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BHP sees recovery in steel and copper demand, logs lowest profit in six years
BHP sees signs of economic recovery in China and central bank rate cuts reviving demand for steel and copper but flagged risks to global…
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Politics
Can the Federal Reserve Look Past Trump’s Tariffs?
As President Trump’s efforts to restructure the global trade system with expansive tariffs begin to take shape, one question continues to…
Politics
South Korea aims to secure 10,000 GPUs for national AI computing centre
SOUTH Korea on Monday (Feb 17) announced plans to secure 10,000 high-performance graphics processing units (GPUs) within this year in a…
Business
Renault, Geely deepen partnership with Brazil car sales plan
The latest agreement gives Geely better access to South America’s biggest economy RENAULT and China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group plan to…
Politics
Trump Uses Supreme Court Immunity Ruling to Claim “Unrestricted Power”
Donald Trump is arguing to the Supreme Court that they have already given him “unrestricted power” to fire people. The White House’s…
Politics
Anti-Trump 50501 Protests Break Out Across the Country
Thousands of protesters gathered at different cities across the country Monday to declare President’s Day as “No Kings Day,” in protest of…
Politics
Trump Supporters Have Second Thoughts as He Takes Over Government
The notices, sent from an “exec order” Microsoft email address, began arriving Friday evening, according to the statement. “It is possible…
Politics
Washington Post Cancels Ad From Groups Calling for Trump to Fire Musk
An advertisement that was set to run in some editions of The Washington Post on Tuesday calling for Elon Musk to be fired from his role in…
Politics
January 6 Insurrectionists Take Trump Pardons to Horrifying Level
The notices, sent from an “exec order” Microsoft email address, began arriving Friday evening, according to the statement. “It is possible…
Politics
Trump’s Border Czar Takes War on AOC to the Justice Department
Donald Trump’s border czar Tom Homan is desperate for the Department of Justice to scrape up some reason he can go after Representative…
Politics
Republican Introduces Pathetic Bill to Create Trump National Holiday
“This is not a capitulation-this is a coercion,” a source familiar with the meeting told Reuters. “That person, in my mind, is a hero.”…
Politics
Elon Musk Is Trying to Hinder Anti-Trump Whistleblowers
Self-professed free speech crusader Elon Musk seems to be trying to censor users on his own platform. Matt Binder of Disruptionist reports…
Politics
Trump Pressures Romania on Andrew Tate in Stunning New Low
“This is not a capitulation-this is a coercion,” a source familiar with the meeting told Reuters. “That person, in my mind, is a hero.”…
News
Elon Musk’s DOGE Wants to Seize Your Private Tax Data
Elon Musk and DOGE are trying to get their hands on some of the most sensitive information the Internal Revenue Service has to offer: data…
Politics
Elon Musk Threatens to Imprison Entire News Agency
Elon Musk is pushing for a massive crackdown on free speech, by taking up the rusty rapier that is Donald Trump’s pitiable crusade against…
Politics
Republicans Want Lower Taxes. The Hard Part Is Choosing What to Cut.
Since their party swept to power, Republicans have entertained visions of an all-inclusive tax cut — one that could permanently lower…
Business
Aoxin Q&M’s largest shareholder calls for EGM to oust executive director
Mainboard-listed Q&M Dental Group (Singapore) holds some 32.78% of Catalist-listed Aoxin’s shares AOXIN Q&M Dental Group’s largest…
News
Washington Post Caves to Elon Musk and Scraps Ad
“This is not a capitulation-this is a coercion,” a source familiar with the meeting told Reuters. “That person, in my mind, is a hero.”…
Business
The New York Times Wins 3 Polk Awards
Journalists from The New York Times, The New Yorker and ProPublica were among the winners of the George Polk Awards, which were announced…
Politics
California’s Push for Electric Trucks Sputters Under Trump
President Trump’s policies could threaten many big green energy projects in the coming years, but his election has already dealt a big…
Politics
Trump Launches Mass Purge of Air Traffic Control Staff
“This is not a capitulation-this is a coercion,” a source familiar with the meeting told Reuters. “That person, in my mind, is a hero.”…
Business
Singapore’s financial sector looks to internal hiring, reskilling and flexible structures to fill manpower gaps
AMID high-profile layoffs that have hit some global banks, financial-services firms are still grappling with a shortage of good talent.…
Business
Talent crunch pushing Singapore’s financial sector to rewrite operations playbook to retain staff
In the race for talent, some banks are re-thinking their operating models, or redefining seniority by performance, not tenure AMID…
Politics
South Korea Bans Downloads of DeepSeek, the Chinese A.I. App
The South Korean government said on Monday that it had temporarily suspended new downloads of an artificial intelligence chatbot made by…