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Harvey Norman repays $6MILLION in JobKeeper subsidies after a record year of profitsHarvey Norman has repaid all $6million JobKeeper its HQ operations received Store franchisees received another $14million in the pandemic wage subsidiesThe surprise decision  came after the company reported record $1billion profitsChairman Gerry Harvey has received a $140million payday in share dividendsBy Kevin Airs For Daily Mail Australia Published: 22:29 EDT, 30 August 2021 | Updated: 22:30 EDT, 30 August 2021 Electronics retail giant Harvey Norman has bowed to public pressure and repaid $6milllion in JobKeeper subsidies after revealing record profits. The company has come under intense criticism after its head…

The variant they are watching, called C.1.2, has popped up across South Africa as well as in seven other countries in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, the researchers report. They’re not sure whether its constellation of mutations will make it more dangerous, but it carries changes that have given other variants increased transmissibility and the ability to evade the immune system’s response to some degree.Having more mutations does not necessarily equal more danger — some mutations can weaken a virus and it’s the combination of changes that affects whether a virus becomes more efficient. One extra mutation could cancel out…

Sports News of Tuesday, 31 August 2021 Source: rainbowradioonline.com 2021-08-31 Hearts are current GPL and FA Cup champions Greater Accra Regional Coaches Association Osman Seidu has opined that the premier league Accra Hearts of Oak has lost direction and focus as a team.According to him, just like Ghana, the team which won the 2020/2021 league season has lost direction.Appearing on Total Sports Review on Rainbow Radio 87.5Fm, he stated that the team has failed to develop the team to a competitive standard.Although he commended the team for winning the league, he said the team is not in good shape and…

Fifty-three days on from the joy of beating England on penalties on a feverish night in London, the Azzurri will take the acclaim of their own supporters when they play Bulgaria in Florence in a World Cup qualifier. Roberto Mancini’s team cannot afford to rest on their laurels because until they have secured qualification for the finals in Qatar, they will not have completely erased the memory of their failure to qualify for the 2018 World Cup. Italy are unbeaten in 34 games — including winning their first three qualifiers for Qatar back in March – and now they face…

Sports News of Monday, 30 August 2021 Source: ghanasoccernet.com 2021-08-30 Eric Bekoe won top scorer in the 2007/2208 Ghana Premier League season Ex-Asante Kotoko striker, Eric Bekoe has hit out at some ungrateful current active stars in the game for snubbing him in his retirement.Bekoe, now head coach of Division Two side Nasawkawman FC, claims he helped quite a number of then-upcoming stars when he was in his prime.”Most of the current professional footballers are very ungrateful…Most of the players I helped during my heyday have neglected me after becoming professional players,” Bekoe said on Accra-based Hot 93.9FM.”For now, I…

Louisiana residents have reported cases of alleged looting in the wake of Hurricane Ida amid fears crime could spiral in New Orleans and other cities after energy suppliers warned that power will be out for around three weeks as utility crews work to restore more than 2,000 miles of downed energy lines across the state.New Orleans’ mayor also announced that the death toll from the storm has officially risen to two after a driver drowned in their vehicle in the city. On Sunday, a 60-year-old man died when a tree fell on a home just outside Baton Rouge. Authorities have not released…

The Ghanaian Farmer TV show hosted by Enyonam Manye on Joy Prime TV, has celebrated its 1 year anniversary of projecting and bringing to fore the success stories of Ghanaian farmers as well as highlighting their challenges to the public.And as part of the many activities undertaken to commemorate the 1 year anniversary, a health screening exercise was conducted for the people of Anyakpor community in the Ada East District.The health screening exercise preceded the main event which took place on Saturday, August 29, 2021.The occasion saw farmers in the Anyakpor community exhibiting their farm produce and crops to the…

US Army soldiers assigned to the 10th Mountain Division stand security at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 16. (Sgt. Isaiah Campbell/U.S. Marine Corps via AP)President Biden thanked the final US forces serving in Afghanistan for executing the “dangerous retrograde from Afghanistan as scheduled,” with no further loss of American lives, in a statement released Monday evening, making the end of the United States’ longest war.“The past 17 days have seen our troops execute the largest airlift in US history, evacuating over 120,000 US citizens, citizens of our allies, and Afghan allies of the United States. They…

They are protesting the high cost of isolation fees at an East Legon hotel An exclusive video available to MyNigeria.com showed several Nigerians lamenting about how they were moved from the Kotoka International Airport in a convoy to an isolation center in East Legon, a suburb of Accra. They identified the hotel as M Plaza Hotel.The aggrieved travellers told MyNigeria.com that the Ghanaian authorities insist they tested positive for the Coronavirus in Accra despite taking and paying the mandated eighty thousand naira (N80,000) for a test in Lagos that proved they were negative.According to Engineer Ezekiel Kachi, one of the…

The Hollywood movie which debuted in December 2020 featured Bisa Kdei’s ‘Asew’ song. Following the success of the movie, new photos show that the award-winning Ghanaian singer has met with renowned Hollywood producers at Beverly Hills where they discussed positive strides made by the movie. The “Asew” remix soundtrack in the “Jingle Jangle” Netflix film was nominated for the 2021 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NACCP) Awards. It’s gathered that the sensational Highlife performer is interacting more with the Hollywood family to explore more opportunities in the American film industry ahead of his 10th-anniversary celebration in the…