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Imprisoned Kremlin critic stands a second trial for opposing Ukraine war
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Imprisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Gorinov appeared in court on Wednesday for a second trial for opposing Russia's…
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Trump’s NIH Pick Guaranteed to Destroy Country’s Health
Trump endorsed a series of guitars last week, both acoustic and electric, with one of the electric models described as “the only guitar…
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Trump Finally Signs Transition Documents—With One Giant Catch
Around the 13-minute mark, Knowles suggested that, as incoming White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt “is looking at the new press…
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Australia introduces bill to fine supermarkets for supplier misconduct
Australia has introduced a bill that could impose hefty fines on large supermarket chains failing to comply with a new industry code of…
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Transcript: Trump’s Rage at NYT Offers Unnerving Hint at What’s Coming
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the November 27 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. Greg Sargent: This…
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Why is a global treaty on plastic pollution dividing the world?
SEOUL — What on earth to do about all the plastic polluting the oceans, the food supply, even our bodies? That is the question that the…
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US dollar drops as markets weigh Trump tariff vow, yen hits 5-week high
THE US dollar fell to a one-week low against its major peers on Wednesday (Nov 27) as investors grew cautious about President-elect Donald…
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Satellite image shows Chinese ship suspected of sabotage in "NATO lake"
A new satellite image appears to show a Chinese carrier ship that was linked to the cutting of two undersea cables in the Baltic Sea…
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Poland proposes protection of the Baltic Sea with naval deployment
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has proposed joint monitoring of the Baltic Sea by the navies of the Baltic NATO states following damage…
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HP, Dell’s weak forecasts spark share sell-off, doubts over PC market recovery
SHARES of Dell and HP fell on Wednesday (Nov 27) after the personal computer makers issued forecasts that cast doubt on a market recovery…
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Samsung gets first woman CEO outside founding family in 86 years
FOR Samsung Group, this has been a year of milestones. First, a rare public apology from its flagship Samsung Electronics, followed by a…
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UBS cuts four loan bankers in Singapore, Hong Kong as deal flow slows
UBS Group cut four loan syndication bankers in Asia, according to people familiar with the matter, as elevated funding costs cast a pall…
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PEC says it has been approached by a third party over a possible share deal
SHARES of engineering company PEC have been on a tear lately and a possible reason for that has emerged. The company said in a bourse…
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Standard Chartered mulls sale of wealth, retail operations in Africa
STANDARD Chartered is exploring a potential divestment of its wealth and retail banking operations in Botswana, Uganda and Zambia, it said…
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Reports of 17 dead in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip
At least 17 Palestinians have been killed in new Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, the territory's Hamas-controlled civil defence force…
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Mapletree Logistics Trust divests two warehouse properties in Japan for S$37.5 million
MAPLETREE Logistics Trust (MLT) has completed the divestment of two warehouse properties in Japan for 4.25 billion Japanese yen (S$37.5…
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News Analysis: Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin: A much-scrutinized relationship is back in the spotlight
WASHINGTON — They tend to gush over each other in public, but their private dealings are often opaque. Both are brazenly transactional,…
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What Google Off-loading Chrome Would Mean for Users
Using “the Internet” sometimes seems disconcertingly synonymous with using Google. Google Search, the most popular search engine on the…
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Mexican President’s Harsh Takedown of Trump Exposes an Ugly MAGA Scam
It’s darkly amusing that Sheinbaum would cite U.S. statistics to make this point, because Trump does not allow that the reality depicted…
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The Longevity Hot Spots That Weren’t
In subsequent articles, books, a TED talk, and eventually a hit Netflix series, Buettner and Poulain expanded their research, naming three…
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Trump Could Make U.S. Cars Less Competitive
“These are improvements the auto companies could have made in prior years but didn’t, and only did now because they were required to do…
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Dreams of Sea and Fire
The sea makes me weird. The sea so rough and ancient. Rough as night falls and I feel something sea-like in my blood, salt, all the…