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All fuelled up: Renewable energy wave pushes this Singapore stock to surge more than 370% this year
Singapore shares have had a very good year, as they outperformed many of their regional peers. That performance has mostly been on the…
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Bitcoin rally fizzles as token’s record-breaking year winds down
A BITCOIN rally is fizzling in the final days of a record-breaking year for the digital asset, as investors assess the remaining impetus…
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A Look into Next Year…
For the rest of 2024 the Jet Stream pattern has changed and pushed the arctic cold air back up into Canada. The will allow for well above…
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More than 10,000 migrants died this year trying to reach Spain by sea, aid group says
MADRID (AP) — More than 10,000 migrants died while trying to reach Spain by sea this year, a report released by a Spanish migration rights…
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Opinion: California ruled with great jobs and boom times. What happened?
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s constant reminders that California’s economy ”leads the nation” as well as being a model for social justice are…
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Ola Electric opens 3,200 stores amid year of consumer complaint woes
OLA Electric Mobility announced the opening of 3,200 new stores in a single day, as India’s biggest e-scooter maker seeks to expand its…
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The Year in Surprises
December’s so dramatic. For weeks, the days darken—a quickening fade that suggests a coming show. It’s depressing to leave home around…
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Pilgrims traverse Vatican Holy Door as Christmas marks the start of the 2025 Holy Year
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pilgrims lined up early Wednesday to walk through the great Holy Door at the entrance of St. Peter’s Basilica, as…
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Bryan Kohberger Investigated Over Terrifying Home Invasion Just Year Before Brutal Murders of Four University of Idaho Students
Bryan Kohberger, the Idaho murder suspect, was once investigated for a disturbing home invasion that occurred just a few miles from where…
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New Year 2025: TXT, GOT7, BOYNEXTDOOR, IVE, and More Stars Share Future Plans
The New Year 2025 is almost here, bringing new hopes and dreams. The world is gearing up to welcome next year with new goals. Everybody…
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How the Las Vegas Jewish community is celebrating Hanukkah amidst Hamas attacks 1 year later
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — In a calendar rarity, Hanukkah starts this year on Christmas Day and while a time for celebration, many in the Jewish…
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Americans say Santa will be less generous this year
What's New Sixty-eight percent of Americans said that Santa will be less generous this Christmas because of economic pressure, according…
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Opinion: Romney's Senate exit marks an end to the bipartisanship Washington desperately needs
Mitt Romney delivered his farewell speech before the U.S. Senate in early December. It isn’t hyperbole to say it marked the end of an era.…
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What We’re Reading to Start the New Year
The New Yorker’s editors and critics considered hundreds of new releases this year in order to select the Best Books of 2024. The…
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China’s wild markets send Hong Kong derivatives to third record year
FOR a third year in a row, trading of derivatives in Hong Kong has hit a record. More than 377 million futures and options have changed…
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TSMC shares touch record high, eyeing best year since 1999 on AI
TAIWAN Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) shares touched a record high, as the world’s largest contract chipmaker is poised to cap…
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Bitcoin momentum ebbs heading into last stretch of record year
BITCOIN is flagging in the last leg of a record-breaking year. The digital asset changed hands at about US$94,500 early on Tuesday (Dec…
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Cops lie to suspects during interrogations. Should detectives stick to the truth?
Thomas Perez Jr. was hours into an interrogation by police about his missing father when they dropped some devastating news: A body had…
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A Holy Year is about to start in Rome. Here's what you need to know
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Tuesday formally inaugurates the 2025 Holy Year, reviving an ancient church tradition encouraging the…
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Column: Trump's promised deportations are on a collision course with a California economy built on hypocrisy
This country has always had a hypocritical relationship with the undocumented workers who keep America’s agricultural, construction and…
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Singapore stocks’ best year since 2017 masks downbeat outlook
Singapore’s main stock index is on track to have its best annual performance since 2017, but any celebrations over the Straits Times…
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Burkina Faso releases four French nationals after detaining them for a year
RABAT, Morocco (AP) — France said Thursday that Burkina Faso released four French nationals it had detained for a year, following…
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A massacre, a rumored hanging and Syrians' thirst for justice and revenge
DAMASCUS, Syria — The crowd surged forward, thousands cheering, waving and jostling their way around Damascus’ Al Ashmar Square, all…
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Women's prisons are rife with trauma. Can California set a new course at Chowchilla?
CHOWCHILLA, Calif. — Gazing across the crowd of women, fresh from county jail in their orange prison jumpsuits, Lena Coleman wishes she…