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Australian shares notch record closing high as jobless spike fuels rate-cut bets
Australian shares rose to a record close on Thursday (Oct 16), driven by strong gains in financials, property and gold stocks after an…
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Politics
Democratic hopeful for California governor open to transgender athletes in Olympics
Betty Yee, a Democratic candidate in the primary race for California governor, didn't say "no" when asked whether biological males who…
Business
Food Innovators posts profit of S$200,000; turns profitable a year after Catalist debut
Restaurant operator Food Innovators announced on Wednesday (Oct 15) that it turned profitable for its first half of 2026 ended August, a…
News
Yo-Yo Ma on What Our Descendants Will Inherit
Earlier this month, the celebrated cellist Yo-Yo Ma turned seventy—an occasion that led him to reflect on not just his own past but also…
Politics
Tomahawk Missiles for Ukraine Should Be on the Table
A lesson of the Gaza deal is that the beginning of diplomatic wisdom is backing our ally to the hilt. Source link
Business
Attention Walmart shoppers: ChatGPT will do your shopping for you
Walmart has partnered with OpenAI to allow its customers to shop for products and pay directly from within ChatGPT. The world’s largest…
Culture
D’Angelo’s Genius Was Pure, and Rare
This week, the R. & B. singer D’Angelo died at age fifty-one, of cancer. He was best known for deftly combining the heft and tenderness of…
Culture
Kelly Reichardt’s “The Mastermind” Reinvents the Heist Movie
One of the joys of reviewing movies is witnessing a longtime filmmaker’s artistic breakthrough, as has happened with Kelly Reichardt. A…
Fashion
The secrets behind the South Korean cosmetics boom: K-pop, Kardashians and churn
SEOUL — Jo Min-Su was working toward a computer science doctorate at one of South Korea’s best universities when he stumbled on his…
Business
Foxconn sees limited impact from China rare earths curbs for now
The company has been riding the wave of the AI boom and reported earlier this month record third-quarter revenue Taiwan’s Foxconn, the…
Politics
The key health bills California Gov. Newsom signed this week focused on how technology is impacting kids
New laws signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom aim to make the artificial intelligence and social media landscape in California safer, especially…
News
Will D.C. Bureaucrats Shut Down the District’s Innovative New Rideshare?
The Empower service clearly has a better mousetrap and is serving the needs of both drivers and riders. Source link
Politics
Arizona attorney general threatens to sue if Speaker Johnson doesn't swear in Rep.-elect Grijalva
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is threatening to sue House Speaker Mike Johnson if he does not swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva…
News
Suspect pleads guilty to April arson targeting Pennsylvania governor
The man who torched the Pennsylvania governor's mansion while Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family were sleeping inside pleaded guilty Tuesday…
Culture
“A House of Dynamite” Is a Major Misfire from a Great Filmmaker
Little of this plays to Bigelow’s strengths. She has directed at least one screw-tightening nuclear-crisis movie before, the…
News
China’s Rare Earth Dominance Must End
Ending the West’s dependency on China in this area will be expensive, but it is a price that we will have to pay. Source link
Culture
Spotify video podcasts are coming to Netflix
Spotify video podcasts are coming to Netflix, further diversifying the types of content on the Los Gatos, Calif.-based streaming service…
Business
Salesforce to invest $15 billion in San Francisco to advance AI
Software giant Salesforce is planning to invest $15 billion in San Francisco over the next five years to strengthen the city’s dominance…
News
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee: Federal crime crackdown in Memphis nears 900 arrests in two weeks
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said Tuesday that the state and federal crime-fighting mission in Memphis will continue indefinitely, after the…
Politics
Has a U.S. President Ever Been More Pro-Israel?
Isolationists and malicious enemies of Israel are part of Trump’s coalition, but the president absolutely does not number himself among…
News
Do You Know What I Know?
Take your young kid with you as you commute through Penn Station and you’ll find that you have a lot to explain. Walking through the Long…
News
California cracks down on water theft but spares data centers from disclosing how much they use
Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed legislation that would have required data centers to report how much water they use. New data centers have…
News
Female DeSoto County Youth Pastor Who Sexually Battered an Underage Girl on Church Trips, Sentenced to House Arrest
A former DeSoto Central High School assistant basketball coach has been sentenced to three years of house arrest for sexual battery of a…
Business
Asia: Stocks pare tariff-led losses, Tokyo hit by political turmoil
Most Asian stocks rose on Tuesday (Oct 14), tracking a rally on Wall Street, after US President Donald Trump tempered his rhetoric against…