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Singapore stocks end higher amid mixed regional trading; STI up 0.2%
On the STI, UOL is the top gainer, up 3.9%; Thai Beverage is the biggest decliner, shedding 1.1% Local stocks tracked overnight gains on…
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The Return of Tarell Alvin McCraney’s Masterpiece, “The Brothers Size”
At the beginning of Tarell Alvin McCraney’s poetic drama “The Brothers Size,” now at the Shed, one of the play’s three actors pours white…
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The Native Activist Who Keeps Going Back to Alligator Alcatraz
“I’m going to pray,” Betty Osceola said, near the entrance to the Florida Everglades concentration camp three miles from her home. “I’m…
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Christina Hendricks x Joanie Clothing Collection Brings Curves, Glamour, and Everyday Luxury
Hold on to your vintage pearls, because the Christina Hendricks x Joanie Clothing Collection just dropped… and it’s everything you’d…
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A Health Care Cost Bomb Is Coming—Unless Congress Acts
“If the enhancements expire at the end of the year, it would cause a lot of disruption in the marketplace, a lot of disruption in people’s…
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The DOJ Lawyer Who Quit the Job He Loved to Sound the Alarm on Trump
It was about 500 outrages ago, but the dropping of all charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a move that was ordered just three…
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Ketanji Brown Jackson Is the Conscience of the Resistance
The Supreme Court operates on rigid custom and protocol. The court begins its term every first Monday in October and ends (“rises”) around…
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Hispanics Put Kavanaugh on the Court. Now He Okays ICE Targeting Them.
Brett, We’ve crossed paths a few times in Bush world. I moved down to Austin in April 1999 and stayed through our landslide. Wrote a book…
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Donald Trump Is No Viktor Orbán—He’s Well on His Way to Being Worse
In a recent report, Carrier and Carothers did a detailed analysis comparing Trump’s administration to regimes in Brazil, Ecuador, El…
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Sleep Next to Me Where No One Does
Now that I sleep across the yard no longer waiting for you to switch off the light I light a candle to see where I’m going prop open the…
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The Bishop Who Made ICE Melt Away
On most mornings in the Edward J. Schwartz Federal Building in San Diego, the fourth-floor hallway feels like a gauntlet. Eight…
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Longtime Bulgari Executive, Heir Francesco Trapani Dies at 68
MILAN – Industry entrepreneur and investor Francesco Trapanihas died, aged 68. “It is with profound sadness that Bulgari mourn the passing…
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Chinese carmakers may keep price advantage despite Mexico levies
Mexico’s plan to levy tariffs of up to 50 per cent on vehicles from China may not unduly impact the Asian nation’s auto manufacturers…
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Carlyle, EQT, HongShan among final bidders for Starbucks China: sources
Global investment firms Carlyle Group and EQT, alongside regional players HongShan Capital Group and Boyu Capital, are preparing final…
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How the 3-arrows ‘recycling’ symbol turned into a tool for greenwashing
This is an excerpt from Consumed: How Big Brands Got Us Hooked on Plastic. An odd symbol, made up of three arrows arranged in a triangle,…
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Nancy Mace Erupts in Fury on House Floor after Dem’s Speech Hits Home
GOP Congresswoman Nancy Mace lost her temper on the House floor on Wednesday. It all started when Mace unleashed a long, vile tirade about…
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Saudi oil giant Aramco raises US$3 billion from Islamic bonds
Saudi Aramco, the world’s biggest oil company, raised US$3 billion from a sale of Islamic bonds, a term sheet showed on Thursday (Sep 11),…
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Italy’s the Open Reel Snags Brazilian Drama ‘Dolores’ Ahead of San Sebastián Film Fest World Premiere, Debuts Trailer (EXCLUSIVE)
Leading Italian sales agent and production company The Open Reel has seized international sales rights to San Sebastián-bound “Dolores” by…
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You didn’t get the promotion. How salty can you be?
Long before she left the corporate world to advise others on career advancement, Tabatha Jones didn’t get a promotion in a way she says…
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Texas banned lab-grown meat. What’s next for the industry?
Texas joins six other US states and the country of Italy in banning these products. These legal challenges are adding barriers to an…
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Emily Thornberry pulls out of deputy Labour leader race
Emily Thornberry has announced she is withdrawing from the Labour deputy leadership contest, leaving four candidates left in the race to…