Sarah Zerafa opens up about social media trolling in empowering post

Aug 9 2021

Local influencer Sarah Zerafa opened up on social media about trolls calling her insults such as Scarface for as long as she could remember. Captioned alongside a natural photograph of herself, Sarah speaks out how this is her fans’ sign to never feel ashamed of one’s scars no matter how cruel other people can be.

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Sarah encourages her fans to love themselves and own their skin as she shares more images of herself whilst hospitalised for her scarring and all the abusive comments she’s received over the years. But Sarah’s ability to turn these situations around and empower her fans has proved to be more powerful than the online negativity.

The post received immense praise and love by commenters, celebrating her empowering other women, whoever they are.

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Tokyo 2020 Olympics comes to an end

Aug 9 2021

Yesterday, the closing ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics happened. This marked the end of one of the strangest Olympics ever but also gave us glimpse into the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. This edition of the Olympic games brought with it iconic moments, peculiar occurrences and a number of unforgettable records.

The Maltese contingent in Tokyo gave a strong effort, but the highlight for Malta was surely the women’s 100m event where young athlete Carla Scicluna qualified to the semi-finals. Italy again impressed and shocked everyone, just like they did at the Eurovision and Euro’s. The Italians won the 4x100m relay, won gold in 100m and broke a record, when Gianmarco Tamberi became the first ever athlete to share a gold medal in athletics.

Huge steps for the LGBTQ community were also made in this Olympics.. Laurel Hubbard became the first transgender person to compete and Canadian footballer Quinn became the first non-binary and transgender person to win gold. American gymnast Simone Biles shed light on mental health when she decided not to compete in numerous of her events to protect and maintain her mental health.

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This Olympics will always be remembered as the Olympics that happened during the pandemic and against all odds, put on a show which will be remembered for years to come. From breaking boundaries and calling for inclusion to heart-warming moments and feats of great strength and endurance, the world bids farewell to what were the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

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Daily Big Macs by record holder Donald Gorske rack up to over 32,000

Aug 9 2021

As Guiness World Records holder Donald Gorske devours at least 2 Big Macs a day, he has managed to munch his way to his 32,340th McDonald’s burger. For a guy who devours so many Big Macs, he sure seems to be insanely fit, having received the world record for the most Big Mac burgers eaten in a lifetime in 2016. Back then, his feat racked up 28,788 Big Macs, but he boosted it up to the 32,000 mark in a new YouTube video this year.

According to Donald himself, he simply cannot get enough of the Big Macs. He stated that he loves hamburgers like no other food and is closing in on 50 years of eating them next year. With two Big Macs a day, that totals around 14 of the iconic sandwich a week. He began his fast food journey on May 17th, 1972 after having just gotten his first car. Back then, he states, he would eat up to 9 Big Macs a day!

Gorske keeps track of his destiny to devour as many of the burgers as possible by keeping every container he ever bought. Marking when he gets them on a daily calendar, he has every container and receipt organised in boxes and pouches by year. To keep his health, Donald states he skips eating the fries and walks six miles per day. Fans from across the world have even decided to send him McDonald’s collectible items knowing the burger fanatic will appreciate them on his very hungry journey!

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Marathon runner caught cheating in Olympics

Aug 9 2021

French long distance runner Morhad Amdouni, was caught cheating in the official Olympic marathon final. The runner was caught knocking off all the bottles of water, until the last available one, which he took. This action was met with a lot of controversy online, with many people including Piers Morgan calling him a cheater and stating that he finished the marathon unfairly.

The runner finished in 17th place out of the 106 runners that started. Only 76 runners actually finished the marathon. The world record-holder Eliud Kipchoge successfully retained his gold medal, finishing the race in 2:08:38. The Kenyan was a class above everyone else as he finished nearly two minutes before Abdi Nageeye who came in 2nd.

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As of right now the IOC haven’t said anything about the matter. Since the Olympics are now over there most probably won’t be any repercussions on Morhad Amdouni.

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