Новости за 11.05.2021

Australian basketball star Liz Cambage on Tuesday withdrew a threat to boycott the Tokyo Olympics over “whitewashed” team photoshoots, but vowed to remain outspoken on social justice issues. The 29-year-old, a two-time Olympian who is preparing for the new WNBA season with the Las Vegas Aces, last week took issue with two promotional pictures showing predominantly white Australian Olympic athletes. The first photoshoot organised by the team’s apparel sponsor, Jockey, included no people of colour... Читать дальше...

Rising stars Arlo Parks and Olivia Rodrigo are among the artists performing to 4,000 guests at Tuesday's Brit Awards, where soul singer Celeste and hit machine Dua Lipa are both tipped to win big. The ceremony is the biggest night in British pop music and will welcome thousands of live guests for the first time in two years as part of the government's pilot scheme easing coronavirus restrictions. Audience members at London's giant O2 Arena will not need to socially distance or wear face coverings... Читать дальше...

Six new COVID-19 cases were reported on Tuesday, maintaining the low levels of the past days. A total of 11 cases were reported on Monday, nine on Sunday and six on Saturday, a level last seen in mid-summer. There have been no deaths reported from coronavirus in the past four days.   The health authorities said 15 patients had recovered and the number of active cases was now 204. A total of 1,600 tests were carried out in the past 24 hours. The number of vaccination jabs has risen to 386,760.... Читать дальше...

Work on introducing new anti-SLAPP legislation continues to forge ahead, with MEP Roberta Metsola emphasising the need and responsibility the EU has to protect journalists.  Metsola has been appointed as a rapporteur together with German S&D MEP Tiemo Wölken on new legislative efforts to prevent SLAPP suits against journalists in the EU.  SLAPP suits - Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation - are designed to censor and intimidate journalists and silence critics by overwhelming them... Читать дальше...

Australia set a new target of vaccinating all willing adults by the end of 2021 on Tuesday, hoping to speed a glacial vaccine roll-out that threatens the country’s pandemic success story. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg – unveiling a free-spending, crisis-tinged budget – said the continuation of the country’s “roaring” economic recovery depended on “effective suppression of the virus”. To that end, he said, the conservative government expected Australia’s borders to remain closed well into 2022 and... Читать дальше...

Fulham manager Scott Parker has been linked with the managerial vacancy at Tottenham but says his priority is to try and help his current club make an immediate return to the Premier League. Fulham joined West Brom and Sheffield United in being relegated from the Premier League following a 2-0 loss to Burnley on Monday. It is the first time that relegation from the division has been resolved with three games remaining. Parker has been linked with Spurs — who he played for from 2011-13 — due to... Читать дальше...

A man who apologised to a pastizzeria attendant after holding her at knifepoint and demanding €20 in cash has been placed under probation for three years after pleading guilty.   Kevin Borg, 41, made his admission in court last week and was sentenced on Tuesday. Magistrate Astrid May Grima said the court had considered his early guilty plea, his cooperation with the police as well as his drug dependence. The court was told last week how Borg wore a face mask and hoodie and was armed with a penknife... Читать дальше...

A fingerprint on the number plate of a stolen car linked to a double murder in Sliema belonged to North Macedonian bouncer Viktor Dragomanski, a court heard on Tuesday. Court expert Joseph Mallia said he compared Dragomanski’s fingerprints with prints lifted from Locker Street house where Christian Pandolfino, 58, and his partner Ivor Maciejowski, 30, were shot dead on August 18. He also compared Dragomanski’s fingerprints with prints from a Volkswagen Tiguan believed to have been used to carry out the murders. Читать дальше...

Just imagine if a couple of decades ago you’d said that MG’s most powerful car would be a hybrid SUV? It would have seemed pretty shocking, but well, here we are, with the HS PHEV being the brand’s latest battery-assisted model as it targets 50 per cent of its sales to be electrified before the end of the year.The HS is MG’s largest model, rivalling the likes of the Nissan Qashqai and Ford Kuga, and arrived in dealers towards the end of 2019, but solely with a lacklustre petrol engine that proved thirsty to run. Читать дальше...

Updated 12.30pm A group of 70 migrants was being brought to Malta early on Tuesday afternoon after having been rescued at sea south of Malta during the night.  No details were given about the operation, conducted by an AFM patrol boat.  The past week has seen a surge of migrant crossings from Libya towards Europe, with over 1,400 migrants landing in Lampedusa over the course of last weekend.  Alarm Phone, an NGO that monitors calls for rescue and is particularly active in the Mediterranean, on... Читать дальше...

Moviment Graffitti has called for a full investigation into Infrastructure Malta’s expropriation methods and urged farmers whose land is being expropriated to seek legal advice and avoid meeting the state agency alone.  The NGO made its call on Tuesday, one day after Times of Malta revealed instances when Infrastructure Malta expropriated land before proper documentation was filed and published, with the agency bypassing the Lands Authority and negotiating with landowners directly. In some cases... Читать дальше...