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Trump’s Tariffs Are Taxation Without Representation
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<i>When Fall Is Coming</i> Is a No-Judgment Movie
Ozon goes from virtue-signaling to unsentimental profundity. Source link
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Indonesia’s US$48 billion social security fund eyes doubling equities exposure
Indonesia’s US$48 billion social security fund BPJS Ketenagakerjaan, the country’s largest institutional investor, aims to raise the share…
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Job seekers turn to AI tools to gain a competitive edge. It can also backfire
Dani Schlarmann, a recruiter, noticed something fishy about the job applicants. Cover letters and resumes sounded identical. Candidates…
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“The Shrouds” Is a Casket Case—and an Unsettling Vision of Techno-Paranoia
David Cronenberg’s new film, “The Shrouds,” contains the funniest and saddest blind-date sequence I’ve ever seen. Myrna (Jennifer Dale), a…
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Democrats Are Embracing AI for the Dumbest Possible Reason
Schmidt didn’t offer many specifics in attempting to describe why rapidly multiplying energy supply by 100 would be anything other than…
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Why Billionaire Trumpers Love This Dire Wolf Rubbish
Burgum’s position is dangerously deranged. Nature itself is “innovating” all the time, but the most important way that humans can save…
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The Surprising History of the Ideology of Choice
But as Rosenfeld notes in the epilogue of The Age of Choice, some thinkers and activists, especially Black feminists, have long argued…
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“The Handmaid’s Tale” Reflects the Exhaustion of Liberal Feminism
You almost forget that Elisabeth Moss can smile. The lead actor on Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale,” now in its sixth and final season, spent…
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Singapore shares settle lower on Friday; STI down 1.8%
The Straits Times Index (STI) closed down on Friday (Apr 11), along with most regional indices. The STI declined 1.8 per cent or 65.3…
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Tesla Halts Orders in China on U.S. Imported Models
Tesla has stopped accepting new orders in China for two car models that it imports from a factory in the United States, after the Chinese…
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Why Trump's war with China is much bigger than trade
"If the United States will not fight the world's largest tyranny politically, then inevitably, it will have to fight it economically, and…
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Trump and RFK Jr. Want to Make America Poisoned Again
Trump’s tariffs and executive orders seem to assume that foreign competition and lack of lands to log are the primary things hampering…
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Top US pension funds suffer US$169 billion blow from tariffs shock
The total losses for the whole US public retirement system will likely be “significantly higher” The top 25 state and local US pension…
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Fox News Accidentally Wrecks Trump’s Tariff Spin as MAGA Panic Worsens
After President Trump’s supposed tariff “pause,” we still have a 10 percent tariff on most global imports; the trade war with China is…
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Green jet fuel targets look far-fetched, airlines and experts warn
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting…
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Helicopter company in fatal crash had history of mechanical failures
New York Helicopter Charter, the company which operated the helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River in New York on Thursday killing…
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China Raises Tariffs on U.S. Imports to 125%
China responded to President Trump’s tariffs on Friday, raising its own tariffs on American goods to 125 percent, from 84 percent. The…
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Apple's iPhone 16 hits Indonesia stores after months long ban
Smartphone buyers were cheered by shopkeepers in Jakarta on Friday (Apr 11) after Apple’s latest smartphone went on sale following a…
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Report: Ten members of same family killed in Israeli strike in Gaza
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting…
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CapitaLand Investment bullish on healthcare’s real estate needs
As South-east Asia’s population ages, more physical spaces are needed for the healthcare and wellness services that people will require in…
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Map shows China and Russian military aircraft buzzing US allies
The Chinese and Russian militaries in 2024 conducted extensive flight operations near Japan and South Korea, which are United States…
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Tokyo: Nikkei slumps on trade war worries, stronger yen
Japan’s Nikkei share average slumped on Friday (Apr 11) in a brutal end to a volatile week as investors worried about the economic fallout…
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Gold versus Bitcoin – a battle for portfolio diversification
As US President Donald Trump’s eye-watering tariffs triggered a tanking of the world’s markets in the past week, the paths of two…