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A Lady From Meru, Purity Goes Viral For Her Enticing Dance Skills
Purity, a lady from Meru, went viral for her enticing dance skills at a wedding went viral on social media. The woman rocked a kitenge dress and, she skilfully shook what her mama gave her during the wedding reception. Purity also twerked, but the DJ had to pull up for dramatic effect, leaving the crowd asking for more.
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Read more at Tuko.co.ke
Breakthrough in Energy Storage Using Laser Ablation
Professor Jin Kon Kim and Dr. Keon-Woo Kim from the Department of Chemical Engineering at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) have achieved a significant breakthrough in developing a small-scale energy storage device capable of stretching, folding, twisting, and wrinkling. Their research has been published in the esteemed electronic engineering journal, npj Flexible Electronics.
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Read more at Technology Networks
Manitoba Tourism Industry Expects a Stronger Rebound in Summer
Travelodge by Wyndham Brandon general manager Alexey Volosnikov says the hotel expects a 15 per cent increase in business compared to last summer. With eight hotels in the area, including three- and four-star options, there’s ample room for growth in the market in the summer months, he said. Measures such as the provincial government’s decision to lower the gas tax, Juce said, will likely encourage more travel.
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Read more at The Brandon Sun
Business Rescue Practitioners' Powers to Suspend a Company's Contractual Obligations
Chapter 6 of Companies Act 71 of 2008 (Companies Act) confers various powers on business rescue practitioners (BRPs) once they have assumed their responsibilities to restructure the affairs of a company that has been placed under business rescue. This is achieved through the temporary supervision of the company and the management of its affairs, business and property, by the BRP.
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Read more at Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr
Dry-Cleaning and Laundry Services Market Forecast to Reach $103.5 Billion by 2030
Global Dry-Cleaning and Laundry Services Market to Reach $103.5 Billion by 2030. Laundries dominate the market share, with notable growth expected in duvet cleaning. China, the world's second largest economy, is forecast to reach a projected market size of US$17.8 Billion.
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Read more at GlobeNewswire
Monegasque Economic Board (MEB) Conference
The Monaco Economic Board (MEB) organised a conference on Monday, 22nd April. Jo Hawley, His Majesty's Deputy Trade Commissioner for Europe at the British Embassy in Paris. The MEB wanted to enlighten its members as to the challenges and opportunities.
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Read more at Monaco Tribune
Safaricom Launches The Connect Academy
The Connect Academy is part of the Presidential DigiTalent Programme. The programme aligns with the telecommunications company's plan to invest in strong fibre optic networks in Ethiopia and Kenya. Connect Academy will provide industrial training for fibre optic technicians.
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Cartoon Carousel: The Nation's Political Cartoonists
Cartoon Carousel The nation’s political cartoonists on the week in politics Every week political cartoonistes across the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in politics. Here's an offering of the best of this week's crop, picked fresh off the Toonosphere.
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Read more at POLITICO
K-Drama and Amnesia
Amnesia is a powerful storytelling device found in Hollywood cinemas like Alfred Hitchcock’s Spellbound (2000). It takes on whole new camp levels in the Korean context because it raises the stakes and adds mystery. The Korean War is nicknamed “The Forgotten War” and is apt metaphor for what the nation has survived and what dwells in its collective memory.
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Read more at Literary Hub
An End to Running by Lynne Reid Banks
Lynne Reid Banks, 94, was a writer at the age of 94. It was her first adult novel, The Red Red Dragon, set during the Six Day War. I was smitten, but I yearned for a bigger life and was sure it would come for me.
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Read more at Literary Hub