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Locals Only: Wellington indie-pop powerhouse RIIKI is ready for her moment 5 May, 2021 07:00 PM 4 minutes to read Locals Only: RIIKI performs High Heights. Made with funding from NZ on Air. Video / Locals Only Locals Only: RIIKI performs High Heights. Made with funding from NZ on Air. Video / Locals Only NZ Herald By: Sarah Illingworth Covid-19 has dumped challenges on all of us, but for aspiring young artists about to break into international waters, this life-on-pause moment has demanded a kind of patience and philosophical acceptance that can be hard to muster. Raquel Abolins-Reid, aka RIIKI, had barely returned from a fortnight in Los Angeles before Aotearoa went into lockdown. While there, the indie-pop performer and her manager Isaac Adams met producers and potential collaborators they had only met online, held a showcase and secured a signing with WME – the world s longest-running talent agency. ....
Business May 4, 2021 KARACHI: Companies listed on stock market posted highest ever quarterly profits of Rs243 billion in the first quarter of this year, up 82 percent year-on-year and 11 percent quarter-on-quarter, a brokerage reported on Monday. Of them, start-run companies saw profit increase 15 percent year-on-year and 33 percent quarter-on-quarter, while privately managed companiesâ earnings improved by 119 and 5 percent. Private companies outperformed government companies during the outgoing quarter. Government companies outperformed private companies due to exceptional profits posted by Bank of Punjab, Oil and Gas Development Company, Pakistan State Oil, and National Bank of Pakistan. In Q1, the largest contributors to KSE-100 profitability were oil marketing companies (OMCs) followed by fertilisers, cements, banks and chemicals. Top contributors were banks, OMCs, exploration and production (E&P), cements, and textiles, said analyst Shankar Talreja ....
Queen Street negotiations break down, court date confirmed 4 May, 2021 05:49 AM 6 minutes to read Empty shops on Queen St add to its run-down feel. Photo / Brett Phibbs Talks over the future of Queen St have broken down. Tomorrow, the lobby group Save Queen Street will file papers in the Auckland High Court, seeking an injunction to stop all council work on the street. The Save Queen Street Society (SQSS) advised Auckland Council last week that it would seek the injunction, but the two sides then agreed to talks and the legal action was put on hold. The lobby group is also seeking a judicial review of council decisions about the street during and after the first Covid-19 lockdown. ....
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French police break up mass parties defying Covid curfew World May 3, 2021 PARIS: Hundreds of people flouted France’s coronavirus curfew over the weekend with underground parties in at least two cities, while police managed to prevent organisers from staging a mass rave in Paris, officials said on Sunday. On Saturday near the eastern city of Dijon, nearly 400 people gathered at an abandoned hangar before police managed to cut power to the sound system at around 2:00 am Sunday. Police also used tear gas to prevent dozens of others from trying to sneak in despite efforts to clear the premises. Two people were detained, including the suspected organiser, and police issued 205 fines for non-respect of the nationwide curfew that starts at 7:00 pm. This event is totally irresponsible given the health crisis in the country, the government’s top regional official Fabien Sudry told AFP. ....