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EC World Reit’s H1 net property income falls 60.3% to S$18.7 million
EC World Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) reported a 60.3 per cent decline in net property income to S$18.7 million in the first half…
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Archaeologists perplexed to find west African ancestry in early medieval England
DNA recovered from skeletons buried in a 7th-century cemetery on the south coast of England has revealed that the buried individuals had…
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US: S&P 500, Nasdaq hit record highs at open on September rate cut hopes
Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Wednesday (Aug 13) with the benchmark S&P 500 and the Nasdaq hitting record highs, underpinned…
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Laura Loomer Has Found Her Next Shocking Target
The economist tapped to run the Bureau of Labor Statistics has suggested that the agency do away with the monthly jobs report altogether.…
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Food Empire reports net loss of US$1.5 million, declares first-ever interim dividend of S$0.03
Food Empire reported a net loss of US$1.5 million for the first half-year ended Jun 30, the group said in a bourse filing on Wednesday…
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Air Canada to begin cancelling flights ahead of possible strike by flight attendants
MONTREAL (AP) — Air Canada said Wednesday it will begin a gradual suspension of flights to allow an orderly shutdown of the country's…
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Shattering decades-old records: Israel braces for extended heatwave
The heat wave is expected to peak on Wednesday, with interior regions, including the Jordan Valley and the Sea of Galilee area, forecast…
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Polanski’s Perfectly Timely J’accuse
An Officer and a Spy parallels the devastating history of the Dreyfus Affair with lawfare. Source link
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What an Acceptable Russia-Ukraine Deal Might Look Like
The best that can be hoped for is an armistice with an underpinning firm enough to deter Russia from resuming its war when it is ready.…
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A Tax Law for Manufacturers, but a Trade Policy Against Them
While the OBBBA tries to buoy manufacturing, President Trump’s tariffs are an anvil dragging the sector down. Source link
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Establishment Democrats Are Going to Torpedo the 2026 Midterms
Unlike McMorrow and El-Sayed, who both oppose weapons shipments to Israel, Stevens is firmly in the pocket of the American Israel Public…
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Coming of Age in Panic Mode
The books of Michael Clune, or at least the ones written for a nonacademic audience, have focussed on very particular chapters of his…
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Adam Friedland’s Comedy of Discomforts
When CBS announced the cancellation of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” in July, a long-theorized concern came true: the late-night…
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The Revenge of Millennial Cringe
In the summer of 2009, a shambolic Los Angeles band called Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros released a single titled “Home.” A…
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As Everest costs go up, Nepal just made it free to climb nearly 100 other mountains
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IHG’s Holiday Inn Express hotel brand expands in Nepal
IHG Hotels & Resorts has reached a management agreement with Hotel Eastern Nepal to establish a new Holiday Inn Express & Suites in…
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Video: What to Know About Trump’s Deal With A.I. Chipmakers
new video loaded: What to Know About Trump’s Deal With A.I. Chipmakers By Tripp Mickle, Karen Hanley, Jon Hazell and David Jouppi•August…
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US embeds trackers in AI chip shipments to catch diversions to China: sources
US authorities have secretly placed location tracking devices in targeted shipments of advanced chips they see as being at high risk of…
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Macron admits French repression in Cameroon's independence struggle
French President Emmanuel Macron has acknowledged the violence committed by his country's forces in Cameroon during and after the Central…
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Temasek-backed ST Telemedia is said to consider selling stake in data centre operator GDS: sources
ST Telemedia (STT) is considering selling its holding in Chinese data centre operator GDS Holdings, people familiar with the situation…
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UN condemns targeted Israeli attack that killed four Al Jazeera journalists
The UN's human rights office has condemned a targeted Israeli attack that killed six journalists in Gaza, calling it a grave breach of…
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Israel bombards Gaza City as UK and allies demand action against 'unfolding famine'
Gaza City has come under intense air attack, the territory's Hamas-run civil defence agency has said, as Israeli forces prepare to launch…
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Ukraine studied drug cartels to learn how to sneak drones into Russia for its 'Operation Spiderweb' attack
"Operation Spiderweb" was built off knowledge of drug cartel operations, said the head of Ukraine's SBU. In a new interview, Vasyl Malyuk…
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Why China’s banks are hunting for fortunes stashed abroad
BEHIND the gates of an opulent mansion in Vancouver, San Francisco, or Sydney, a wealthy Chinese individual lives a life of quiet…