November 2021
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ABBA’s Anni-Frid (Frida) Lyngstad has spoken to BBC radio about the group’s reunion, how it feels to be recreated as avatars, and the fact that she doesn’t watch Eurovision, the song contest that made them famous. “We didn’t expect anything actually,” she told Zoe Ball of the sessions that led to their new Voyage album, speaking on the…
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Abba’s first studio album in nearly 40 years has made it to the top of the British charts, becoming the fastest seller of the year so far, according to the Official Charts Company. Voyage by the Swedish quartet of Agnetha, Bjorn, Benny and Anni-Frid racked up 204,000 chart sales in the seven days since it…
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UNITED STATES socialite and entrepreneur Paris Hilton has married her boyfriend of two years, Mr Carter Reum, in what she called “a true fairy tale wedding” Paris got engaged to the businessman in February, posted details of the Los Angeles wedding on Thursday in a blog where she said it’s totally unbelievable that she finally…
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COP26 President Alok Sharma released early on Friday morning the second draft of a Glasgow agreement on climate action, which included an expression of “deep regret” over climate finance failures and adjusted language on coal and fossil fuels. Sharma then engaged in a maelstrom of mediation, visiting dozens of national delegations in a bid to…
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E-commerce heavyweights in China hit record highs during the recent 2021 extravaganza tagged Singles Day Sales. Despite a low-key start without countdowns on platforms, this year’s Singles Day shopping extravaganza has showcased enormous consumption vitality and injected fresh impetus into China’s economic development, with an emphasis on inclusive growth and eco-friendly consumption, said industry experts.…
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Taiwan being a part of China is a historical and legal fact that cannot be changed and is a status quo that may not be challenged, Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said on Thursday. Any practice that resists China’s reunification will be thwarted, he said. Wang made the remarks after United States Secretary of State…
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This will be the most expensive Thanksgiving in America in years because of high food prices, which also are hurting many of the nation’s food banks on which tens of millions of people in the US rely. Nearly every component of the Thanksgiving feast, from the turkey to the disposable roasting pan, after-dinner coffee and…
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It has become clear at the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, or COP 26, in Glasgow, Scotland, that the climate challenge is perceived as global. The tone has changed, as noted by Youssef Nassef, director of the UN Adaptation Division of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, who said that…
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Kevin De Bruyne has confessed that he knew his time at Chelsea was over after he was asked to play in a Carabao Cup tie against Swindon Town. De Bruyne joined Chelsea in 2012 but was infamously sold by Jose Mourinho two years later after failing to make any real impact at Stamford Bridge, but…
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Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has confessed that he nearly joined Tottenham earlier in his career, but vowed he would never consider such a move now. The Gabon international joined Arsenal from Borussia Dortmund back in January 2018 for what was then a club record £56m transfer fee and has scored goals for fun, firing home…
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Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker has said he and his teammates should be aiming to win all four major trophies available to them this season. The Brazil international has already won the Premier League, Champions League, UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup in his three years at Anfield so far. Jurgen Klopp‘s men had…
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The Impact of Employee Motivation in the Nigerian Civil Service: A Case Study of Lagos State. Executive Summary The Nigerian civil service has a commemoration of highly skilled and productive workforce. But, like every other sector, the civil service is a functional bureaucracy rife with individual and group practices that are considered a deviation from…
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PESTEL Analysis is a strategic framework used to evaluate the external environment of a business by breaking down the opportunities and risks into Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Environmental, and Legal factors. PESTEL Analysis can be an effective framework to use in Corporate Strategy Planning and for identifying the pros and cons of a Business Strategy. The PESTEL framework is an extension of the PEST strategic framework, one that includes…
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday mourned the death of former South African President F.W. de Klerk, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Guterres is deeply saddened to learn of the death of de Klerk and conveys his deepest condolences to the family of de Klerk and to the government and people of South Africa, said…
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China and the United States have signed a joint declaration to address the global climate crisis over the coming decade, marking one of the most significant breakthroughs yet to come out of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, or COP 26, in Glasgow, Scotland. The declaration, which is called the US-China…
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A US federal grand jury has indicted Steve Bannon, onetime adviser to former President Donald Trump, charging him with contempt of Congress after he defied a subpoena by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, the Justice Department announced Friday. The indictment came as Attorney General Merrick Garland has been under pressure…
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