Is Cognitive Dissonance Actually a Thing?
In 1934, an 8.0-magnitude earthquake hit eastern India, killing thousands and devastating several cities. Curiously, in areas that were spared the worst destruction, stories soon spread…
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The MAGA Crack-Up Is Overrated. MAGA Is Here to Stay.
Some will point to Republican politicians bucking Trump as a reason to believe that the whole circus tent is about to collapse. Marjorie Taylor Greene is leaving Congress, and it is…
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The Year in Slop
2025 in Review New Yorker writers reflect on the year’s highs and lows. The Turing test, a long-established tool for measuring machine intelligence, gauges the point at which a…
America’s Three Media Crises and How to Fix Them
You can watch this episode of Right Now With Perry Bacon above or by following this show on YouTube or Substack. You can read a transcript here. There are three crises afflicting America’s…
How Labor Scored a Surprising Win in the GOP-Controlled House
Something unusual happened last week that didn’t attract sufficient attention. It concerned the latest in what’s been a heartening recent series of House Republican rebellions against…
Transcript: America’s Three Media Crises and How to Fix Them
That’s not good for diversity. And so most democracies figure out ways to diversify media ownership, to make sure that you have a wide range of voices and views represented in your media.…
The New Republic’s Books of the Year 2025
Some of the books we chose this year touched familiarly big themes: the place of the United States in the Americas; the weakness of democracy in the U.S. and what it would take to shore it…
This Nobel Prize–winning chemist dreams of making water from thin air
Yaghi envisions a two-pronged product line. Industrial-scale water generators that run on electricity would be capable of producing thousands of liters per day on one end, while units that…
Volkswagen budget cuts force battery unit to seek external funds
PowerCo is considering bank loans, external investors and a potential public offering Volkswagen’s battery business is being forced to seek external financing after the German carmaker cut…
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‘Intouchables’ Does it Again as Turkish Remake Becomes Country’s 2025 Box Office Champ
More than a decade after “The Intouchables” became a global box office phenomenon and launched Omar Sy’s international career, a Turkish remake of the French buddy comedy titled “Yan Yana”…
Not Black, Not Beige—This is the Unexpected Heels Trend Gwyneth Paltrow is Backing Instead
My heels collection tells the story of a woman who plays it safe with colour. Neat rows of black, white, beige and deep brown shoes line my shelves, with the occasional flash of colour…
Ford cancels EV battery deal worth 9.6 trillion won with South Korea’s LG Energy Solution
South Korea’s LG Energy Solution said on Wednesday (Dec 17) that Ford Motor has terminated an electric vehicle (EV) battery-supply deal worth about 9.6 trillion won (S$8.4 billion). The…
Singapore stocks slip despite improved 2026 growth outlook; STI down 0.1%
Singapore stocks ended lower on Wednesday (Dec 17), even as private-sector economists turned more optimistic about the Republic’s growth outlook for 2026. The benchmark Straits Times Index…
Trump Press Sec Goes Off Rails as Susie Wiles Fiasco Takes Worse Turn
White House chief of staff Susie Wiles gave numerous interviews to Vanity Fair that were way too candid about, well, everything. That prompted press secretary Karoline Leavitt to offer…
Fearing a layoff? Channel your inner doomsday prepper
“Season’s greetings” aren’t as cheery when it’s a season of layoffs. November marked the eighth time this year that job cuts were up over the same period the year before, according to…
Everyone Think My Outfits Are Designer When I Add This Luxury Accessory
If you’ve taken a peek at the luxury scene in recent seasons, you may have noticed that one microtrend in particular has been on the rise. Slowly but surely, the designer logo belt has…
Hong Kong Rom-Com ‘My Indian Boyfriend’ to Get U.K. Remake Set in Leicester (EXCLUSIVE)
Hong Kong romantic comedy “My Indian Boyfriend” is being remade for British audiences, with the production set in Leicester in the U.K. The remake will be executive produced by Sri…
This guy’s obscure PhD project is the only thing standing between humanity and AI image chaos
It’s rare that your esoteric, impossible-to-pronounce, decade-long research project becomes a technology so crucial to national security that the President of the United States calls it…
South Korea central bank sees upside inflation risk with a weaker won
South Korea’s central bank said on Wednesday (Dec 17) that headline inflation in 2026 could exceed earlier forecasts, if the won stays at its current level against the dollar. “If the…
Warburg Pincus is said to near acquisition of Asian firm Acclime
The transaction may value the corporate services firm at US$950 million to US$1 billion Warburg Pincus is nearing a deal to acquire Asia-focused corporate services firm Acclime, sources…
Warburg Pincus to invest up to US$1 billion in corporate services firm Acclime
The private equity firm beat rival firms Carlyle Group, Blackstone, KKR and TPG in a bidding race American private equity firm Warburg Pincus on Wednesday (Dec 17) announced that it has…
Warburg Pincus invests in corporate services firm Acclime, valuing it at US$1 billion
The private equity firm beat rivals Carlyle Group, Blackstone, KKR and TPG in a bidding race American private equity firm Warburg Pincus on Wednesday (Dec 17) announced that it has signed…
‘Dune,’ ‘Lucky Lu’ Star Chang Chen Named Golden Horse Awards Chair
Taiwanese actor Chang Chen has been elected chair of the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival Executive Committee, taking over from cinematographer Mark Lee Ping-bing, who completes his…