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Malika Favre’s “Literary Heights”
For the cover of the July 7 & 14, 2025, special Fiction Issue, the artist Malika Favre chose an unusual setting to portray someone…
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Business
UBS kicks off share buyback programme of up to US$2 billion
Group is launching a programme to repurchase as much as US$2 billion worth of its own shares, it said in a release on Monday (Jun 30). The…
Business
Thai coconut water maker IFBH’s shares jump in Hong Kong debut
Shares of Thai coconut-water maker IFBH rose as much as 67 per cent on their first day of trading in Hong Kong following a HK$1.16 billion…
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Is Zohran Mamdani a Lifelong Socialist?
The New York City mayoral candidate is trying to soft-sell his radicalism. Source link
Politics
Suspense surrounds Senate vote on Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' as July 4 deadline looms
Senate Republicans are on schedule to pass President Trump's "big, beautiful bill" on Monday, but whether enough votes exist to do so is a…
Business
Australia cuts commodity export outlook despite gold price gain
Earnings from thermal coal will also decline, while its steelmaking counterpart will hold steady Australia cut its forecast earnings from…
Politics
Republican senate tax bill would add $3.3 trillion to the U.S. debt load, CBO says
The changes made to President Donald Trump's big tax bill in the Senate would pile trillions onto the nation's debt load while resulting…
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Blow Up Washington, D.C.’s Brutalist Buildings — and the Sooner, the Better
They are a tribute to soulless monumentality and a gut punch to the human spirit. Source link
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How Eva Victor Reimagined the Trauma Plot
At one point in “Sorry, Baby,” a new film written, directed, and starring the actor and comedian Eva Victor, the main character, an…
Business
CATL breaks ground on US$6 billion Indonesia battery venture
world’s top maker of electric-vehicle batteries broke ground on a US$6 billion battery material ecosystem in Indonesia as the government…
Business
As Singapore snares its largest Reit IPO in a decade, the Hong Kong exchange is busier than ever
The past week has seen good news for the Singapore Exchange (SGX). Not only is NTT’s upcoming real estate investment trust (Reit) listing…
Business
Tech firms warn 'Scattered Spider' hacks are targeting aviation sector
Tech companies Google and Palo Alto Networks are sounding the alarm over the “Scattered Spider” hacking group’s interest in the aviation…
Business
Billionaire Michael Dell reaps US$1.2 billion from stock sale
Dell Technologies chief executive Michael Dell sold US$1.2 billion worth of shares in his namesake computer company, reducing his stake by…
Politics
Senate gets 'big, beautiful bill' moving toward Monday vote on passage
Vice President J.D. Vance swooped in Saturday to break a tie on a Senate procedural vote to begin floor debate on President Trump's…
Politics
Tucker Carlson, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, praise NYC's Zohran Mamdani for debate answer
Two Trump allies offered up rare praise of New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, a Democratic socialist, after he came out as…
Politics
A Supreme Court Victory for Parental Rights in the Woke Wars
An interfaith coalition of parents who objected to instructional LGBT storybooks vindicated their right to direct the religious upbringing…
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Don’t Forget the Crimes of Communism in World War II
Its evils during the war are too often overlooked. Source link
Politics
The Supremes Get ‘Third Country’ Deportation Right
The illegal aliens should bear the burden of a problem of their own making. Source link
News
An Enduring Archive of Queer Writers’ Portraits
Giard grew up in a working-class family in Hartford, Connecticut. When he entered public high school, he was shunted onto the remedial…
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What I Learned from My Mother and the U.S. Postal Service
Let me tell you about my mother. For twenty-five years, five, sometimes six, days a week, she drove the same fifty miles, following the…
Business
Hong Kong-listed China Medical System seeks secondary listing on SGX
Hong Kong-listed China Medical System (CMS) is seeking a secondary listing on the mainboard of the Singapore Exchange (SGX) in July this…
Business
Elon Musk says first Tesla drove itself from factory to customer
Tesla chief executive Elon Musk said a Tesla Model Y SUV drove itself from the company’s factory near Austin to a customer’s home in the…
Business
Meta seeks US$29 billion from private capital firms for AI data centres, FT reports
Meta Platforms is seeking to raise US$29 billion from private capital firms to build artificial intelligence (AI) data centres in the US,…
Politics
Senate rejects bid to force Trump to get Congress' approval for future 'hostilities' against Iran
The Senate voted Friday evening to kill a war powers resolution that would have forced President Trump to seek congressional approval…