Bruce Springsteen today released a new single from his upcoming E Street Band album, ’Letter to you’. The song ’Ghost’ is the best music The Boss has written in two decades. Great song, you can listen to it here: Bruce Springsteen: Ghost
Interesting article in The Times. That is what I have heard from my sources as well. James Forsyth writes in The Times that in a boost for Johnson, breakthroughs on Northern Ireland and trade look set to remove key obstacles to an agreement. There is cautious but growing optimism in Whitehall that there will …
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Watch out members of the Oscars Academy Award jury. Convincing movie legend Anthony Hopkins to star in your first-ever film is a tall order for any director. But Florian Zeller — the acclaimed French writer, adapting his own play “The Father” for the big screen — was so determined, he even changed his main …
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Søren Skou, the dynamic CEO of our new owner A.P. Moller-Maersk, visited our KGH Customs Services group HQ in Gothenburg for strategic discussions and to meet staff. Mr. Skou visited us in Gothenburg together with several of his top level management colleagues. It was a great and positive meeting and we are exited for …
Soccer star Zlatan Ibrahimovic has become the latest global athlete to test positive for Covid-19. The striker made the announcement on Twitter, writing that he tested negative on Wednesday but positive on Thursday, ahead of a Europa League match against Bodø/Glimt. “No symptoms what so ever,” the ever confident star said. “Covid had the …
Brexit trade deal hopes on the rise as progress is made on financial services. Meanwhile, Barnier rolls back threat to NI trade and Japan’s new PM welcomes Britain’s interest in joining the CPTPP. UK ‘confident’ a Brexit trade deal can be done: Hopes of a last minute Brexit trade deal are on the rise …
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The World FZO New World Model Online Conference from 15-17 September 2020 was a great success with more than 3000 attendees from 150 countries. Here is a link to our panel on ’Customs and Border Management under shrinking supply chains’.
Trade adviser, Shanker Singham, had claimed today an implementation period could be used following the end of the transition. This would allow both sides the needed time to implement elements of the Brexit deal. In response, however, the EU said: “The transition period ends on 31 December. It cannot be extended.” Speaking to the …
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Michael Gove, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, presented a statement plus Q&A on Brexit preparations in the House of Commons today. The idea with the publication of todays’ paper on Readonable worst case scenario day 1 (January 1sr 2021) is to warn the border industry and wake up the business environment to prepare …
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Only a quarter of UK businesses are ready for the end of the Brexit transition period in less than four month’s time, Boris Johnson’s government has revealed. Michael Gove, the chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster, on Wednesday told the House of Commons that a government survey had found that while 78% of businesses …
Why have we progressed more in the last few hundred years than in the previous tens of thousands before? My friend Johan Norberg has written a fantastic book that gives insights into our current world. ”Mr. Norbergs ’Open’ is clear, colorful and convincing, marshalling evidence from a range of aras of civilization…often amusing as …
What a great story! Swedish super producer Max Martin wrote a song for a dance video with children showing how to avoid Covid-19|Corona infection in Ghana. The video is a cooperation between Sweden/Ghana. The video is broadcasted on Ghana’s overthrown TV channel six times a day. Two dance teachers in Nima, one of the …
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Minister Michael Gove issues warning to hauliers to prepare. U.K. says flow of freight at Dover could be reduced by 80% in worst case scenarios. I don’t believe that the worst case scenario will happen, on the other hand I don’t believe in a best case scenario either. This is the biggest customs change …
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The news came as Germany on Tuesday warned the UK to ‘stop the games’ while France and Ireland warned of legal action The Brexit legislation enabling Boris Johnson to alter key parts of the Withdrawal Agreement cleared a major Commons hurdle on Tuesday night. The Internal Market Bill cleared its committee stage after an …
There is at leadt some hope for this crazy yesr to become a tiny bit better. Bass player Adam Clayton confirms that U2 is preparing for an upcoming new album which they recorded the new songs for in 2019 and now the studio effort is ‘ready to go.’ U2 are all set to release …
The Trade War continues. South China Morning Posr reports that, more than 15 months after its announcement, China has finally released details of how its new “unreliable entities list” will work, in a move seen as a countermeasure to similar actions taken by the United States. Beijing said in May 2019 it would blacklist …
How Bruce Springsteen confronted death, saw Clarence in his dreams, and knocked out a raw and rocking new album with the world’s greatest bar band. Rolling Stone has a new cover story, Bruce Springsteen’s very first interview on his upcoming album, ‘Letter to You.’ He reveals the new songs’ haunted origins, and discusses mortality, …
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Keanu Reeves is on his way back to the legendary role of Neo in the sequel to the at least iconic “Matrix” trilogy. Many are of course curious about what the fourth film in the series will be about, and during a visit to the BBC program “The One Show” Reeves took the opportunity …
I participated as speaker in a Live Webinar Panel on ’Customs and Borders Management Under Shrinking Supply Chains’ at World Free Zones Organizations ’New World Model – The Future of Industry’ high level online event. There were more than 3100 participants from 152 countries listening in to the online event of the year. In …
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Armand Mondo Duplantis! Tonight the track and field athletic world saw a new amazing world rwcord The 20 year old Swedish Pole Jump supertalent beat Sergei Bubkas 27 year old outdoor world record. The new world record is 6.15. Mondo already holds the indoor world record, 6.18.