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Trump delays tariffs on Mexico, easing stocks, but Canada and China remain in play
WASHINGTON — Stocks largely recovered from an early tumble Monday after President Trump confirmed he would delay imposing tariffs on…
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A Mother and Daughter’s Joint Becoming
In the course of the project, as Barbara grew older, Wywrot’s photographs became more collaborative, and more humorous, with mother and…
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Royal Rumble 2025 Sets Massive New WWE Record
The 2025 Royal Rumble has set a new record for WWE, making it one of the biggest events in the history of the world's largest wrestling…
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Mexico reaches deal with Trump to avert tariffs for at least a month
MEXICO CITY — Mexico has managed to avoid U.S. tariffs — for now — after its president came to a last-minute agreement with President…
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Elon Musk Escalates Crusade to Shut Down Entire Federal Agency
Elon Musk and Donald Trump are trying to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development. In a live broadcast on his social media…
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Ontario cancels Starlink contract in latest Canadian tariffs protest
THE Canadian province of Ontario on Monday (Feb 3) announced it was cancelling a C$100 million (S$93.4 million) contract with Elon Musk’s…
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One Response to Trump’s Tariffs: Trade That Excludes the U.S.
In May, the 10-country Association of Southeast Asian Nations, known as ASEAN, will meet the six Middle Eastern nations that make up the…
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15 Largest Cities in England, Ranked by Population
With a total population of about 57.7 million, England is the largest country in the United Kingdom, which also includes Wales, Scotland…
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Opec+ rolls over oil policy, ditches US government data
OPEC+ agreed to stick to its policy of gradually raising oil output from April on Monday (Feb 3) and removed the US government’s Energy…
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Patriotism surges in Canada as citizens band together to fight Trump
Donald Trump's announcement of a 25 percent tariff on Canadian imports into the U.S. over the weekend has sparked a feeling that Canadian…
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US: Wall St slides at open as Trump's tariffs trigger risk aversion
Wall Street’s main indexes dropped at the open on Monday (Feb 3) as fears of a full-blown trade war and its impact on the global economy…
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Conservative Merz vows to 'lead Germany forward' at party conference
Friedrich Merz, the favourite to become Germany's next chancellor, said on Monday he is ready to "lead Germany forward" as his…
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How the New Orleans Saints Helped the Catholic Church Handle a Sex-Abuse Scandal
The Archdiocese of New Orleans was facing a crisis. A sex-abuse scandal was bursting into public view, sending shock waves through the…
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Emergency crews sent to Santorini as quake swarm alarms experts
Emergency crews were deployed on the Greek island of Santorini on Monday and schools closed following a surge in seismic activity—a "quake…
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Syria's al-Sharaa to hold talks with Turkey's Erdoğan on Tuesday
Interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa is to meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Ankara on Tuesday on his second official…
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Cathay Cineplex receives letters of demand for about S$2.7 million in rent and other costs owed
MM2 Asia, which runs the cinema chain, is trying to resolve the matter while prioritising minimal disruption to business operations CATHAY…
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Weighing the Fallout From Trump’s Looming Trade War
What a weekend of headlines, from tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico to Elon Musk getting inside the Treasury Department’s payment…
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China Evergrande’s EV unit says struggling to attract investors amid liquidity crisis
CHINA Evergrande New Energy Vehicle said on Monday (Feb 3) it is struggling to attract strategic investors amid a severe liquidity crisis,…
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Trump’s meme coin made nearly US$100 million in trading fees, as small traders lost money
ENTITIES behind President Donald Trump’s crypto coin have accumulated close to US$100 million in trading fees in less than two weeks,…
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Once a Trump critic, Mark Zuckerberg pivots toward the president
Before Donald Trump kicked off his second term as president, Meta Platforms Chief Executive and founder Mark Zuckerberg took another big…
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Column: Trump is creating an imperial presidency — and he's doing it by decree
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump has been back in the White House for only two weeks, but he’s already remaking the federal government. He’s…
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'Get on it AY-sep!' Foreign words have invaded Korea. The government is fighting back
SEOUL — Kim Hyeong-bae, a South Korean linguist, had a problem: how to translate the word “deepfake” into Korean. A senior researcher at…
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Giorgio Morandi Tried to Fit the World on a Table
As genres go, Italian still-life painting isn’t a ghost town, exactly, but it evokes more than its share of dust and tumbleweeds. It’s…
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Insisting on Cheaper Eggs Is a Huge Mistake
“Much human suffering resulting from zoonotic diseases,” Benatar stated bluntly, “could probably have been avoided had humans treated…