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Vietnam stocks slump after state media report on alleged bond irregularities
Vietnam’s main stock index fell to its lowest closing level in a month on Monday (Oct 20) after state media reported the results of a…
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Transcript: Trump Fury at Dems Grows as Brutal New Shutdown Poll Hits
And so I do think that part of what’s driving this is they’re scared. They’re losing. They don’t feel like this stuff is working. They…
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Trump’s Argentina Gamble | National Review
Extending money to the South American nation is risky but could help spur reforms that would create a prosperous, powerful American ally.…
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China’s Damaging Influence on American Democracy | National Review
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As DEI Dies, Corporate America Faces Serious Risk | National Review
If a corporate DEI plan reads like a quota, then expect a subpoena. Source link
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Global companies hit by more than US$35 billion in US tariffs, but outlook stabilising
GLOBAL companies have flagged more than US$35 billion in costs from US tariffs heading into third-quarter earnings, but many are lowering…
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Genting Singapore names new RWS chief operating officer
Si Chen will assist the resort’s CEO in executing strategies, managing and developing its core businesses Genting Singapore has appointed…
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Uggs Run the Risk Of Looking Passé—This is the Denim, Jacket and Bag Trend That Makes Them Feel Fresh
There are a few fashion items so deeply entwined with the late-’00s and early-2010s aesthetic that it’s hard to see them without feeling a…
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These Are Your 15 Favorite Looks of the Spring 2026 Collections
Spring 2026 was crowned the “September to Remember,” the most eventful season in modern fashion history, one poised to change the way we…
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How Corporate Feminism Went from “Love Me” to “Buy Me”
In retrospect, the book feels like an artifact of a fleetingly optimistic moment, and of a time when the mainstreaming of feminism—recall…
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The Art of the Steal: Director Kelly Reichardt Talks ‘The Mastermind’
With her latest film, indie auteur Kelly Reichardt transforms an audacious 1970s art heist into a quietly riveting exploration of ego,…
World
A Dark Ecologist Warns Against Hope
The two have sparred before. In 2009, they exchanged public letters in the Guardian, circling a question that nags at many eco-minded…
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Mark Bittman’s Experiment in Sliding-Scale Fine Dining
By dinnertime, the café had been convincingly transformed into a restaurant, with tea lights twinkling beside wildflower arrangements on…
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Gospel Uplifts “Oratorio for Living Things” and “Oh Happy Day!”
So why did “Oratorio” ultimately leave me feeling wistful? Repetition, Christian tells us, is the agent of both measurement and meaning,…
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What Do We Want from Our Child Stars?
Still, Master Betty ruled the little province of Parnassus devoted to underage thespians until the advent of Shirley Temple—and it’s some…
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Trump’s War on Antifa Is Destined to Backfire
Speaking of anti-fascists, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem assured us the government would “root them out and eliminate them,”…
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Mike Johnson Understands Nothing About the United States of America
I spent the afternoon watching MSNBC and CNN live reports on other rallies around the country, intermingled with some college football and…
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Coinbase, Fortnite among services hit by global outage of Amazon’s cloud unit
AMAZON’S cloud services unit AWS was hit by an outage on Monday (Oct 20), causing connectivity issues for many companies around the world…
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Internet services cut for hours by Amazon cloud outage
Crypto exchange Coinbase, as well as games Fortnite and Roblox, were among those affected MANY popular Internet services, from streaming…
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Indonesia president says 40 trillion rupiah lost to illegal tin mining every year
INDONESIA is losing about 40 trillion rupiah (S$3.1 billion) annually to illegal tin mining and smuggling, said President Prabowo Subianto…
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Video: How Trump Aims to Redefine the Military
new video loaded: How Trump Aims to Redefine the Military President Trump and his defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, have been reshaping the…
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Trump’s Fury at Dems Goes Nuclear as Crushing New Shutdown Poll Hits
President Trump’s fury at Democrats over the government shutdown is escalating. First he angrily announced that he’s “terminated” the big…
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Tokyo: Nikkei closes at record high, benchmark JGBs slip ahead of Takaichi PM vote
JAPAN’S Nikkei share gauge surged to a record high on Monday (Oct 20) as fiscal expansionist Sanae Takaichi was set to become the…