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BRC Asia secures contracts for Changi Airport Terminal 5 project worth S$570 million
This brings company’s total outstanding sales order book to S$2 billion as at Jul 14 BRC Asia has secured around S$570 million worth of contracts for the Changi Airport Terminal 5 project,…
Dollar-selling is becoming a bubble, which may burst, HSBC says
Relentless US dollar-selling is starting to look like a bubble – and, like all bubbles, it will eventually pop, according to HSBC Holdings strategists. Traders appear to be fixated on the…
Maritime, aviation sectors can learn from each other in tackling conflict risks, climate change: transport leaders
The maritime and aviation sectors can work together to tackle shared global risks such as geopolitical conflict and climate change, said senior global transport officials on Monday (Jul…
Singapore proposes to bar convicted money launderers from directorships
The Ministry of Finance (MOF) and the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (Acra) plan to bar those who have been convicted of money laundering offences from serving as a company…
The U.S. Navy’s Cultural Crisis
Unless a bold shift is made, America risks losing its standing in the Pacific and beyond. Source link
Gen Z at the Nunnery?
Young people seem to know where the answers are. Source link
Riot Reparations Open an Unexpected Door
The city of Tulsa unveiled a $105 million ‘apology plan’ based on a faulty history of the 1921 race riot. Source link
Pass the Rescissions Bill
It’s the least that Congress can do. Source link
Russiagate Revisited: The Centrality of John Brennan
Of all the villains of the piece, the CIA director’s role was and would always be the hardest to pin down. Source link
China clears Synopsys’s US$35 billion Ansys buyout in US win
Following Beijing’s decision, the company has cleared one of the last major hurdles to a deal to intended to shore up its market position Synopsys has secured China’s approval to…
B. Saroja Devi, Icon of South Indian Cinema, Dies at 87
B. Saroja Devi, one of the most celebrated leading ladies of South Indian cinema whose cross-industry stardom spanned Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Hindi-language films, died on Monday at her…
Ryan Davis’s Junk-Drawer Heart
On Easter Sunday, the Louisville-based singer-songwriter Ryan Davis opened a matinée show for Bill Callahan in the assembly room of a former Catholic school in Kingston, New York. Indoor…
EXCLUSIVE: Chipotle and Wonderskin Revive Fan-favorite ‘Lipotle’ Lip Stain Kit
Wonderskin is serving its customers what they want this summer. In partnership with Chipotle, the TikTok-viral makeup brand is reviving its Lipotle Wonder Blading Peel and Reveal Lip Stain…
A.I. Is About to Solve Loneliness. That’s a Problem
There’s real reason for caution here, starting with the idea that interactions with A.I. can be treated as genuine relationships. Oliver Burkeman exasperatedly writes that, unless you…
The Young GOPer Behind “Alligator Alcatraz” Is the Dark Future of MAGA
“What will access to counsel look like for detainees?” Eisen asks. “What will access to family members look like? It’s difficult to imagine state-run facilities where conditions and due…
How Kroger designed its catchy new sonic logo
What does Kroger’s brand sound like? Until recently, no one knew. And then on June 25, the grocery behemoth (which includes regional chains like King Soopers, Fred Meyer, Ralphs, and…
Joost Swarte’s “Sunny-Side Up”
For the cover of the July 21, 2025, issue, the artist Joost Swarte portrays how New Yorkers have been feeling in the midst of a heat wave. “The part of a hot, sunny day I like best,”…
A Memoir of Working-Class Britain Wrings Playfulness from Pain
The escape from working-class life has good narrative pedigree, a classic form—beginning with the idea of escape itself. It’s something like a sharpened bildungsroman. The child is nudged…
Will the Epstein Story Hurt Trump in MAGA-Land? Wake Up—It Already Has
So, Kash Patel told us over the weekend that the Jeffrey Epstein “conspiracy theories just aren’t true” and “never have been.” If you’re thinking, “Hey, wait a second; isn’t that the same…
The Stealth Attack on Women in Trump's Budget Bill
Many of the Trump administration’s policies, along with the megabill, will set women and their families up for greater vulnerability to abuse in all of its forms, including financial…
Singapore shares hit new high; STI up 0.5%
Across the broader market, advancers beat decliners 315 to 191 after 1.5 billion securities worth S$1.4 billion change hands The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) notched a new high on…
Partners Group transfers Techem stake to its infrastructure fund
[FRANKFURT/MUNICH] German energy firm Techem will remain in the hands of investor Partners Group after its sale to US financial investor TPG fell through in May, the Swiss private equity…
‘Emily in Paris’ to Shoot in Venice for Part of Upcoming Fifth Season
After frolicking in Paris and leading the dolce vita in Rome, “Emily in Paris” is set for an interlude in Venice. According to Luca Zaia, governor of the Veneto region, the hit Netflix…