Новости за 13.10.2021

AC Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan will be out for 10 weeks after undergoing surgery on his injured left wrist, the Serie A club announced Wednesday. Maignan underwent an arthroscopic exam “that identified an injury to a ligament in his left wrist, which was repaired”, Milan said. “A percutaneous pedicle screw was also fixed to the scaphoid bone in his wrist due to a vascular problem.” The operation, the club added, “was a perfect success”. Continue reading this article on SportsDesk, the sports... Читать дальше...

A man armed with a bow and arrows killed several people and wounded others in southeastern Norway on Wednesday, police said, adding they had arrested the suspect. "We can unfortunately confirm that there are several injured and also unfortunately several killed in this episode," local police official Oyvind Aas told a news conference.  "The man who committed this act has been arrested by the police and, according to our information, there is only one person involved." The motive for the attack... Читать дальше...

Humans' love for cheese and beer goes back a long way. But according to a scientific study published Wednesday, workers at a salt mine in Austria were already enjoying blue cheese and beer as far back as 2,700 years ago. Scientists made the discovery by analysing samples of human excrement found at the heart of the Hallstatt mine in the Austrian Alps. The study was published in the journal Current Biology on Wednesday. Frank Maixner, a microbiologist at the Eurac Research Institute in Bolzano... Читать дальше...

A 10 per cent boost to student stipends will cost the country close to €5 million next year, budget estimates show. Spending on student maintenance grants will rise from €28 million this year to an estimated €32.8 million next year, following the increase announced in Budget 2022.  As part of the new budget measures, Finance Minister Clyde Caruana also announced students will be able to work 25 hours per week without losing their stipend entitlement. Eligible students studying post-secondary,... Читать дальше...

Clifton Grima, the Parliamentary Secretary for Youth and Sport, told the Times of Malta that government is set to start the second phase of the National Shooting Range in Ta’ Kandja, which will see the construction of indoor shooting facilities, in the coming months. The National Shooting Ranges were unveiled in 2019 following the completion of the first phase of the project which consisted of the construction of shooting ranges for clay shooting. These ranges played host to the World Cup shoot which was held in Malta in June of 2019. Читать дальше...

A man who greeted entertainment mogul Hugo Chetcuti by name before stabbing him twice in the abdomen has been found guilty of murder and was convicted to life in jail. He has also been given a term of solitary confinement. Bojan Cmelik, 39, murdered the 52-year-old businessman, who died six days after the attack outside one of his Paceville establishments on July 6, 2018, a jury decided on Wednesday.  They returned an eight-to-one guilty verdict for wilful homicide after deliberating for less than six hours. Читать дальше...

Almost two decades ago, a French orchestra set itself a radical challenge – not only to hop between wildly different eras but to play solely with instruments from those times.  While most classical musicians spend their lives mastering a single instrument, the members of Les Siècles (The Centuries) are known to swap their tools as often as three or four times in a single show. Their determination to stick with period-specific instruments means catgut strings on their violins, antique oboes, and... Читать дальше...

When human resources expert Michael Evans was approached to help people with disabilities prepare for job interviews, the request intimidated him. “I was not scared of anything,” he says. “I served in the air force but I was scared to interview people with a disability. I thought they would beat me or something.” Twenty years on, the Scot laughs at the absurdity of his initial reaction but believes employers might still have similar irrational fears and is now training job coaches in Malta to help disadvantaged people find work. Читать дальше...

The EU on Wednesday presented a "toolbox" of measures to mitigate an energy crunch that threatens to send Europeans' power bills soaring. The European Commission has been under pressure to act on the looming crisis, even though individual EU governments are more directly responsible for their energy sources and taxation. Consumers' "concern is understandable, justified," said EU energy commissioner Kadri Simson as she unveiled the proposals. "Winter is coming and for many, electricity bills are higher than they have been for a decade. Читать дальше...

Celebrating 10 years of the most innovative initiatives in the domain of eBusiness for development, and to spread awareness about the role of web-based technologies in addressing social and economic concerns.  The eBusiness Awards by Tech.mt is an annual event which seek to recognise and celebrate the best of Maltese talent, ambition, and achievement in multiple categories for our digital ecosystem.  Utilising technology in the employment and recruitment industry in Malta and across the EU Technology... Читать дальше...

Milan left-back Theo Hernandez has tested positive for Covid, just days after his France team-mate Adrien Rabiot contracted the virus, his club said Wednesday. The 24-year-old played alongside Rabiot in France’s Nations League semi-final against Belgium last Thursday, scoring a 90th-minute winner. Rabiot was ruled out of the final after testing positive for Covid, but Hernandez played the full 90 minutes in the world champions’ 2-1 triumph over Spain.   Continue reading this article on Sports Desk... Читать дальше...

Two car drivers were injured on Wednesday in a traffic accident in San Ġwann. The police said the accident happened in Triq tas-Sliema at 11.30am. A BMW 320D that was being driven by a 20-year-old man who lives in San Ġwann was involved in a collision with an Audi A3 that was being driven by a 59-year-old woman who lives in Mosta. Both drivers were given first aid by a medical team on-site and then taken to Mater Dei hospital by ambulance. Later, the BMW driver was certified to have suffered grievous injuries. Читать дальше...

Anti-Semitism is being repackaged and disseminated to a younger generation of social media users through platforms like Instagram and TikTok, according to analysis published Wednesday. Anti-Semitic tropes are "rife across every social media platform" but companies are failing to act, UK group Hope Not Hate, Germany's Amadeu Antonio Foundation and the Expo Foundation in Sweden said. Hate speech remains more prolific and extreme on sites such as Parler and 4chan, but is being introduced to young users on mainstream platforms... Читать дальше...

Horse racing is an extremely popular sport in Australia, with only the Australian rugby league and football commanding higher attendances in the country. But why is horse racing so popular in Australia? Keep reading below to find out. The history of horse racing in Australia Horse racing was one of the first sporting activities to take place in Australia. When British ships docked in Australia to create a new colony, they took hundreds of horses with them. It didn’t take long before races were taking place in the country... Читать дальше...

Jonathan Cardona has been appointed chief executive officer of Enemalta plc with effect from last Monday. He succeeds Jason Vella who is assisting in this transition.  Cardona previously served as the head of the government agency responsible for citizenship-related matters, the Community Malta Agency. The agency succeeded the Individual Investor Programme Agency.  In initial comments following his appointment, Cardona said he appreciated the trust being shown in him and looked forward to “continue... Читать дальше...

A DJ who allegedly raped a woman he had chatted with on social media, was denied bail after pleading not guilty upon his arraignment on Wednesday. The incident took place on Saturday night when the 32-year-old Colombian national allegedly induced the woman to accompany him to his St Julian’s apartment after work.  The two had first met at a Paceville club when the woman went up to the DJ and asked him to play a song.  That was when he asked her to like him on Instagram and a discussion started off between the two. Читать дальше...

Frederick Fenech, former dean of medicine and renowned physician, has died aged 87. He passed away on Saturday and his funeral is on Thursday. “I remember my father running from one village to another to visit patients and speak to other doctors,” his son, ophthalmologist Thomas Fenech told Times of Malta. “He was not only dedicated to medicine, but also to his patients, with whom he would spend long hours talking. Even after he retired, he loved to invite them over to his office to speak to them.” “My father did not have many hobbies... Читать дальше...

As a COVID-19 surge overwhelmed Uganda earlier this year, Livingstone Musaala, who was forced to quit his teaching job following school closures, turned to coffin-making to pay the bills and help his community. But few welcomed his initiative at first. Family members criticised him for capitalising on a pandemic-fuelled boom in his densely-populated hometown of Bugobi, 140 kilometres east of Kampala. "Of all the business ideas you start selling coffins as if you wish people death?" Musaala recounted a relative asking him. Читать дальше...

A fire erupted Wednesday at the site of a film festival on Egypt's Red Sea coast, briefly threatening its cancellation before being brought under control, officials said. The blaze "damaged a small part of the main pavilion" of El Gouna Film Festival just a day before its scheduled opening. Fifteen people who suffered smoke inhalation were rushed to hospital for treatment, a civil defence force official said. The brainchild of property mogul Samih Sawiris, one of Africa's richest men, the festival... Читать дальше...

The world’s biggest container ports will remain clogged up for six to nine months because of the supply chain crisis, the British Ports Authority warned on Wednesday. The gloomy forecast came one day after Danish shipping giant AP Moller-Maersk revealed it has started diverting traffic away from Britain’s biggest container port Felixstowe on the eastern English coast. The world’s largest shipping firm is redirecting container ships to continental ports like Rotterdam and Antwerp, before switching to smaller vessels for UK deliveries. Читать дальше...

Updated 4.35pm Konrad Mizzi failed to appear before a parliamentary committee for a second time on Wednesday, citing parliamentary rules and practice to justify his absence. Mizzi was summoned to testify before the Public Accounts Committee about the Electrogas deal he piloted as Energy Minister, having refused to appear before the committee after being summoned for a first time earlier this month. But when PAC members gathered in parliament on Wednesday afternoon to hear Mizzi’s testimony, the... Читать дальше...

Citroen has announced a series of updates for its C4 range of cars.  Applied to both the regular C4 and the electric e-C4, the changes include revisions to the car’s specifications while introducing new exterior colours and alloy wheel designs.  On the electric e-C4, the changes, according to Citroen, include ‘improvements in driving efficiency’ which, says the brand, enhance the real-world driving range under ‘a variety of driving conditions’. The car’s range remains at a claimed 217 miles, however. Читать дальше...

A man who held up two female shop assistants at a Tarxien confectionery last week, while armed with a firearm that later turned out to be fake, was remanded in custody upon his arraignment on Wednesday. Antonio Mangion, a 36-year-old delivery man from Żabbar, was escorted to court to face charges linking him to the violent attempted robbery on October 5, shortly after 8pm. Two salesgirls were held up at gunpoint before the robber suddenly ran out of the shop empty handed. Investigations soon led... Читать дальше...

The Vatican said Wednesday it had recognised a miracle attributed to Pope John Paul I, a step towards sainthood for one of the shortest-serving heads of the Catholic Church. The move comes four decades after the death in 1978 of John Paul I, the last Italian pope and a mild-mannered former archbishop of Venice, sometimes known as the "Smiling Pope". Pope Francis authorised the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, the Vatican body that determines sainthood, to recognise "the miracle attributed... Читать дальше...

Malta is to ship 135,000 Astra Zeneca vaccines to Rwanda this week, the permanent secretary at the Foreign Ministry has said. Christopher Cutajar said in a tweet that the ministry is liaising with Air Malta to send the vaccines to the African country. "This shows Malta's commitment in being at the forefront in this global fight against the pandemic. No-one is safe until everyone is safe!," he wrote. Malta also shipped 40,000 vaccines and 40,000 virus test kits to Libya in August. Rwanda has so far vaccinated just 15% of its population. Читать дальше...