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Trump Axed Elon Musk’s Secret Pentagon Meeting in Pure Outrage
The Center for Immigration Studies, a conservative, anti-immigrant think tank, has identified 13 so-called sanctuary states: California,…
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Politics
MTG’s Town Hall Goes Haywire as Voters Tear Her to Shreds
Far-right Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene stumbled Tuesday night when faced with tough questions about her allegiance to Donald…
Business
Nam Cheong bags RM317.1 million in regional vessel charter deals
Sarawak-based offshore marine firm Nam Cheong has secured vessel charter contracts worth up to RM317.1 million (S$94.5 million) from…
Politics
Transcript: Trump’s Unhinged Eruption at Harvard Reveals MAGA Weakness
That is what is going on right now, and it’s impacting not just universities but increasingly a range of institutions, cultural centers…
Business
Nvidia and Other Chip Giants Are Caught in Trade War Crossfire
Nvidia and others are the latest casualties of escalating tensions between Washington and Beijing, as analysts press business leaders…
Business
STI gains ground on Wednesday, bucking regional indices
The Straits Times Index (STI) continued to gain ground, bucking regional indices on Wednesday (Apr 16). The STI closed up 1 per cent or…
News
The Last Days of the Boat-Dwellers of Sausalito
It is 2016, and the City Council of Sausalito—a wealthy enclave on a hill overlooking Richardson Bay, north of San Francisco—is holding a…
News
Elon Musk’s DOGE Isn’t Stopping Fraud. It’s Making It Easier.
What is abundantly clear from what DOGE has done so far is that its main goal isn’t to cut the deficit but to benefit tech oligarchs like…
Politics
Republicans Are Trying to Steal a North Carolina Supreme Court Seat
Judge Toby Hampson dissented at length from the court’s decision, noting that Griffin had not shown that any actually ineligible voters…
Business
Tariff Confusion and Recession Fears Leave Advertisers ‘Paralyzed’
Persuading people to spend money in a time of unpredictable tariffs is proving to be a complicated calculation for the $380 billion…
Politics
Trump’s Unhinged Eruption at Harvard Actually Reveals a MAGA Weakness
Harvard University has declared that enough is enough, and it’s now openly refusing to buckle to Trump’s command for subservience on…
News
A Reporter on Steak Fries: Tasty Spud or Dud?
Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. At first,…
Business
Candy maker YLF scraps plan to list on SGX
It would have been the second company to launch an IPO on the local bourse this year Candy maker YLF Group Marketing has withdrawn its…
Politics
American shoppers flock to Chinese apps on tariff fears
Americans are scouring Chinese e-commerce apps for cheap handbags, yoga pants and wallets as shoppers fear homegrown platforms will hike…
Business
Stocks Tumble in Asia as Tech Investors Pull Back
Share prices of big technology companies declined in Asia on Wednesday, dragging broader markets lower, after Nvidia, the American chip…
Politics
Trump orders tariff probe on all US critical mineral imports
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday (Apr 15) ordered a probe into potential new tariffs on all US critical minerals imports, a major…
Politics
Indonesia hikes mining royalties to fund Prabowo policies
Indonesia has raised the royalty rate to be paid by nickel, tin and other metal producers as the government searches for ways to fund…
Business
China Southern is said to mull Hong Kong IPO of cargo unit
The deal may be coming at a tricky time for the company, which relies on Chinese exports that are under threat because of the country’s…
Business
Asia: Stocks struggle again as Nvidia chip curb warning pops calm
Asian stocks swung on Wednesday (Apr 16) after Nvidia’s announcement of new US licensing rules on shipments of its new chip to China…
Politics
Both Admired and Resented by Trump, Japan Scrambles to Stay Close
This month in the White House’s Rose Garden, as he held up a placard showing the global wave of tariffs he wanted to impose, President…
Politics
Trump’s 10% Tariff May Be Less Onerous but Still Raises Prices and Threatens Trade
When Donald J. Trump championed the idea of a 10 percent blanket tariff during the campaign, many people, whether for or against, were…
Business
Taiwan’s Chip Companies Are Caught in the U.S.-China Tariff War
Even as the United States and China push their economies further apart with escalating tariffs, they share an inescapable challenge. Both…
Politics
China Girds for Economic Stress of Trump’s Tariffs
President Trump’s tariffs have been good for China’s economic growth. At least they were over the first three months of the year, as the…
Business
CNMC Goldmine shares spike 7% as gold hits record high
Shares of CNMC Goldmine spiked more than 7 per cent on Wednesday (Apr 16) morning, as spot gold climbed to a record high. As at 9.45 am,…