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Singtel remains ‘fully behind’ Optus despite outages and lacklustre returns
Singtel chief says it has to ‘work very hard to rebuild the trust and the confidence’ the outages have taken Minority shareholders of…
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Politics
Trump signs final bill to reopen government after record shutdown
President Trump signed legislation late Wednesday ending the record-long government shutdown, resolving the 43-day closure caused by…
News
Waymo taxis are coming to Los Angeles and Bay Area freeways
Nearly one year after Waymo launched its autonomous ride-hailing service in Los Angeles, the company is ready to take on freeways. Waymo…
Politics
October inflation, jobs data may never be released: White House
OFFICIAL US data on how consumer inflation and the jobs market fared in October may never be published, the White House said on Wednesday,…
News
The Joyful Mythology of “Nouvelle Vague”
That word, instantly identified with the French New Wave, is missing from “Nouvelle Vague,” an absence that comes off not as an accident…
Politics
Malala’s Favorite Mother-Daughter Memoirs
When the Nobel Peace Prize–winning activist Malala Yousafzai was fifteen, she was shot by a member of the Taliban for advocating for…
Politics
J.D. Vance, at MAHA summit, urges people to 'challenge orthodoxy' about living healthily
Vice President J.D. Vance said the only way to fix the nation's health is to shake up the status quo and not be afraid of people pushing…
Politics
Trump Dismisses Economic Anxiety at His Own Peril
As Oscar Wilde might have said, to lose one presidency over economic angst may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose two looks like…
News
That New Hit Song on Spotify? It Was Made by A.I.
Nick Arter, a thirty-five-year-old in Washington, D.C., never quite managed to become a professional musician the old-fashioned way. He…
News
Boomers Didn’t Pass On the American Dream
Overwhelming majorities once believed that working hard and playing by the rules would grant the next generation a better life than their…
Politics
GM wants parts makers to pull supply chains from China
General Motors (GM) has directed several thousand of its suppliers to scrub their supply chains of parts from China, four people familiar…
Business
AEM posts S$4 million 9M net profit, reversing year-ago loss, with “AI era” new solutions
Revenue rose 16 per cent to S$287.5 million, driven by high-volume manufacturing at a major customer Test solutions provider AEM Holdings…
Politics
How the Supreme Court Defines Liberty
Barrett, like most originalists, insists that the Court’s 1954 ruling in Brown v. Board of Education can be defended on originalist…
Business
Battling the Sea on the Outer Banks
Daniel Pullen offers beautifully composed and striking images of the destruction that climate change has brought to his lifelong home.…
Politics
Companies, consumers must have basic understanding of AI to reap potential benefits: DPM Gan
Singapore’s compact size makes it easier to roll out training and raise AI literacy across the population, he adds Singapore’s “first…
Business
Gold gains for fourth day on softer dollar, Fed rate-cut optimism
GOLD rose for a fourth straight session on Wednesday, supported by a weaker dollar and expectations that the reopening of the US…
Politics
California Democrat tells musician Tish Hyman after locker-room clash that 'trans women are women'
California state Sen. Scott Wiener had a message for women fearful of males in their locker rooms: Trans women are women. Source link
Politics
What to know about Trump's plan to give Americans a $2,000 tariff dividend
President Donald Trump boasts that his tariffs protect American industries, lure factories to the United States, raise money for the…
Politics
“Death by Lightning” Dramatizes the Assassination America Forgot
History is littered with examples of the havoc wreaked by politicians’ will to power. No wonder, then, that voters cling to the fantasy of…
News
What’s the Right’s Answer to Mamdani’s ‘Affordability’ Challenge?
The market works, but it needs champions. Source link
Business
SoftBank’s US$5.8 billion Nvidia stake sale stirs fresh AI bubble fears
The Japanese tech investor needs the proceeds for initiatives including the US$500 billion Stargate project to expand US data-centre…
Business
BHG Retail Reit logs 94.2% committed occupancy rate in Q3, eyes acquisitions
The Reit’s manager is upbeat about economic conditions in China, even though its recovery “may take time” China-focused BHG Retail Real…
Politics
The Shutdown Was Pointless and Dumb
The real reason for the shutdown? It was a way for progressives to give vent to an unreasoning hatred of Donald Trump. Source link
News
Deck the malls: Tariffs, economic doubts won't flatten holiday shopping season, forecasters say
Consumer sentiment is falling and tariffs will increase some gift prices this holiday season, but retailers don't expect it to ruin…