Donald Trump Is Frightened
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Welcome to Trump’s Remake of Argentina’s Dirty War
For nearly a decade, Argentina’s right-wing rulers ran a campaign of repression that looks a lot like what we’ve seen on the streets of U.S. cities. The state, through the military,…
The World Sees Trump’s America as a Sad Joke
There is still and always will be transcendent American culture. But I’ve never seen anything like this. For years, they called us fat—but bellies are made of pleasure, and the world still…
America Is at Its Wits’ End. What We Do Now Matters.
MAGA men oil their guns with liberal tears, I know, but I have to admit I’ve been shedding them. Or not tears exactly, but a touch of liberal blood. Maybe that works on their guns too. A…
High Court orders winding-up of TT International
The liquidation marks the end of a long and complex chapter involving the group and Big Box mall The High Court has ordered consumer electronics trader TT International to wind up its…
Singapore shares mixed; Straits Times Index declines
Singapore shares closed lower on Wednesday (Jan 28), with the Straits Times Index (STI) failing to sustain its momentum a day earlier amid a mixed showing regionally. The 30-constituent…
EVs just outsold gas cars in Europe for the first time
EVs hit a new milestone: In December, buyers in Europe registered more electric cars than gas cars for the first time. EV registrations hit 217,898 in the EU last month—up 50%…
Trump Advisers Quietly Turn on Stephen Miller as Brutal ICE Poll Hits
After we recorded this episode, we noticed that Axios is reporting that anger is rising at Stephen Miller inside Donald Trump’s inner circle. Some White House officials blame Miller for…
SK Hynix profit surges on relentless appetite for AI memory
Operating profit doubles to 19.2 trillion won (S$17 billion) in the December quarter Hynix reported its strongest quarterly results to date, underscoring the depth of an…
Hong Kong’s Exchange Fund posts record gain of HK$331 billion
Hong Kong’s Exchange Fund reported a record investment gain of HK$331 billion (US$42.4 billion) in 2025, helped by rising global markets. The fund delivered an investment gain of…
The rise of weather influencers
“Snow Will Fall Too Fast for Plows,” “ICE STORM APOCALYPSE,” and “Another Big Storm May Be Coming …” were all headlines posted on YouTube this past weekend as the biggest snowstorm in…
OCBC taps Citi to roll out securities lending for clients, following Maybank’s earlier move
This covers retail and corporate customers of OCBC Securities and clients of Bank of Singapore OCBC has rolled out a securities lending programme that will allow customers to lend out…
Ringgit rises to 2018 high buoyed by Trump
Central bank says economic fundamentals and government reforms will provide long-term support to ringgit The Malaysian ringgit rose to its strongest in nearly eight years amid…
China’s four-year energy spree has eclipsed entire US power grid
A is undertaking an energy-building boom unlike anything the world has ever seen, as Beijing seeks to ensure supply for power-hungry facilities that are key to dominating…
Singapore Airlines adds flights for March to October season, adjusts schedules for Singapore Airshow
Some flights will be cancelled or rescheduled between Jan 29 and Feb 8 due to the airshow Singapore Airlines (SIA) will increase flight frequencies and boost passenger capacity on selected…
China gives green light to importing first batch of Nvidia’s H200 AI chips, sources say
A has approved its first batch of Nvidia’s H200 artificial intelligence chips for import, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters, marking a shift in position as…
China approves first batch of Nvidia H200 chip imports: sources
— China has approved its first batch of Nvidia H200 artificial intelligence chip imports, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters,…
DOJ says it will finish review of Epstein files 'in the near term'
The Justice Department said it has now conducted a page-by-page review of "millions" of pages of documents from its files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and said it…
China to favour Brazilian soybean imports in H1 despite renewed US inflows
China is expected to boost imports of Brazilian soybeans in the first half of 2026, as record production and competitive prices propel shipments, reinforcing South America’s…
Indonesian equities plunge after MSCI flags ownership, free float concerns
Global index provider cites persistent ‘fundamental investability issues’ and concerns over coordinated efforts to distort prices Jakarta stocks tumbled on Wednesday (Jan 28) after global…
Amazon bungles Wednesday layoff plan with misfired internal email
Amazon on Tuesday appeared to have prematurely alerted Amazon Web Services cloud-computing employees to layoffs planned for Wednesday morning by sending a commiseration email and…
SoftBank in talks to invest up to US$30 billion more in OpenAI, source says
BANK is in discussions to invest up to an additional US$30 billion in OpenAI, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday. The investment would form part of a…
Man tackled after spraying unknown substance on Ilhan Omar at town hall in Minneapolis
A man wearing a black jacket was tackled to the ground after spraying an unknown substance on U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar at a town hall she was hosting in Minneapolis on Tuesday. Source link
Hidden risks build at Vietnam banks on mounting debt guarantees
The country needs to balance economic growth targets with steps to curtail side effects from debt-fuelled expansion Vietnamese lenders are providing more pledges to cover…