🚀The Spectacular Phenomenon: A Total Solar Eclipse Captivates North America
🚀The Spectacular Phenomenon: A Total Solar Eclipse Captivates North America
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There will be a total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024. Until 2044, this will be the final total solar eclipse that can be seen from the contiguous United States.
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The S&P/ASX 200 closed 15.8 points higher, up 0.20%.
While any increase is a positive development for the S&P/ASX200, investors may be a little let down by the size of today's rally. This week's 15-point deficit is a long way from last week's 124-point defeat. [ Read more ]
💡Evening’s Headlines
Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin (Rtd) will advise the Australian government on Israel's response to the IDF strikes that killed Zomi Frankcom and six World Central Kitchen employees.
The leader of the opposition, Peter Dutton, has taken aim at the Albanese government following news that a group of Chinese asylum seekers had reached Western Australia.
🗳️ AUS POLITICS
Tougher laws and heavy fines could lower grocery costs. - PM
The Independent Reviewer, Dr. Craig Emerson, released the Interim Report of the Review of the voluntary Food and Grocery Code of Conduct (the Code) today. The report includes eight strong recommendations, one of which is to make the Code mandatory with fines of at least $10 million for serious infractions. [ Read more ]
🚨SCIENCE
On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will cross North America, passing over Mexico, the United States, and Canada. A total solar eclipse happens when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, completely blocking the face of the Sun. The sky will darken as if it were dawn or dusk. Watch Live here on April 9 at 2:30am ( Sydney time)
📠 BUSINESS
Qantas revamps frequent flyer programme to add millions seats
With the introduction of Classic Plus Flight Rewards, a new method for members to use their Qantas Points to book flights, Qantas Frequent Flyers will have access to over 20 million additional reward seats.
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🖥️ Technology
Live event ads are tested by LinkedIn to help businesses connect with decision makers and establish their brands.
LinkedIn has introduced Live Event Ads - a new global ad format to help companies increase event registrations, build brand awareness, and drive measurable results from investments in events.
Live events are gaining popularity as professionals look for new ways to learn and network with their peers and industry leaders. According to LinkedIn data, the number of professionals viewing events on LinkedIn has grown by 34% year-over-year. To enable companies to reach the right people and deepen relationships by dynamically engaging with prospective buyers, LinkedIn is testing Live Event Ads that will allow them to promote their live event before, during, and after it takes place. [ Read more ]
🌎 World Tonight
In an effort to reform the immigration system that it claims has resulted in "unsustainable" levels of migration, the coalition government of New Zealand is tightening its visa requirements for certain migrants. [RNZ]
As she concluded a four-day series of meetings to strengthen her position against Beijing's excess industrial capacity, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen issued a warning to China on Monday, saying that Washington will not tolerate new industries being destroyed by Chinese imports. [ REUTERS]
In a new document signed by Pope Francis, the Vatican warned against “gender theory” and said sex-change surgery threatens “the unique dignity” of a person. [ CNN ]
Even though forecasters predicted clouds, millions of spectators along a narrow corridor from Mexico to the U.S. to Canada eagerly awaited Monday's total eclipse. [ ASSOCIATED PRESS ]
🏅 Fact Check
A large number of first-time buyers enter the real estate market, according to February ABS data.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today released data showing that in February 2024, the total value of new housing loans to investors increased by 1.2%.[Read more]
📰 Good News, Inspiring, Positive Stories
Celebrate the art of Storytelling at SCCMF 2024
The Sunshine Coast Chamber Music Festival (SCCMF) is back in 2024 and will run across three fabulous days in June - 6th to 9th - presenting a wonderful opportunity for music lovers from around the country to immerse themselves in the innovative program.
The 2024 Festival is bursting with bespoke events featuring internationally celebrated classical music artists, alongside First Nations, jazz and world musicians, all coming together to share their passion in some of the most stunning natural locations and intimate venues across the Sunshine Coast.
Co-directors of SCCMF 2024, Lynne Bradley and James Lees, are keen through their programming to make classical music more accessible, thereby introducing new audiences to chamber music.
“Since its inception five years ago, the festival has simultaneously looked to the origins of chamber music (in the intimate and cosy homes of the artists with no conductor), and forward to what chamber music is becoming in the 21st century. Long thought of as conversation between instruments, in 2024 SCCMF will extend that conversation to include the audience, celebrating the art of storytelling as artists break with tradition to weave words and music together in an irresistible series of concerts filled with wonder, heart and humour,” said the co-directors.
This year’s program features several exciting Queensland and Sunshine Coast premieres with some of the biggest names in classical music in Australia, including Elena Kats-Chernin, Tamara-Anna Cislowska, Simon Tedeschi, Alex Raineri, and the Orava Quartet.