Business
European stocks end a five-week winning streak after Greenland turmoil
PEAN shares finished lower on Friday (Jan 23) and logged weekly losses as investors exercised caution and assessed any potential trade…
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Politics
Top Homeland Security Democrat backs impeachment of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem
Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, the senior Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee, announced his support Friday for an effort to…
Business
Autodesk to cut 1,000 workers as the tech company bets on AI
Software company Autodesk is slashing roughly 1,000 roles, representing a 7% cut of its global workforce. The San Francisco company, which…
Politics
What’s Good for Peter Navarro Is Good for Bill Clinton
He should simply comply with the subpoena and not flirt with a prosecution that would be expensive and time-consuming for him. Source link
News
Don’t Let the Board of Peace Succumb to Mission Creep
To hear the president and his allies speak of it, it is a United Nations in miniature — one under the president’s control. Source link
Politics
U.K.'s Starmer slams Trump for saying NATO stayed 'off the front lines' in Afghanistan
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is condemning President Trump's claim that some NATO troops stayed "a little off the front lines" during…
Politics
TikTok has finalized its U.S. joint venture, ending saga over its fate
The long and winding road over the fate of TikTok — the enormously popular social video platform that has been a force in American youth…
Politics
The Leo Strauss Letter That Previewed a Modern-Day Divide
As 65-year-old letters between conservative heavyweights reveal, the right’s internecine clashes on foreign policy are nothing new. Source…
Politics
Challenging Official Histories in “Natchez” and “Mr. Nobody Against Putin”
Rev displays the rhetorical power, leavened with humor and warmth, of a skilled public speaker, but many others are charismatic, too.…
Business
Louise Bourgeois’s Art Can Still Enthrall
In recent years, Noche Flamenca, New York’s finest flamenco troupe, has been taking inspiration from the art of Francisco Goya. The…
News
How Do You Write About the Inexplicable?
I’m a rational person. I grew up in a family of scientists. My dad, who studied the brain, told me when I was a kid that Santa and God…
Business
Singapore stocks track global rally; STI up 1.3% after hitting new high
Singapore stocks ended higher on Friday (Jan 23), tracking a global rally in markets. The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) hit a new…
Business
DBS initiates ‘buy’ call on Coliwoo Holdings amid growing Singapore co-living market
One key risk lies in its significant capital outlay for renovation and maintenance works being irrecoverable, say analysts DBS Group…
Politics
Defense bill bars Pentagon from paying for adult entertainment
A defense appropriations bill that cleared a House-Senate conference this week will ban Pentagon military and civilian officials from…
News
Ian Roberts, illegal immigrant who was school superintendent in Iowa, pleads guilty to two felonies
Ian Roberts, the illegal immigrant who held repeated high-profile jobs in school systems across the country, pled guilty Thursday to…
News
Brooklyn Beckham’s Tawdry Tantrum
Having helicopter parents is hardly a situation worth blowing up your family over. Source link
Culture
The 2026 Oscar Nominations and What Should Have Been Picked
Wes Anderson (“The Phoenician Scheme”) Ryan Coogler (“Sinners”) Kleber Mendonça Filho (“The Secret Agent”) Josh Safdie (“Marty Supreme”)…
Business
Anduril to invest another $1 billion in California with new Long Beach campus
Anduril Industries, one of the leading defense companies in Southern California, will expand in Long Beach with a new $1-billion complex…
Business
This L.A. startup uses SpaceX tech to cool data centers with less power and no water
As the artificial intelligence industry heats up, Karman Industries is trying to cool it down. The Signal Hill startup says it has…
Politics
House Committee Finds Bill and Hillary Clinton in Contempt
What goes around comes around. Source link
Business
The Assembly Place’s IPO 35.5 times subscribed ahead of Catalist debut
Co-living operator The Assembly Place’s initial public offering (IPO) was 35.5 times subscribed on Thursday (Jan 22), ahead of its debut…
Business
Keppel secures 25-year fibre pair deal on Bifrost Cable System with global telco
Keppel has signed a binding term sheet with a global telecommunications company to lease a fibre pair on the Bifrost Cable System for 25…
Politics
WATCH: Trump rolls out his Board of Peace at the World Economic Forum
President Trump inaugurated his newly created Board of Peace with a handful of founding members but offered few details about its mandate…
News
“The Beauty” Is a Hot Mess
In the new Ryan Murphy horror thriller “The Beauty,” a virus turns its hosts into perfect physical specimens overnight. Men wake up with…