LOCAL duo, Aaron Johnston and Jon Armstrong enjoyed positive weekends at Rally Japan where both returned with valuable World Rally Championship points as the series bid farewell to the current Rally1 machinery on tarmac. Toyota Gazoo Racing’s Johnston and his Japanese driver, Takamoto Katsuta finished fourth overall, taking second placed points on Super Sunday and on the Wolf Power stage to earn 20 points, which leaves them second in the overall standings, 20 points adrift of their team-mates, Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin, but 29 in front of colleagues, Oliver Solberg and Elliott Edmondson. It was a positive result for…
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Most media and entertainment brands have more behavioural data than they know what to do with. The ones turning it into measurable outcomes share a common operating model. Personalisation has been a stated priority for media, entertainment, sports, and gaming brands for the best part of a decade. Yet the gap between intent and execution remains wide. That gap is one of the central themes of Braze’s new Media & Entertainment Personalisation Report. Drawing on direct practitioner experience from streaming, sports, gaming, and music brands across Asia, ANZ, and the GCC, the report examines the pressures driving change in the…
Portland Leather Goods, a Portland-based maker of handbags and leather goods, moved to an AI-assisted platform after its five-person social team struggled with message volume, Business Insider reports. The company had amassed nearly one million followers across Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok and received about 70,000 monthly messages, comments, and mentions, according to MacCoy Merkley, the company’s chief marketing officer. Merkley told Business Insider the team typically took up to nine hours to resolve inquiries and sometimes up to 48 hours. The company began working with the Silicon Valley startup Nectar Social in July 2025 and chose the platform because it…
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Hundreds of Indonesian students rallied Friday in Indonesia’s capital, demanding lower fuel and food prices and urging President Prabowo Subianto to roll back costly state spending programs as economic pressures mount.The protest was held after the prices of some fuel jumped 32% this week for the first time since the United States launched its war against Iran more than three months ago.About 1,500 protesters attempted to march toward the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle, a key Jakarta landmark, after Friday prayers. Anti-riot police blocked many of them from reaching the site, which has long been off-limits for…
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Our Hong Kong expert Graham Cunningham previews Saturday’s card at Sha Tin live on Sky Sports Racing.Sha Tin enters Saturday Twilight ZoneSha Tin racing moves to Saturday this week before a brief lull as the usual Happy Valley slot is filled by five days of World Pool action from Royal Ascot.The race to the airport will be run at strong gallop as a host of star riders jet off for a break but first comes an eleven-race twilight card with over £1.5m in prize money on offer.Zac Purton has a typically strong book, with eight of nine mounts prominent in…
It has been a year since an Air India plane crashed Today marks a year since an Air India aircraft crashed seconds after departing Ahmedabad, killing 241 people – including a Portsmouth nurse. The catastrophic incident only had one survivor – British man, Vishwash Kumar Ramesh – who said he continues to live with “significant psychological scars” following the death of his brother in the crash. It has been confirmed that a nurse at QA hospital, Renjitha Gopakumaran Nair, has died in the Air India plane crash yesterday (June 12). | Contributed The mother-of-two had been working in the UK…
JAKARTA (Bernama): More than 1,000 university students and members of the public joined a demonstration in Central Jakarta on Friday, which ended peacefully at about 8.30pm and traffic returned to normal along major roads, including Jalan Jenderal Sudirman.The protest, centred at Bundaran HI in the city centre, began at about 3pm and was organised by student groups protesting rising living costs, fuel prices and several government policies.As night fell, demonstrators gradually dispersed, and roads affected by traffic diversions were reopened to motorists.No major disturbances were observed during the demonstration, which proceeded under tight security throughout the day.The Jakarta Metropolitan Police had…
Nexus Underwriting, the independent specialty managing general agent, has announced the appointment of James Brandejs as Head of General Aviation within its Aviation team, reflecting the company’s ongoing investment in the growth of its Aviation underwriting division. Brandejs joins the business with nine years of underwriting experience and a broad background across general aviation. His experience includes underwriting domestic aviation accounts in the United States and managing international business from the UK, providing him with extensive insight into global aviation markets. Nexus Underwriting said the appointment further enhances its ability to support brokers and clients through a specialist aviation offering…
0 Chibuzor Emejor The UN Women in partnership with TY Danjuma Foundation, has launched a new Agro-Processing Centre in Great Sheda Community, Kwali Area Council, Abuja, with the aim of improving the livelihoods of rural women and enhance their economic opportunities. The Agro-Processing Centre is equipped with a cassava peeling and grinding machine designed to significantly reduce the time and labour required for processing cassava into Akpu, a staple food and important source of income for many women in the community. For years, women in Great Sheda have relied on manual methods of peeling and grinding cassava, a process that…