Ukrainian chemical plant hit during Russian shelling

Jun 12 2022

Russian shelling has caused a massive fire at a chemical plant in Ukrainian city Severodonetsk as non-stop fighting continues between the two military forces.

Ukrainian TV stations were informed that Saturday’s blaze started after a leak of tens of tonnes of oil from damage radiators at the Azot plant. Hundreds of civilians are allegedly sheltering at this same infrastructure.

The city has become the focus of Russian shelling efforts as it advances into Eastern Ukraine. With fighting lasting more than three months, Russia’s attempt to capture larger cities like Kyiv failed.

They are now instead trying to capture the Luhansk and Donetsk regions, which is collectively known as the Donbas region. Most of the city is already occupied by Russian forces, with the chemical plant sustaining shelling for hours on end.

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Billie Eilish pauses London show due to fan safety issues

Jun 12 2022

After several fans got into difficulties in immensely hot temperatures, singer Billie Eilish briefly paused her show at London’s O2 arena on Saturday to make sure everyone was ok.

This is not the first time Eilish has interrupted her show due to safety concerns when it comes to her fans. During her London show, she asked the O2 security team to distribute water to the audience.

At one point, fans started to yell out that they were being squished, prompting the young singer to halt the music until the pressure at the front of the stage calmed down.

At the O2 concert in London, fans even took matters into their own hands as one group formed a protective circle and turned on their phone lights to alert security. E

‘Take a step back, give everybody some space. If someone looks a little woozy, just tell someone’ she said. Back in February, Eilish interrupted her Happier Than Ever tour show in Atlanta after a fan was noted to be struggling for air.

She did not continue until the person could access an inhaler. And later that month she paused a show in New York’s Madison Square Garden to tell fans that they can sit down and take a breath.

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Gold medals for Maltese athletes during Small States Championships

Jun 12 2022

A quartet of female athletes managed to win three gold medals for Malta with some amazing results at the Championship for the Small States.

Janet Richard, Claire Azzopardi and the women’s quartet won gold in the 400m race, long jump and the Swedish relay respectively. The overall effort saw a second-place finish with 110 points, just behind Cyprus at 117 points.

Richard claimed the first Gold medal in the 400 meters when clocking in 55.12 seconds, beating Armenia’s Gayane Chiloyan’s seasonal best at 55.64.

Martha Spiteri also set a new personal best in the first heat as she emerged victorious with a time of 58.29s. Azzopardi too hit a new personal best in the long jump at 6.21m – quite ahead from second place Irma Gunnardsottir at 5.96, and bringing in the second gold medal.

The final gold medal came in a group effort during the Swedish relay when Azzopardi, Scicluna and Richard teamed up with Charlotte Wingfield to end up first with a time of 2:10:37.

As for the men’s quartet, Steve Camilleri, Beppe Grillo, Matthew Galea Soler and Ben Micallef settled for second place behind Moldova with a time of 1:55:84. Daniel Saliba brought in the silver medal in the 110m hurdles and matching his national record.

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Shark Tank Malta confirmed for season 2 ahead of season finale

Jun 12 2022

Before the final episode of Shark Tank airs tonight at 20:50, it was revealed that the programme will be returning for a second season next year 2023.

The Maltese edition of the critically acclaimed reality show was launched during Malta Enterprise’s Start Up Festival by greatt, and saw many entrepreneurs attempting to get a shot at having one of the island’s biggest business moguls invest in their ideas.

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Every episode, viewers encountered all manner of business concepts which the panel of moguls, known as Sharks, had to decide whether or not to invest in.

Not all managed to convince the panel, which was made up of Michael Bonello, Christabelle Camilleri, Mark Bajada, Alexander Fenech and Mark Wiengard. As of the last episode, Bajada and Weingard were at a head with 9 deals struck, followed by Christabelle with 7 and Bonello and Fenech with 6.

We’ll be seeng the last round of deals being made tonight before the season comes to a close. But any budding entrepreneurs better be ready to pitch their concept next year as the sharks are still hungry for more investments!

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