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William F. Buckley Jr.: The Most Influential Journalist in American History
It is hard to imagine the history of the country and its political cycles having gone the way they did without his enormous influence.…
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Don’t Increase Taxes and Crowd Out Civil Society
Institutions of civil society should not become the newest source of revenue for a Congress unwilling to confront its spending problem.…
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DFI Retail Group divests 22.2% stake in Robinsons Retail for undisclosed sum
The divestment will enable DFI to redeploy capital to support growth and enhance shareholder returns across its subsidiaries, says group…
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Ukrainian ambassador praises gear change in Germany under Merz
The Ukrainian ambassador to Germany has expressed satisfaction with the change in tone in Berlin after President Volodymyr Zelensky's…
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MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions expands Singapore production facility
Electronics manufacturer, MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions, announced on Friday (May 30) the completion of its expanded production…
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Singapore stocks fall as Trump tariffs resume for now; STI retreats 0.6%
Local equities ended Friday (May 30) lower, after an appeals court in the United States paused a ruling that blocked President Donald…
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Kfir Brigade destroys booby-trapped Gaza building with drone technology
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting…
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Fuji Offset Plates Manufacturing shares jump 67% after former Dyna-Mac CEO AC Lim buys S$4.5 million stake
It appears former Dyna-Mac chairman and chief executive Lim Ah Cheng – better known in the industry as AC Lim – is working his magic…
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The California Democratic Party's premiere event will have two notable no-shows
Thousands of California Democrats will gather this weekend to be courted by gubernatorial and potential presidential candidates, rage…
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Rashid Johnson’s Own “Poem for Deep Thinkers”
It’s an epic display of small ideas. But what gives the exhibition its coherence is Johnson’s consistent—if tonally varied—engagement with…
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The Billionaire Hoarders: How the Wealthy Became Our Biggest Threat
For out of this modern civilization economic royalists carved new dynasties. New kingdoms were built upon concentration of control over…
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John Singer Sargent’s Scandalous “Madame X”
Summer is a season ripe for scandal; people tend to be overheated and understimulated, looking to mist their crisping minds with idle…
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A new COVID subvariant spreads rapidly as Trump pivots away from vaccines
A new, highly transmissible COVID subvariant has been detected in California — heightening the risk of a potential summer wave as recent…
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Lawmakers No Longer Understand the American Family
The fix has been in, for a long time, in favor of those who marry and have children. In times past, this was just a temporary irritant,…
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The iconic California avocado is in trouble, and this farmer is fighting to save it
VALLEY CENTER, Calif. — Norman Kachuck stood on a loamy ridge overlooking his inheritance. Avocado trees blanketed the hillsides of ACA…
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Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme Embraces the Modest Pleasures
Love him or hate him, Anderson’s cinema is instantly recognizable; his frames are like calling cards. I myself have felt that Anderson has…
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A New Working-Class GOP? If “Working-Class” Means $4.3 Million a Year!
So much for a new, “populist” Republican Party. So much for the GOP as a brave band of fiscally prudent, anti-deficit hawks. The “Big,…
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Joint venture by Boustead Projects’ unit clinches JTC tender to develop industrial facility on Tukang Innovation Drive site
The site is the first under the Industrial Government Land Sales Programme to be awarded with an additional three years of lease A joint…
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EMA grants conditional licence to RGE, TotalEnergies’ Indonesian solar project to import electricity to Singapore
The Energy Market Authority (EMA) on Friday (May 30) granted a conditional licence to Singa Renewables, a joint venture (JV) between RGE…
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Destination by Hyatt hotel brand to debut in Southeast Asia
Hyatt Hotels has launched its Destination by Hyatt brand in Southeast Asia through a franchise agreement between its affiliate and PT…
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Search for escaped police chief escalates as FBI offers $10,000 reward
The FBI has offered a $10,000 reward for any information that leads to the arrest of Grant Hardin, a former police chief who escaped from…
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MAGA Fury Erupts as Trump’s Epic Legal Loss on Tariffs Slowly Sinks In
President Donald Trump’s advisers are raging over a court ruling that temporarily blocked many of Trump’s tariffs. Stephen Miller called…
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China breaks silence on Chinese weapons in India-Pakistan air war
China downplayed how India could benefit from studying its military technology in comments on reports that its neighbor and rival found an…