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“The Last of the Nightingales” Tells the Story of How Soundscapes Change After a Fire
For Bernie Krause, the sign of a healthy ecosystem is the sound it makes. The musician and Hollywood sound engineer is a pioneer of…
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Pope Francis’s Stunning Rebuke of JD Vance Exposes MAGA’s Dark Soul
All of this gets at another Vance error. He claims that the “far left” has the circles of obligation backward, that they “seem to hate the…
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Hanwha Group’s Pinetree Securities joins Alta Exchange as member firm
PINETREE Securities, the Singapore-based unit of South Korea’s Hanwha Investment & Securities, has joined Alta Exchange as a member firm.…
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Teachers across Algeria go on strike to protest low salaries and poor conditions
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Teachers throughout Algeria went on strike Wednesday to protest low salaries and deteriorating working conditions,…
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China launches new rocket crucial to challenging Musk’s Starlink
A NEW Chinese rocket took off on its debut mission, marking a major step in Beijing’s effort to catch up with Elon Musk’s Starlink. The…
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California faces 'unprecedented' population shift
California is facing an "unprecedented" population shift, with a dramatic increase in the older adult population expected by 2040,…
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Trump Softens Tone on Inflation After Pledging to Lower Prices
President Trump promised voters that, if elected, he would enact policies that would bring prices down on “Day 1” in office. But three…
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Singapore shares track regional gains; STI up 0.4%
Across the broader market, gainers beat losers 347 to 186, after 1.9 billion securities worth S$1.5 billion change hands SINGAPORE stocks…
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How Did DeepSeek Build Its A.I. With Less Money?
Last month, U.S. financial markets tumbled after a Chinese start-up called DeepSeek said it had built one of the world’s most powerful…
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Citi Private Bank hires Hoo Peng Han as it rebuilds family office team in Asia
CITI Private Bank has hired Hoo Peng Han as a director of its global family office group in Asia, as it rebuilds its family office team in…
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GOP Lawmakers Suddenly Discover Their Own Voters Are Fuming at Musk
Little by little, congressional Republicans are waking up to discover that their own voters are in revolt against Elon Musk’s efforts to…
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Ozempic and blindness: What we know about weight loss side effects
A new study about "Ozempic blindness" has sparked interest online. This is what we know about it, and the potential side effects of the…
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Indian central bank’s surprise, outsized intervention eases bearish bias on rupee
THE Indian central bank’s unexpected and decisive intervention in the foreign exchange markets over the past two days, worth as much as…
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A*Star officially launches S$38 million MedTech Catapult to drive medical device commercialisation
THE Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star) on Wednesday (Feb 12) launched MedTech Catapult, an initiative meant to…
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A*Star launches S$38 million MedTech Catapult to drive medical device commercialisation
THE Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star) on Wednesday (Feb 12) launched MedTech Catapult, an initiative meant to…
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Retirees should build nest egg of at least S$550,000 for ‘conservative’ needs, but Gen Zs, millennials could fall behind: DBS
BY 2030, a 65-year-old retiree would need a nest egg of at least S$550,000 to meet expenses based on “conservative needs” for 20 years.…
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One killed in ballistic missile attack on Kyiv, Ukraine says
One person has been killed and four injured in Russia's latest missile attack on Ukraine's capital overnight. Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko…
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Anderson Cooper calls Republican a "d***" live-on-air
By Ewan Palmer is a Newsweek News Reporter based in London, U.K. His focus is reporting on US politics, domestic policy and the courts. He…
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GlobalFoundries sinks into the red with US$730 million Q4 loss due to impairment charge
GLOBALFOUNDRIES, which operates a wafer plant in Singapore, sunk into the red with a net loss of US$730 million for its fourth quarter…
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Commerzbank plans job cuts, new targets to keep UniCredit away: sources
GERMANY’S Commerzbank is preparing staff cuts and revamped financial targets in its efforts to fend off tie-up advances by Italy’s…
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China’s record mergers in 57 trillion yuan small banking sector raise future risks
CHINA oversaw its largest-ever wave of rural bank mergers last year, a Reuters review of official data showed, but analysts say Beijing’s…
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ABS introduces digital tool for banks to verify trade financing documents
BANKS in the Republic can now better tackle trade finance fraud with a new automated digital tool that checks the authenticity of bills of…
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China tightens rules on new copper smelters to curb overcapacity
China will also encourage copper smelters to sign long-term purchase agreements with global miners CHINA has tightened requirements for…
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German far-right leader to meet Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting…