The Best TV Shows of 2025
Fourteen years ago, Emily Nussbaum, one of my esteemed predecessors in the TV-critic chair, notoriously titled her Top Ten list “I Hate Top Ten Lists.” I’ve seldom felt the same. I’m not…
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Who Is Crystal Wilsey? Cinnabon Employee Fired after Calling Somali Couple the N-Word in Viral Video Is 43-Year-Old Wisconsin Mom
A Cinnabon staffer who was fired from her job after being caught on video hurling racist insults at a Somali couple inside a Wisconsin mall has been identified as a 43-year-old mother.…
Moody’s downgrades Genting Bhd and two subsidiaries
Move reflects Malaysian giant’s ‘already-weak position’ due to prolonged deleveraging amid slow earnings recovery, says ratings agency Ratings agency Moody’s has on Monday (Dec 8)…
Trump set to announce $12 billion 'bridge' bailout for farmers
President Trump will unveil a long-awaited $12 billion bailout package Monday for farmers hurt by high prices and trade wars with China and other nations. Source link
A second flight of Iranian deportees, carrying 55, has left the U.S., Iran says
A second flight carrying Iranians deported from the United States has left America, Iranian officials said, as Washington reportedly planned to send hundreds of prisoners back to the…
Private credit, core-plus infrastructure could offer ‘good risk-reward’ in 2026: Temasek CEO
Private credit and core-plus infrastructure assets could put investors looking to diversify from equities in a “good risk-reward” position in 2026, said Dilhan Pillay, executive director…
IBM accelerates cloud drive with US$11 billion Confluent deal as AI demand booms
Confluent provides technology needed to manage massive, real-time data streams for artificial intelligence models IBM said on Monday (Dec 8) it will buy data infrastructure company…
Indonesia fines dozens of palm oil, mining companies US$2.3 billion for operating in forest areas
The task force handed over 1.5 million hectares of plantations to state firm Agrinas Palma Nusantara An Indonesian government task force has ordered dozens of companies in palm oil…
Bank of England plans staffing cuts because of budget pressures
The Bank of England is planning to reduce head count as its finances become strained by the cost of the modernisations recommended by Ben Bernanke. The UK central bank has invited staff…
Ben Rhodes Keeps Getting It Wildly Wrong on Israel and Gaza
Setting the record straight on the recent New York Times screed by Obama’s deputy national security adviser. Source link
Pope Leo Reveals His Secret
What a 17th-century monk can still teach us. Source link
Why State Courts Should Not Set National Energy Policy
Judges are improperly turning courts into bastions of climate activism. Source link
Rein In the Presidential Pardon Power
A bipartisan pattern of executive abuse shows why the unilateral power to pardon should be reconsidered. Source link
Report: Hegseth Gave Order to Kill Boat Operators Because They Were on a Target List
Is the Trump administration claiming the power to do what previous administrations have done: compile lists of ‘enemy combatants’ and kill them? Source link
Oliver Sacks Put Himself Into His Case Studies. What Was the Cost?
As Sacks aged, he felt as if he were gazing at people from the outside. But he also noticed a new kind of affection for humans—“homo sap.” “They’re quite complex (little) creatures (I say…
Pierre-Emmanuel Lyet’s “Christmas Avenue”
Last year, the Paris-based artist Pierre-Emmanuel Lyet did a residency at Villa Albertine, which gave him the opportunity to experience the bustling energy of the Big Apple. For the cover…
A New Afghan Bakery, in New York’s Golden Age of Bread
As the city’s bakeries have grown increasingly culturally specific, representing far-flung cuisines and styles—see Librae, in the East Village, which deploys Danish techniques and Middle…
The New Studio Museum in Harlem Is a Landmark in the History of Black Art
I had to wait for the next generation—my older sister—to break through that uncertainty and introduce me to the political, social, and aesthetic significance of Harlem. In my sister’s…
Chinese court orders Malaysia Airlines to pay US$3.3m in compensation over missing MH370 plane
A Beijing court has ordered Malaysia Airlines to pay some families of missing passengers onboard flight MH370 a total of US$3.28 million or more than US$410,240 per case in compensation,…
Singapore stocks end lower amid mixed regional trading; STI down 0.5%
Singapore stocks ended lower on Monday (Dec 8), amid mixed trading in the region. The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) lost 0.5 per cent or 24.28 points to finish at 4,507.08.…
China's rare earth exports jump in November after Xi-Trump meeting
Exports in November jumped for a second consecutive month, by 26.5% from October to 5,493.9 metric tons China’s rare earth exports jumped in November, the first full month since President…
Courts, Prism+ rapped by consumer watchdog for misleading website features
The watchdog urges consumers to review their shopping carts, verify payment amounts and question urgency claims The Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS) said it has…
Crypto exchange Binance gains regulatory win in Abu Dhabi
Binance Holdings has won three separate licenses from Abu Dhabi’s financial regulator, giving the crypto exchange giant one of its most comprehensive regulatory footholds yet. The…
Microsoft “aggressively” looking at South-east Asian clean energy projects amid data centre boom
The tech giant will also “take a very close look” at Singapore’s latest call to build new data centres Microsoft is looking into cross-border clean energy projects in South-east Asia to…