-year-old father was arrested and charged with attempted murder.

Police officers reported that a fight between the two broke out on the 8th of January and this lead to the stabbing of Joseph Capriati.

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