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ECB cuts rates again to help economy weather erratic US trade policy
The European Central Bank cut interest rates for the seventh time in a year on Thursday (Apr 17), looking to prop up an already struggling…
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Bulgarian government survives a no-confidence vote over corruption
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s government on Thursday survived a second no-confidence motion in parliament in as many weeks. The motion…
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Transcript: Fiasco for Trump as Judge Threatens Contempt amid Poll Dip
A lot of people are really scared, honestly, that something has happened to him, that that’s why he’s not being made available to people…
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‘Fallacy’ to say OCBC does not know insurance business: board chairman
It will be a fallacy to say that OCBC does not know the insurance business, given that its insurance arm, Great Eastern Holdings (GEH),…
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Hyundai to suspend EV production in South Korea due to slow demand, US tariffs
The suspension comes as EV orders from major markets have fallen sharply in April Hyundai Motor plans to temporarily suspend production of…
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OCBC Centre is ‘anchor’ for the bank; no plans to sell heritage site: board chairman
OCBC has no plans to sell its properties in Singapore’s central business district – and this includes the OCBC Centre, which has heritage…
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Blackstone's Q1 profit beats on robust private equity, credit performance
Blackstone reported a higher-than-expected profit for the first quarter on Thursday (Apr 17), driven by proceeds from asset sales across…
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Egypt's Suez Canal revenue fell sharply in 2024 on regional tensions
Egypt’s revenue from the Suez Canal plunged by almost two thirds last year, officials said on Wednesday, attributing the sharp drop to…
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On Iran, Nuclear Dismantlement Must Be the Goal
Trump can’t repeat mistakes of the disastrous Obama deal. Source link
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The Fabulous Frick Redo, a Fundraising and Architectural Success
After its 2014 plan to expand was scuttled, its leadership rethought and made something better. Source link
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Loomered, &c.
On Laura Loomer and the Trump administration; the Naval Academy and censorship; the late, great Mario Vargas Llosa; and more. Source link
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Haitians call for reparations from France on 200th anniversary of independence ‘ransom’
France has a moral duty to reimburse Haiti billions of dollars worth of “ransom” payments that could help the struggling Caribbean country…
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Universities Get Schooled on Federal Funding
The idea that elite colleges can gobble up taxpayer money while maintaining total autonomy has always been a fantasy. Source link
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Singapore shares settle higher on Thursday; STI extends rally, up 1.6%
The benchmark index’s gains mirror major regional indices, such as the Kospi, which rose 0.9% The Straits Times Index (STI) continued to…
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Commentary: The fight over Trump's legal bullying campaign makes for odd alliances
Lawfare makes for strange bedfellows. As part of his tightening grip on power, and his assault on 200-plus years of checks and balances,…
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Commentary: Trump threatened Vietnam with a huge tariff. How's that going over in Little Saigon?
ABC Supermarket in the heart of Little Saigon is like a Donald Trump tariff rant come to fragrant, tasty life. Sorghum liquors from China.…
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U.S.-China trade war threatens to upend not only the American economy but the global order
As President Trump pushes the United States into a trade war with China, the trade-offs are often described as higher consumer prices and…
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London Theatre Shimmers with Mirrors and Memory
Long before Richard II ran afoul of mutinous nobles, and almost two centuries before Shakespeare wrote Richard’s portrait in majestic…
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The New Far-Right Coalition That’s Out to Destroy American Democracy
Part on-the-ground conversations, part sociological analysis, Money, Lies, and God is a convincing tour of the mutually reinforcing…
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Trump’s Tariff Madness Is About One Thing: His Thirst for One-Man Rule
Last weekend, the administration excluded phones, chipmaking, and some computers from his tariffs. Then Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick…
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How the Radical Right Captured the Culture
We’ve learned over the past eight years not so much that conservative content is more appealing, but that it is still trying to make an…
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An Old Man Dying of Shame in a Red County
My neighbor explains: we live in code: at the center of Pride Month is the call-word DEMON. He has electrified his white picket fence. His…
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Winter Song
White edges the branches of the morning tree. White crisscrosses the open grave, This unmarked field. At its border, A cicatrix of tracks…