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Rescue Teams Racing to Save 26-Year-Old Hiker Trapped for 3 Days Inside Walls of Active Volcano
NEED TO KNOW Brazilian tourist Juliana Marins fell off a cliff down Mount Rinjani in Indonesia on Saturday, June 21 The 26-year-old has…
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The Rich Should Be Paying More—and Yes, That Means Me
The last 50 years have been a sickening catastrophe for the working class, a slow-motion emergency that unfolded right under our noses.…
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US: Wall Street indices open muted as investors await Teheran’s response to US strikes
Wall Street’s main indices opened subdued on Monday (Jun 23) as investors awaited Iran’s possible response to US airstrikes on its nuclear…
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Lum Chang Creations lodges preliminary document for Catalist IPO
Interior fit-out business Lum Chang Creations has lodged a preliminary prospectus on Monday (Jun 23) for a Catalist listing on the…
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TCS launches new software-defined vehicle hubs in Europe
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has announced the launch of three new hubs in Europe to bolster its capabilities in the software-defined…
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Markets are calm, but streets are empty in spooked Gulf
Stocks are up and oil is down, a sign that investors view the US strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites as either a one-off, or a step toward…
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IAEA demands clarity on status of uranium in Iran
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, is demanding clarity from Iran on the whereabouts of nuclear…
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Transcript: Trump Threat to Unleash Troops Darkens as Brutal Poll Hits
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the June 23 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. Greg Sargent: This is…
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Private-hire group urges Grab to delay bonus revamp over fears that drivers’ earnings will be hurt
The National Private Hire Vehicles Association (NPHVA) has urged Grab to delay changes to its driver incentive scheme, saying it is…
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Toyota launches fuel cell trucks for greener logistics
Toyota Motor Europe has taken a step towards sustainable logistics with the introduction of fuel cell trucks in collaboration with VDL…
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Contributor: The GOP wants to turn asylum into a pay-to-play system
The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” now before the Senate takes the current preoccupation with making every governmental relationship…
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Are Young People Having Enough Sex?
The virgin allegations emerged about a decade ago. Young people “are so sexually inactive that it practically boggles the mind,” a writer…
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This Is Donald Trump’s War, and It’s Only the Beginning
President Donald Trump has just committed the most basic of strategic blunders: the fallacy of the last move. This is the mistaken belief…
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Bach’s Colossus
Bach’s Mass in B Minor begins with a majestic howl of pain—four adagio bars that combine formal grandeur with writhing interior lines, as…
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Do We Need Another Green Revolution?
“Carbon farming and vertical farming are wildly overhyped,” Grunwald concludes. “Plant-based meat has floundered in the market, while…
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Christoph Niemann’s “The Bridge”
“The real beauty of the Brooklyn Bridge can only be experienced in motion,” the artist Christoph Niemann said, about his cover for the…
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Singapore stocks fall amid mixed regional trading following US strikes on Iran
Local stocks ended lower on Monday (Jun 23) amid a mixed trading session in the region, after the US launched strikes on three of Iran’s…
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Irish evacuees from Israel expected home in 'coming days'
A group of 15 Irish citizens and their dependants have been evacuated from Israel, the Irish government has said. Tánaiste (deputy Irish…
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Trump’s Threat to Unleash Troops in Cities Darkens as Brutal Poll Hits
Emboldened by a partial court victory over his use of troops amid immigration protests in Los Angeles, President Trump is now threatening…
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Seven killed in Kyiv in new Russian aerial attack
At least seven people have been killed and several injured in an overnight Russian missile and drone attack in the Kyiv region, the…
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Beyond mourning: Are cemeteries evolving into lively social hubs?
Cemeteries have long been seen as quiet places of reflection, but changing mourning practices are redefining them as spaces not only for…
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Wing Tai Properties sells entire equity interest in Topworth Enterprises for £43 million
The group will record a gain of approximately HK$31 million (S$5.1 million) from the disposal Wing Tai Properties announced on Monday (Jun…
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Japanese ships transiting Strait of Hormuz to minimise time in Gulf
Japan’s Nippon Yusen and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines said on Monday they have instructed their vessels to minimise the time spent in the Gulf as…
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Russian attacks on Ukraine kill at least 5 and injure over a dozen
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian drone and missile attack on Ukraine's capital overnight killed at least four people and injured others,…