Fiona Lester started work on more than 350 masks on Thursday night, working around the clock to keep up with overwhelming demand for her hand-made face coverings. The Markets Wanniassa owner began selling masks about a week ago, as the lockdown and worsening crisis in Victoria prompted Canberrans to think about covering up. Within the…
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Unbeaten junior featherweight boxer Angelo Leo may have a different opponent Saturday night for his WBO title fight. But he still has the same intentions. “I definitely want to paint a Picasso-like painting for the fans. Something really nice,” said Leo, who is 19-0-0 with nine knckouts. “I want to leave the fans happy with…
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| 2 mins ago Domino’s Pizza, the world’s largest pizza chain based on retail sales, promoted Art D’Elia to evp and CMO, the company announced on Thursday. In the expanded role, D’Elia will oversee all global marketing initiatives including the company’s marketing and advertising efforts in the U.S. as well as work with the brand’s franchisees…
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Canberra Airport is beefing up security with three state-of-the-art body scanners and luggage screeners, with a fourth set dependent on passenger numbers as and if the coronavirus is beaten. In future, departing passengers will stand between two screening walls with their arms slightly out. A type of radio wave will be blasted at them and…
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Las Vegas police are investigating a shooting that left two people wounded in northeast Las Vegas Friday morning. Police said they were called to the 2900 block of North Pecos Road near West Cheyenne Avenue for a shooting prior to 11 a.m. “At this time officers are on the scene with two victims,” police said.…
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| 2 mins ago As the global Covid-19 pandemic ground everyday life to a halt this spring, Coca-Cola suspended its marketing efforts to instead route more support to retailers and communities. The beverage giant also pledged more than $100 million for global relief efforts addressing the impacts of the disease. Now the brand has returned…
Ghostly images of skateparks and playgrounds in Canberra last summer shrouded in apocalyptic bushfire smoke are a reminder of what was a huge event for the national capital, just weeks before COVID-19 started to seemingly dominate our entire lives. Now, a team from the Australian National University in Canberra is trying to make sense of…
UNLV is shutting its curbside COVID-19 testing site in downtown Las Vegas on Friday, the university announced. UNLV started offering free nasal swabs March 23 at its South Shadow Lane campus and more than 18,000 people have been tested since then, according to a Thursday announcement on the university’s website. It was the longest continuously…
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| 53 mins ago Official music videos are coming for Facebook users in the U.S. starting Aug. 1. The social network said in a Newsroom post that beginning this weekend, users will be able to discover, watch and share videos from artists across eras and genres, including Anitta, Miley Cyrus, Diplo, Josh Groban, Elton John,…
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Karima Laachir, her husband Sotiris Vardoulakis, and their two children are a model of a modern Australian immigrant family. Between the four of them, there’s a flavour of Greece, North Africa, France, Britain – and now Australia. They brought high skills to Canberra and to the Australian National University, and now they are turning those…