Primark to open 9 new stores in Italy by 2022

Apr 5 2021

The Irish fast-fashion retailer Primark has revealed that it expects to open around 8 new stores in Italy by the end of 2022 – doubling its current estate. Primark currently has 6 stores after having first opened in Italy five years ago. The entire Italian portfolio will thus expand to 14 in 2022.

With the first store to open in Rome, the brand is also aimed to open in Catania, Sicily and Chieti, Abruzzo by 2021. The location in Milan set to open in 2022 will also house the regional office in Italy. Primark also plans to open 15 new stores in Spain, US, UK, France and several other countries.

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Egypt’s first female captain wrongly blamed for Suez Canal incident

Apr 5 2021

Egypt’s first female captain Marwa Elselehdar was wrongly blamed for when the Ever Given container got stuck in the Suez Canal, blocking one of the world’s most important trade routes. Elselehdar was however miles away from the Suez Canal, working on the Aida IV in Alexandria as first mate.

The fake news blaming her surprised the captain, with reason, as social media outlets like Twitter saw posts spreading her name as the reason behind the blockage. Elselehdar, who is 29-years-old, stated that she might have been targeted because she is either the first successful female in the field or due to her Egyptian nationality.

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Cisk introduces alcohol free lager

Apr 5 2021

After weeks off anticipation and teasing, the iconic beverage brand Cisk have announced the first-ever Cisk 0.0 alcohol-free lager. Cisk has been a staple among beer brands and its new product is now boasting 100% flavour but 0% alcohol beverage.

Coming in both can and glass bottles, the beverage is now easily enjoyed as a non-alcoholic drink at any time.

Cracking open a cold one for Cisk lovers has just been made even more accessible.

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115,000 Maltese people got data hacked through Facebook leak

Apr 5 2021

A Business Insider report claims that 533 million Facebook users had their personal data and phone numbers leaked online by a low level hacking forum user. Times of Malta identified 115,366 of these as being Maltese, meaning that more than a fifth of the island’s population fell prey to this leak. The information was uploaded for free on the hacker’s forum.

All 533,000,000 Facebook records were just leaked for free.

This means that if you have a Facebook account, it is extremely likely the phone number used for the account was leaked.

I have yet to see Facebook acknowledging this absolute negligence of your data. https://t.co/ysGCPZm5U3 pic.twitter.com/nM0Fu4GDY8

— Alon Gal (Under the Breach) (@UnderTheBreach) April 3, 2021

The Business Insider report states that the personal data leaked included phone numbers, Facebook IDs, full names, locations, birth dates and biographies. Malta was among the worst affected in the EU, at 23% of the population. Other EU countries also suffered, with Italy at 59%, Netherlands at 31% and France at 29% among others.

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