Messi PSG debut broke viewing records in Spain

Aug 31 2021

An average of over two million viewers in Spain watched the official Lionel Messi debut with Paris Saint-Germain. The PSG 2-0 win over Reims was thus the most watched French football game in the country’s history. As the ex-Barcelona player made his move to his new team, he replaced Neymar for the last 30 minutes after Kylian Mbappe had netted the final score.

Broadcast on the free-to-air channel Telecinco in Spain, figures released on Monday show that the match had an average audience of 2.2 million viewers, far exceeding any of the country’s previous statistics. Throughout the whole 90 minutes, a total of over 6.7 million tuned in to watch. Barcelona’s 2-1 win over Getafe in LaLiga, on the other hand, average 591,000 viewers whilst on pay-per-view television.

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Arsenal player asks club to let him go on social media

Aug 30 2021

Arsenal player Ainsley Maitland Niles has posted a story on his Instagram account expressing his desire to leave club Arsenal. This is one of the first times that a reputable and top professional player has done this.

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In the story, he says “All I wanna do is go where I’m wanted and where I’m gonna play”, followed up with three crying emoji’s. In the story he also tags Arsenal in an attempt to get a response from them.

The right back turned midfielder is said to be wanting to move up north to Liverpool to play with Everton. New Everton coach Rafael Benítez reportedly wants the player too, as he admires his great versatility and attitude. Ainsley spent the second half of last year on loan at West Bromwich Albion where he got to play regularly in his preferred position of centre midfielder.

Ainsley will be hoping for a move but it isn’t looking quite good for him, as reports have come out that Arsenal would like to keep him for depth. All the player wants is game time, all we can do is hope that he’ll get the playing time he deserves.

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China limits children’s online gaming to one hour on weekends

Aug 30 2021

China’s video game regulator has issued a statement declaring that online gamers under the age of 18 will only be allowed to play for an hour on Fridays, weekends and holidays. News agency Xinhua was told by the National Press and Publication Administration that playing online games would only be allowed between 8 and 9pm. Instructing gaming companies to prevent children playing outside this time span, inspections of online gaming companies are set to increase.

Such rules are not foreign for China as previously, 90 minutes per day was the set time with three hours on holidays. A month prior to the latest restrictions claimed that many teenagers were addicted and impacted negatively by online gaming. Following fears that children were using adult ID’s to work around the rules, Chinese gaming giant Tencent announced that it was rolling out facial recognition to stop children from playing between 22:00 and 08:00.

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Notarial clients to be protected as active talks underway

Aug 30 2021

The Notarial Council has entered ‘active talks’ with the government to enhance the protection of contracting parties through the improvement of digital technology and real-time registration systems usage. The Justice Ministry confirmed the information, stating that, to protect clients from the situation whereby notaries entrusted with their funds could default, online payment of property taxes and registration fees have been identified by the council as the solution.

This creates an electronic ecosystem which avoids having to pass money for the purchase of properties through third parties, including notaries. These would no longer hold funds for clients but would still hold responsibility for the transactions concluded before them.

Council president Clinton Bezzina told Times of Malta that the real-time element of this proposed project is lagging due to limited banking infrastructure and investment. The project is important for sellers to ensure that money has been passed on before the contract is signed.

A spokesperson for the Justice Ministry highlighted how notaries have public obligations to the government and other legal/disciplinary obligations for which they are answerable to the Court of Revision of Notarial Acts and under criminal law. The profession’s integrity was supervised by the Notarial Council and they had civil obligations to the parties appearing before them.

The ministry stressed the necessity for a regulatory framework. Despite there being only a handful of abuse cases from around 500 practicing notaries over the years, the ministry was asked if it was looking into the situation and had plans to provide any remedies for such rare instances.

Stating that notaries are independent professionals and public officers in that they fulfil the function of drawing up and keeping public deeds, they are not obliged to act as safe keepers of deposits on account of the price of the property. The ministry however pointed out that notaries must have one or more separate Notarial Deposit Accounts into which all monies deposited with them are to be deposited.

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