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Stocks on the local bourse closed higher on Tuesday (Sep 2) as the Straits Times Index (STI) briefly traded above 4,300 points for the first time. The new threshold was supported by…
Stocks on the local bourse closed higher on Tuesday (Sep 2) as the Straits Times Index (STI) briefly traded above 4,300 points for the first time. The new threshold was supported by…
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My daughter, Alice, is almost two, and quite funny. Although she can say short sentences—“I need cake!”—her humor isn’t particularly verbal. Instead, she giggles while stumbling around in…
Mary Roy lay in a temperature-controlled coffin with a glass top in the dining room of her house in Kottayam in September 2022. Press photographers and a group of mourners gathered around…
Meanwhile, Israel behaves with impunity, launching strikes on the capitals of Iran, Lebanon, Syria, and Yemen, and has become a liability to the United States, sapping not only its power…
Some up-and-comers are pushing to make agents that can actually place wagers instead of just supplying tips, but the field is off to a rough start. Tom Fleetham formerly worked as the head…
Indonesia’s central bank has agreed on a “burden sharing” deal where it will give the government some bond coupon payments it receives to fund state programmes such as affordable housing…
“After Us,” an ecological thriller created by Louis Aubert and Matthieu Bernard, follows a group of angry young activists who decide to kidnap the children of corporate leaders in order to…
Following major festival awards wins in both Berlin (“The Blue Trail”) and Cannes (“The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo”), Chile landed in Venice with a strong presence, with Niles…
British personal care brand Wild has signed Emma Raducanu as its first global ambassador. The British tennis player, who is competing in the ongoing U.S. Open, will be the singular face of…
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the conspiracy theorist who now leads the Department of Health and Human Services, may have irreparably harmed the nation’s ability to develop new treatments, track…
In an ugly move, Fox News contacted Republican senators and asked: Should President Trump deploy the National Guard in your states’ blue cities? Fox News got back the answer it was trying…
All too often business leaders are making decisions based on unexamined fears, rather than really leaning into those worries and thinking them through. A 2023 survey of global business…
When Francois Ozon embarked on the daunting big-screen adaptation of Albert Camus’ “The Stranger” — considered one of France’s literary jewels for the last 80 years — he wanted to give it…
Singapore’s Bukom refinery has exported its first naphtha cargo in years following a longer-than-expected outage at its cracker, according to three sources with knowledge of the…
Post Malone has officially tossed his 10-gallon hat into the international fashion ring, along with snap-front denim shirts, fringed leather jackets, coaster-sized belt buckles – and a…
Disney’s “The Roses” opened in first place at the U.K. and Ireland box office, grossing £2.1 million ($2.9 million) in its debut frame, according to Comscore. The film was the clear market…
The rupiah hit its weakest since August 1 of 16,500 a dollar during intraday trade on Monday Indonesia’s central bank has been guiding the rupiah to a stronger level and will try…
Following the Venice selection of her debut feature “Songs of Forgotten Trees” in the festival’s Horizons section, Indian filmmaker Anuparna Roy reflects on the intimate journey behind…
Most new renewable energy projects take the form of massive wind or solar farms. Ann Arbor, Michigan, is trying something different: a new city-owned utility is building a local power…
DBS Group Holdings’ plan to buy a stake in Alliance Bank Malaysia has stalled as Singapore’s biggest bank has yet to get regulatory approval to commence talks, according to people with…
Netflix has pulled back the curtain on its Korean unscripted programming slate at a festival event in Seoul, unveiling a roster of new and returning reality shows set to premiere from…
Rothschild is set to take over the United Arab Emirates subsidiary of the Liechtensteinische Landesbank (LLB), bolstering its presence in one of the world’s hottest markets for wealth…
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