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Thousands evacuated as wildfires rage across Spain during scorching heatwave
MADRID (AP) — Thousands of people in Spain faced evacuation orders Tuesday as wildfires continued to burn across the Iberian Peninsula…
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Singapore shares slip despite upgraded 2025 growth outlook; STI down 0.3%
Stocks on the local bourse ended lower on Tuesday (Aug 12) for the third consecutive session. The decline occurred despite gains in most…
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Valuemax H1 net profit up 35.5% at S$48 million
It attributes improvement to robust performance across all its core business segments – pawnbroking, moneylending, gold and jewellery…
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Trump Is Taking Over D.C. Police Because He’s a Racist Thug
It’s still possible, despite my daily exposure to horrific announcements from the Trump administration, for a White House press conference…
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Steigenberger Icon Europäischer Hof reopens after renovation
H World Group hotel brand Steigenberger Icon’s Europäischer Hof in Baden-Baden, Germany, has reopened its doors after undergoing extensive…
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Video: How Democrats Lost Working-Class Voters
Interviews with nearly 30 working-class Americans who until recently voted Democratic laid bare the party’s deep challenges — and its…
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Nigeria military kills scores of gang members in air and ground raids, spokesman says
The Nigerian air force has killed scores of gunmen, known locally as "bandits", who were members of criminal gangs operating in Zamfara…
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M1-Simba, Starhub-MyRepublic consolidations: a crowded telco market through the years
Developments of telecommunications companies consolidating dominated this week, after many years of speculation. News broke on Tuesday…
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DBS, China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park Development sign MOU to advance carbon credit trading
DBS China on Tuesday (Aug 12) has signed a memorandum of understanding with a subsidiary of China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park…
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Video from Malaysian airshow in 2023 falsely linked to Cambodia-Thailand clash
Bangkok has rejected "baseless" accusations from Cambodia that it used chemical weapons during the Southeast Asian neighbours' worst…
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S.Korea ex-PM falsely links tourism campaign to voter fraud
Former South Korea prime minister Hwang Kyo-ahn falsely claims in a Facebook post that the government's plan to grant visa-free entry to…
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Rushing for the exit: Illegal immigrant population down 1.6 million under Trump crackdown
President Trump is booting out illegal immigrants faster than President Biden added them, according to the latest Census Bureau numbers…
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Pete Hegseth responds to claims that he and Trump want "martial law"
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has pushed back against critics who say President Donald Trump's administration seeks to impose…
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Kenyan farmers use bees and sesame to keep away marauding elephants
TAITA TAVETA, Kenya (AP) — For farmers in the Taita hills in southern Kenya, elephants are a menace: they raid crops and will occasionally…
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Video shows hornbills in southern Thailand, not 'vultures feeding on soldiers' bodies'
Following deadly border clashes between Thailand and Cambodia, a video was shared in posts falsely claiming it shows vultures gathering in…
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Scientists search for DNA of an endangered salamander in Mexico City’s canals
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Sixty years ago, residents of a canal-crossed borough in Mexico City could pluck axolotls — the large salamander…
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US Fed chair search expands to include Bowman, Jefferson and Logan
The US Federal Reserve’s two vice-chairs, Michelle Bowman and Philip Jefferson, and Dallas Fed president Lorie Logan are under…
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Oil settles flat ahead of US-Russia talks
Oil settled flat on Monday after falling more than 4 per cent last week, as investors looked towards talks this week between the US and…
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Zamir on Gaza occupation plan: We will do everything protect hostages, bring them home
IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir said on Monday, “We are at the start of a new stage in the fighting in Gaza. We will do everything…
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How the Bonds Among Virtual-Reality Furries Saved a Life, in “The Reality of Hope”
Watch “The Reality of Hope.” Anyone who doubts the validity of relationships that take place only through a digital medium has never…
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Texas GOP Ropes Public Safety Office Into Hunting Democrats
“I’m announcing a historic action to rescue our nation’s capital from crime, bloodshed, bedlam, and squalor, and worse,” Trump told a…
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The Biggest Criminal in D.C. Right Now Is Trump
The ironies ricochet in every direction. The only reason we don’t see Trump referred to regularly in print as a convicted felon is that…
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Commentary: Trump wants troops in D.C. But don't expect him to stop there
Well, at least they’re not eating the cats and dogs. To hear President Trump tell it, Washington, D.C., has become a barbarous hellhole —…
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Hegseth’s Rant on D.C. Takeover Turned Into Evidence Against Trump
“I’m announcing a historic action to rescue our nation’s capital from crime, bloodshed, bedlam, and squalor, and worse,” Trump told a…