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Woman siphons off A$65,000 from Bupa to fund ‘lavish lifestyle’
January 13, 2021 02:14 PM AEDT| By Edita Ivancevicat she was fully aware of what she was doing and stole the money because of greed. A 31-year-old Tasmanian woman committed insurance fraud by stealing A$65,000 from Bupa Health Insurance during her two-year employment. Olivia Rose Rodgers, a ma...
Businesses awaits domestic crowd to flock during America’s Cup
January 13, 2021 01:15 PM AEDT| By Team Kalkine MediaAccording to MBIE (Ministry of Business Innovation & Employment) in 2017, the America’s cup could have brought business worth $1billion, boosting the economy and create as many as 8,300 new jobs. As per the latest report, many overseas t.....
Is Trump’s impeachment on the cards?
January 13, 2021 09:00 AM AEDT| By Team Kalkine MediaAfter the security breach at the US Capitol by US President Donald Trump supporters, he has come under pressure to resign from immediate effect. Donald Trump said there was tremendous anger in the people of America about the move for his impeachmen.....
Walmart Inc (NYSE: WMT) Ventures into Fintech Space, Forge Partnership with Ribbit Capital
January 13, 2021 01:45 AM AEDT| By Team Kalkine MediaUS multinational retailer Walmart Inc (NYSE: WMT) is expected to venture into fintech, an emerging lending and payment solution space, as it announced a strategic partnership with investment firm Ribbit Capital on Monday. The world’s biggest.....
Australia gives a miss to key global meet for environment protection
January 12, 2021 08:01 PM AEDT| By Edita IvancevicMacron said the humankind could prevent catastrophic events only if it wanted to. Australia didn’t participate in the global meet, where 50 nations took a pledge to protect the environment and wildlife from going extinct. The committed c....
Fresh virus alerts in Sydney: Multiple shops, sports club under lens
January 12, 2021 05:47 PM AEDT| By Kunal SawhneySydney authorities have issued new alerts for COVID-19 virus. Multiple shops and a sports club in the city have been added to the list where virus has possibly spread. Sydney Northern Beaches and West areas are currently on alert for coronavirus ex.....
Parler drags Amazon to court over removal from cloud service AWS
January 12, 2021 04:54 PM AEDT| By Edita Ivancevicwith Twitter to bring the start-up down, just when Parler had started growing among masses. Start-up social media platform Parler will be having a court dispute over antitrust accusations after Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) suspended it from its cloud ho...
How Musk’s tweet sent a wrong ‘Signal’ soaring over 11,700%?
January 12, 2021 03:23 PM AEDT| By Kunal SawhneyIn the wake of the latest changes in WhatsApp’s privacy policy, Tesla CEO Elon Musk had urged his Twitter followers to “Use Signal”. Signal is an encrypted cross-platform instant messaging service, which is developed by Signal Fou.....
RBNZ not the explicit target of the cyberattack : Adrian Orr
January 12, 2021 02:59 PM AEDT| By Team Kalkine MediaRBNZ revealed on January 10 that the bank’s file sharing system had been compromised after Accellion, a third-party service provider it uses to share and store sensitive data, was illegally accessed. Accellion, a California based company, pr.....
New Mutant Strain Reaches Japan; State of Emergency in Tokyo
January 12, 2021 01:51 PM AEDT| By Team Kalkine MediaThe ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus has taken many lives and caused enormous economic and social disruption. Just as the world celebrated the rollout of new vaccines for COVID-19, new virus strains have been identified in a few countries. T.....
Victoria introduces new traffic light system to check COVID-19 spread
January 12, 2021 01:45 PM AEDT| By Team Kalkine MediaVictoria introduces new traffic light system to check COVID-19 spread A novel kind of a travel permit system, based on a traffic light configuration, has been launched in Victoria from Monday afternoon onwards for all inbound domestic travellers, la...
Auckland woman sentenced for selling edible bird’s nests on WeChat
January 12, 2021 01:39 PM AEDT| By Hina ChowdharyAs per a recent report, a 30-year-old woman, Linying Ouyang, selling “edible bird’s nests”, was fined a sum of NZ$31,500 at the Waitakere District Court in Auckland, New Zealand. She pleaded guilty to three charges, as per Biosec.....
Facebook bans ‘Stop the Steal’ phrase ahead of Biden’s inauguration
January 12, 2021 01:24 PM AEDT| By Edita Ivancevicoving controversial posts at least until Inauguration Day to protect US democracy. Facebook announced it would remove all posts on its platform involving ‘Stop the Steal’ reference as part of precautionary measures in the run up to t...
Chinese Bid to Acquire Probuild Pushed back on National Security Concerns
January 12, 2021 10:31 AM AEDT| By Team Kalkine MediaChina State Construction Engineering Corporation’s bid to acquire a major building contractor Probuild has been pushed back by the federal government on grounds of national security. Image Source: Shutterstock Federal Government Pushed back...
Twitter & Facebook Stocks Plunge As Trump-backed Investors Retract
January 12, 2021 12:14 AM AEDT| By Kunal SawhneyTwitter Inc. (TWTR:US or NYSE: TWTR) and Facebook Inc. (FB:US or NASDAQ: FB) stocks declined in the early trading hours of Monday (January 11, 2021) after the social-media giants banned US President Trump's account. This pan-social media ban against...
Indonesian Aviation Industry Feels The Heat After Another Boeing Crash
January 12, 2021 12:01 AM AEDT| By Kunal SawhneyIn a tragic incident, a Boeing 737-500 of the Sriwijaya Air flight 182, carrying 62 people, including babies, children, and crew members, went missing on Saturday, 9 January 2021, just minutes after taking off. The flight was heading to the city of.....
Why are the social media firms banning Trump?
January 11, 2021 09:12 PM AEDT| By Team Kalkine MediaSocial media platforms are banning outgoing US President Donald Trump after he faced a lot of backlash after the violent protest at the US Capitol by Trump supporters. Twitter was first to permanently ban his account on Friday, followed by Facebook.....
Tech Giants Apple, Amazon, and Google suspend Twitter rival ‘Parler’ from their platform
January 11, 2021 06:36 PM AEDT| By Team Kalkine MediaSocial Network platform Parler has been banned by tech giants Apple, Amazon, and Google after the violent protest on Capitol Hill. The protest took the life of five people. About the US Capitol Hill Siege On Wednesday, the US President Donald Tru.....
All eyes on NZ Government’s COVID-19 Vaccine rollout
January 11, 2021 06:27 PM AEDT| By Team Kalkine MediaNew Zealand Government is being asked to speed up the vaccination rollout plan as it had fallen behind the rest of the world in its vaccination program. Many in New Zealand feel that the government should consider emergency-use vaccine prov...
New South African Variant of COVID -19 keeps NZ authorities on tenterhooks
January 11, 2021 05:13 PM AEDT| By Team Kalkine MediaNew Zealand now has both -- the UK variant of COVID-19 and a new case of South African variant. Even though the cases are in managed isolation facilities, it is a cause for worry for the NZ authorities. The variant from South Africa The new strai.....
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