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Seeing Sri Lanka Through ‘Google Trends’ In 2020  – Undeniably, the COVID-19 pandemic evolved into becoming the chief governing factor behind all human activities worldwide during the year 2020. This unanticipated turn of events ultimately instigated a paradigm shift in the social sphere to what is known as the ‘new normal’. From an ideal standpoint, it is evident that this new normal will remain as is in the foreseeable future. At present, Sri Lanka is facing the second wave of the ...

The PR group opened its Singapore office in 2019. Asia-Pacific communications consultancy The PR Group has kicked off 2021 with three new client signings. The new accounts include Circles.life, Zendesk, and Monopoly Explore! SG. The consultancy has been called on to aid Singapore-based telco challenger Circles.life as the brand expands into Australia. Global digital customer service leader Zendesk has engaged the firm to support its employee engagement and internal communications across the Asi...

Telco Circles Life taps The PR Group for Australian expansion January 29, 2021 10:35 Singapore-based telco Circles Life has appointed The PR Group to its support its expansion into Australia. Circles Life made a name for itself in the Australian market last year after it published a break-up letter in The Courier Mail, which appeared like a woman named Charlotte was leaving her partner, T, but was later revealed to be an ad encouraging Australians to break up with their telcos. The updated le...

By Dewayne Wells Jan 27, 2021 Duran Duran has big plans to mark their 40th anniversary.The group has posted a new ‘Duran 40’ playlist for their fans that will debut on Thursday night. The playlist will mix in their big hits with all-time fan favorites.It will also include soundbites from Duran Duran and special guests including Nile Rodgers and Mark Ronson.‘Duran 40’ will also air on the Volume and First Wave channels on Sirius XM. Simon LeBon is set to begin hosting weekly shows an...

Duran Duran Celebrate Their Career and Music on Pandora and SiriusXM Celebrating the bands storied four-decade career, Duran 40 on Pandora features dozens of their biggest hits and fan favorites; the original and exclusive Pandora playlist combines songs with commentary from the band and special guests Simon Le Bon hosts weekly music show WHOOOSH! on SiriusXMs Volume, playing favorite music and new artist discoveries News provided by Share this article Share this article NEW YORK, Jan. 26, 2021...

Duran Duran Celebrates 40th Anniversary With Simon Le Bon-Hosted SiriusXM Show, Pandora Playlist (EXCLUSIVE) The band will release a video for its cover of David Bowies "Five Years" on Thursday. Michele Amabile Angermiller, provided by Jan. 26, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Duran Duran is celebrating its four decades of music this year — the band’s self-titled debut was released in 1981 — with new programs set to launch on on SiriusXM and Pandora. “Duran 40,” an exclusive playlist on Pan...

Everything we know about 501.V2, the new Covid-19 variant identified in SA SA has more cases and deaths than anything we saw on any day during the first wave, says Prof Abdool Karim 18 January 2021 - 21:41 On Boxing Day last year, Prof Salim Abdool Karim, one of SA’s top infectious disease experts, set off to watch a cricket match. He arrived early and opened up his computer to check his e-mail. There was a message that would confirm his deepest fears of the latest variant of SARS-...

handout/The Globe and Mail For nine months, Maureen Ambersley followed the same routine when she came home from a shift at the Mississauga long-term care home where she was a nurse. She’d strip off her scrubs at the door, throw them in the laundry, shower, and then change into one of her silky African-print house dresses. Exhausted from being on her feet all day, the 57-year-old would lie in bed with the door wide open – her perch allowed her to see all the goings-on in the Brampton home th...

With biotech funding at ‘all-time high,’ Scorpion scoops up $162 million By Anissa Gardizy Globe Staff,Updated January 7, 2021, 7:00 a.m. Email to a Friend Just over two months after announcing its debut with $108 million in funding, Boston startup Scorpion Therapeutics said Thursday it has raised an even larger amount of venture capital. Scorpion, which focuses on “precision medicine” for cancer, said it has completed a $162 million funding round, bringing the biotech’...

CRASHprez pays it forward through hip-hop The rapper hosts the "Good Convo" podcast. January 7, 2021 8:41 AM Joel Patenaude Updated: Photo by Noah Willman Michael Penn II, aka rapper CRASHprez and a member of the hip-hop trio defprez, made a name for himself in Madison. He was on the brink of leaving town for Chicago in September 2019 when he hosted the first episode of “Good Convo,” the podcast on which he interviews veteran and up-and-coming hip-hop artists. “I...