Waymo expands service area in Los Angeles and San Francisco
Waymo, the autonomous taxi company that’s offered rides in Los Angeles since November, is expanding its service area in the city. Starting Wednesday, the driverless taxis will roam more…
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James Frey’s New Cancelled-Guy Sex Novel Is as Bad as It Sounds
The author page of “Next to Heaven,” James Frey’s new novel, breathlessly notes that Frey “was called America’s Most Notorious Author by Time Magazine and the Bad Boy of American…
Train a virtual dragon? Film studios turn to Roblox and other games to reach young fans
Surrounded by virtual cliffs and a cascading waterfall, dragon riders on Roblox’s massive online gaming platform immerse themselves in a memorable scene from “How to Train Your Dragon.” In…
What’s Happening to Reading?
What do you read, and why? A few decades ago, these weren’t urgent questions. Reading was an unremarkable activity, essentially unchanged since the advent of the modern publishing…
Why Donald Trump Is Obsessed with a President from the Gilded Age
Late in his life, McKinley reconsidered protectionism. He was reëlected in 1900, and by his second Administration he felt that the United States should greet globalization by entering…
The Portland Bar That Screens Only Women’s Sports
When Jenny Nguyen was in her twenties, working as a chef in her home town of Portland, Oregon, she became a regular at pickup basketball games organized by a group of “lawyers, plumbers,…
Thai Airways exits debt restructuring plan with court approval
Thai Airways International won court approval to exit a debt restructuring programme, paving the way for resumption of trading in its stocks after a four-year gap. The Central Bankruptcy…
Competition watchdog flags Agoda’s Singapore website, mobile app for potentially misleading features
Singapore’s competition watchdog has raised concerns with Agoda over several design features on its Singapore website and mobile application that were found to be potentially misleading. A…
Abu Dhabi state oil firm makes US$18.7 billion bid for Australia’s Santos
Abu Dhabi’s state-owned oil company is leading a takeover bid for Australian energy group Santos, valuing it at US$18.7 billion, the two firms said on Monday (Jun 16). Santos’ board said…
Leonard Lauder, billionaire heir to cosmetics empire, dies at 92
Leonard Lauder, who built Estee Lauder into one of the world’s biggest cosmetics makers and catapulted himself into the top echelon of wealthiest New Yorkers, has died. He was 92. Lauder…
Some SGX-listed energy stocks surge as oil prices rally on Israel-Iran conflict
Shares of oil and gas companies listed on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) such as Rex International and RH PetroGas rose by more than 6 per cent at the market open on Monday (Jun 16). This…
Trump directs ICE to prioritize deportations in Democratic-run cities, undeterred by protests
President Trump on Sunday directed federal immigration officials to prioritize deportations from Democratic-run cities after large protests have erupted in Los Angeles and other major…
Stocks to watch: Suntec Reit, ESR Reit, Sabana Industrial Reit, Acrophyte Hospitality Trust, Fu Yu
THE following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Monday (Jun 16): Suntec Reit; ESR Reit; Sabana Industrial Reit; Acrophyte Hospitality Trust: ESR…
Australia’s ASX shares slide as regulator launches probe into ‘serious failures’
SHARES of Australian bourse operator ASX dropped on Monday after the country’s securities regulator launched an investigation into the company, citing “repeated and serious” operational…
Gucci owner Kering turns to Renault CEO in turnaround bid
Kering is set to name the chief executive officer of Renault as its next CEO, looking to an Italian manager who’s turned around the French automaker to perform a similar role at the owner…
Fed on hold leaves Wall Street asking what it will take to cut interest rates
With US Federal Reserve officials signalling an extended hold on interest rates, investors and economists will look to chair Jerome Powell this week for clues on what might eventually…
Massive manhunt underway for suspect accused of killing Minnesota lawmaker, her husband
The nationwide manhunt continued Sunday for 57-year-old Vance Boelter, the man whom law enforcement officials have identified as the primary suspect in the killing of Minnesota state Rep.…
Indian family mourns fatal Uber crash, raises questions about global ride-hailing safety
On a day typically reserved for celebrating fathers, an Indian family from Noida is grieving the loss of theirs — the result of what they call a preventable tragedy involving a fatigued…
U.S. Senate seeks to add expanded compensation for nuclear radiation victims to tax bill
A program to compensate people exposed to radiation from past nuclear weapons testing and manufacturing could be restarted and expanded under a provision added by U.S. senators to the…
Country gets first up-close look at the case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia
The "Maryland man" finally got his first day in court, with Kilmar Abrego Garcia appearing in an orange jailhouse jumpsuit before a federal magistrate judge in Tennessee to plead not…
Israel Planned to Assassinate Israel's Supreme Leader Khamenei in Regime Change Plot but Trump Vetoed Israel's Plan: Report
Israel had a plan to assassinate Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, but President Trump blocked the mission, according to reports. Two unnamed officials told Reuters that…
Ex-Bush spokesman Ari Fleischer rips Tucker Carlson as a 'carnival barker' over Israel war criticism
Ari Fleischer, former press secretary for President George W. Bush, on Sunday called conservative commentator Tucker Carlson a "phony" for accusing the Trump administration of being…
Unified Monitoring and Auditing for Hybrid IAM in Banking: How Grafana, CloudWatch, and Elasticsearch Power Real-Time Security and Compliance
As financial institutions accelerate digital transformation and adopt hybrid cloud infrastructures, managing identity and access across distributed systems has become increasingly complex…
Dynamic Route Optimization and Real-Time Freight Tracking in the Transportation Industry
As global logistics grow more complex, traditional routing systems fall short, leading to higher costs and service-level risks. To solve this, Laxmikanth Mukund Sethu Kumar, Executive…