Zelensky visits US President Joe Biden as war rages on

Dec 22 2022

Ukraine was invaded approximately three hundred days ago by neighbour Russia, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky headed to Washington DC to meet US President Joe Biden.

The talk saw both leaders making clear that they see the war entering a new phase as Russia sends more troops to the frontlines and waging a brutal air campaign against civilian targets.

Fears of a stalemate are growing, but no indication that a pathway to ending the conflict has not yet been made clear. Delivering an address in English, Zelensky highlighted how Ukraine will be celebrating Christmas using candle-light due to Russia cutting off power supplies.

Zelensky addressed Congress as Rep. Nancy Pelosi and Vice President Kamala Harris held up a Ukrainian national flag signed by Ukrainian soldiers at the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday, December 21st.

Biden also went on to promise an aid package of $45 billion and that the USA will continue to back the worn-torn country for as long as the war persists.

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€2,800 reward for information on brutal cat killer

Dec 22 2022

A €2,800 reward has been offered up to anyone who can provide any information pertaining to the killer of Misha, the cat found in a card board box in Mqabba.

It was revealed by Aaron and Claire Briffa that Real Animal Rights Foundation’s Romina Frendo and volunteers raised the large fund to be given to anyone who can help find the perpetrator of this horrific act of animal cruelty.

Misha was found in a box with a rod on top of her as well as some yet to be deciphered writing on a piece of cardboard. The news hitting social media was met with righteous and well-deserved anger and calls for justice.

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Motorcyclist injured after Hal Ghaxaq road accident

Dec 22 2022

Police were informed yesterday at around 1730hrs of an accident that took place in Dawret Ħal Għaxaq, Ħal Għaxaq.

Preliminary investigations revealed that a crash had taken place between a Keeway City Blade motorcycle driven by a 32-year-old Indian man resident of Ħal Għaxaq and a Peugeot 206 driven by a 39-year-old man resident of Birżebbuġa.

A medical team was called onto the scene and an ambulance drove the motorcycle driver to Mater Dei Hospital. He was later certified as having suffered grievous injuries.

Investigations are ongoing.

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The London Eye could be taken down by 2028 for ever

Dec 22 2022

One of London’s most iconic skyline attractions, The London Eye a.k.a The Millennium Wheel, could be taken down in just a few years.

The monumental attraction, which opened up on the 31st of December all the way back in 1999, could be removed by the year 2028 due to lease issues.

It initially only had a five year lease, which was then continuously extended, with the most current one running until the aforementioned year. The future of the wheel is yet to be decided, with its operator, Merlin Entertainments, applying to Lambeth Council for planning permission to keep it there for longer.

Merlin Division director Mike Vallis said that when the London Eye first opened, no one could have envisaged that it would become synonymous with the capital city.

‘As the capital’s most visited paid-for attraction, it continues to be enjoyed by millions of guests every year, it is now time for us to secure its long-term future through this application to Lambeth Council.’

So it instead seems as though the attraction could in fact remain there for all of London’s remaining history bar any surprising turn of events.

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