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A TV star and celebrity style icon has had her beach getaway ruined when thieves swiped her car keys, returned to her resort at 3am to steal her adored $50k MG electric sedan, then firebombed and dumped it at a local indigenous village.Melissa Hoyer’s much-anticipated holiday break began in the new year when she packed belongings and her dog Scout into her smart 15-month old MG HS EV for the eight hour plus drive to Yamba Beach in northern NSW.Hoyer, a lifestyle and news host on TV, radio and online, was looking forward to a short break before returning to Sydney…

Hong Kong CNN  —  The yen plunged on Wednesday after the Bank of Japan decided to maintain its ultra-easy monetary policy, defying market expectations that rising inflation could force the central bank to move away from low interest rates. The BOJ kept its yield curve control (YCC) targets unchanged as it concluded a two-day policy meeting on Wednesday. It left the short-term interest rate at an ultra-dovish minus 0.1% and the 10-year Japanese Government Bonds (JGB) yield around 0%. The YCC policy is a pillar of the central bank’s effort to keep interest rates low and stimulate the economy. “Japan’s…

The Government of Ghana, through the Lands Commission administers all state –acquired and vested lands in the country.The Lands Commission has received a number of reports with great contestation, of encroachments on state lands within Amrahia, Mpehuasem and Nungua (Borteyman) in Accra by unknown armed men. The illegality started during the festive season in December,2022 and continues to occur. These parcels under threat are parts of Government acquisitions with compensations paid;1. State Lands (Kweiman-Amrahia – Site for Modern Diary Farm) Instrument, 1970 (E.I.47) with approximate area of 1,381.995 acres.2. State Lands – (Accra-Mpehuasem – Site for Accra Training College) Instrument,…

Ghana forward Felix Afena-Gyan climbed off the bench to score an important equaliser for Cremonese against Napoli in the Copa Italia on Tuesday night. The goal sent the game to penalty shootouts and Cremonese eventually won 5-4 to advance to the next stage with the 19-year-old scoring the winning penalty as well. Below is the video of his goal. WATCH! Source link

Conservatives have accused artificial intelligent software of being biased towards ‘left-leaning values’ after asking machine learning programs such as ChatGPT test questions to prove they are ‘woke’. The National Review published an article raising concerns about ChatGPT, a chatbot which provides sophisticated and in-depth responses to almost any query users enter, after discovering it was refusing to answer questions such as why drag queen story hour is bad.National Review staff writer Nate Hochman had initially attempted to get OpenAI’s chatbot to tell him a story where former U.S. President Donald Trump beats the incumbent Joe Biden to win the election – only for…

Vietnam President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has resigned after the ruling Communist Party blamed him for “violations and wrongdoing” by officials under his control, the government said Tuesday, in a major escalation of the country’s anti-graft campaign. Phuc, a former prime minister widely credited with accelerating pro-business reforms, held the largely ceremonial post of president since 2021 and is the highest-ranking official targeted by the party’s sweeping corruption crackdown. Vietnam has no paramount ruler and is officially led by four “pillars”: the party’s secretary, the president, prime minister and speaker of the house. Phuc, 68, was ultimately responsible for offenses committed…

Ghana’s largest privately-owned bank and pioneer of Agency Banking, Fidelity Bank Ghana has recently rewarded the winners of its maiden Agents promotion campaign dubbed Yenko Dubai.The Yenko Dubai promo, which formed part of activities to mark Fidelity Bank’s 15th anniversary celebrations, sought to reward eight (8) of the Bank’s most outstanding Agents and Agent Network Staff with the ultimate prize of an all-expenses paid vacation to Dubai. This is in recognition of the pivotal role Fidelity Agents have played in expanding the Bank’s reach and driving its inclusive banking agenda.At the end of the promotion in December 2022, the agents…

Top high-performing sporting personalities are expected to be in attendance at the 47th SWAG Awards. The 2022 SWAG Awards, which takes place on the 28th of January 2023 at the Accra International Conference Center, have Benjamin Azamati, Mohammed Kudus, and Arsenal star Thomas Partey are all in contention for top gongs. Hearts of Oak attacker Daniel Afriyie Barnieh is in the running to retain the Home-based Footballer Award of the Year – an award he won at last year’ event. However, he would have ex-AshantiGold forward Yaw Annor and Asante Kotoko goalkeeper Danlad Ibrahim to beat. In last year’s edition,…

Qantas flight issues a MAYDAY call following a reported engine failure after leaving from Auckland to SydneyBy Daily Mail Australia Published: 22:41 EST, 17 January 2023 | Updated: 22:42 EST, 17 January 2023 A Qantas flight has issued a mayday call following a reported engine failure after leaving from Auckland to Sydney.NSW Ambulance is on standby, with the plane due to land after 3pm local time.  Advertisement Share or comment on this article: Source link

CNN  —  There’s never been a better time to learn Korean. It’s one of the fastest-growing languages in the world, outpacing traditionally popular rivals like Chinese in multiple markets – reflecting the global phenomenon many call the “Korean wave.” In 2022, Korean was the seventh most-studied language on the learning app Duolingo, according to the company’s annual language report. And it’s seeing particular success in parts of South and Southeast Asia, as the most-studied foreign language in the Philippines, and not far off the top spot in Thailand, Indonesia and Pakistan. Although Chinese – which for years has been considered…