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Relax, It Is Never Space Aliens
There’s enormous media pressure to publish whenever anything alien comes out. Yet the best explanation of the phenomena isn’t aliens.…
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Swedan Margen contributes to L'Officiel Lifestyle with a focus on business and entrepreneurship.
Swedan covers business developments, emerging companies, entrepreneurial stories, and trends influencing industries and the broader economy.
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Politics
Where Is Congress on Trump’s Lethal Military Strikes on Venezuelan Boats?
Even assuming he is correct that these are narco-terrorists, Trump has offered no justification under the Constitution and the laws of…
Politics
Trump signs proclamation adding $100K annual fee for H-1B visa applications
President Trump on Friday signed a proclamation that will require a $100,000 annual visa fee for highly skilled foreign workers and rolled…
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Picturing a Chinatown Family Across Twenty-Two Years
Once the family settled into their new normal, Holton resumed his photography. The tones of these prints are darker: shadows replace the…
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The Strange, Cinematic Life of Charlie Sheen
“I think there’s so many stories and images ingrained in people’s minds about the concept of me,” the actor Charlie Sheen tells the camera…
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What It’s Like to Get Really, Really High
Ojos del Salado rises more than twenty-two thousand feet above sea level, on Chile’s northeastern border. It is the world’s tallest…
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Two China firms launch autonomous shuttle services in Singapore
Two Chinese companies said on Saturday (Sep 20) that they will partner local firms to launch autonomous vehicle shuttle services in…
Politics
Trump says U.S. has carried out another fatal strike targeting alleged drug-smuggling boat
President Donald Trump said Friday the U.S. military has carried out its third fatal strike against an alleged drug smuggling vessel this…
Business
Oil prices slip as robust supply outweighs Fed cut
Oil prices dropped on Friday (Sep 19) as worries about large supplies and declining demand outweighed expectations that the year’s first…
Business
Europe: Shares finish week flat after key central bank verdicts
European shares were little changed on Friday (Sep 19), capping an eventful week on a benign note with sentiment that was largely shaped…
Politics
Trump says China's Xi has approved a deal to save TikTok in the U.S.
President Trump said Friday that he has reached a deal with China to keep the popular social video app TikTok running in the U.S. Trump…
Politics
How Donald Trump’s Culture-Wars Playbook Felled Jimmy Kimmel
On Wednesday, bowing to pressure from the Trump Administration, ABC pulled the late-night series “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” off the air. The…
Business
What the BOJ unwinding its ETF holdings means for Japan
THE Bank of Japan (BOJ) plans to start unwinding its exchange-traded fund (ETF) holdings, in a process that could take more than a century…
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New Texas law triggers legal battle over affordable housing agreement
A legal battle is heating up over a new Texas state law that advocates say is closing the curtain on tax exemptions that developers have…
Business
US: Wall St opens higher after rally, FedEx gains
Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Friday (Sep 19) after rallying to record highs in the previous session, while FedEx rose as…
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Chinese iPhone buyers complain of scratches on new models
The deep blue variants of the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max exhibited scuffs and scratches after just a few hours of being on display Many…
Business
Intel’s Nvidia deal expected to be a mixed blessing for Asian chipmakers
TSMC, Samsung and other powerhouses are building multibillion-dollar plants in the US amid pressure from the Trump administration to…
News
Riefenstahl Raises the Riddle of Artistic Heroism
A timely hit job equates cinema and politics. Source link
Politics
Abolish the FCC
Rather than fantasizing about using government power to punish the left, Republicans should foreclose the possibility of future…
News
The Kirk Assassination Won’t Silence Us
We need to find the courage to speak as free men. Source link
Fashion
Raul Lopez Wants to Be American Fashion
In the fall of 2014, Lopez staged an official Fashion Week event at Webster Hall. He recalled thinking, I’m about to hit it, I’m about to…
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Culture
The Metropolitan Opera Delves Into Comic Books
1. The beloved British polymath and broadcasting legend Melvyn Bragg, who joined the BBC in 1961, recently stepped down from his show “In…
Business
STI continues slide on Friday, falls 0.2%
Across the broader market, advancers outnumber decliners 295 to 262 after 2.6 billion shares worth S$3.3 billion change hands Singapore…
Business
Philippines central bank tightens rules on large cash withdrawals amid graft crackdown
The new rule comes amid a government-led anti-corruption crackdown on infrastructure projects The Philippine central bank has tightened…