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Oil inches up on US demand strength; fading Middle East supply risks offset gains
Oil prices edged higher on Thursday as crude inventories in the United States fell on higher demand as summer driving season ramped up,…
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Europe: Stocks muted as investors gauge US interest rate outlook
EUROPEAN stocks seesawed throughout Thursday before closing largely flat, as investors weighed the latest signals on the US interest rate…
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US: Stocks rise, S&P 500 ends just shy of record
Wall Street stocks rose on Thursday with tech equities leading, after the White House signalled President Donald Trump could extend a July…
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A Pioneering Photographer Revives Her Slide Show of Lesbian Life
For several years, starting in 1979, the photographer Joan E. Biren, or JEB, travelled around presenting a slide show that she’d spent…
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Linet Vartanians: Wife of Iranian Illegal Immigrant Threatened to Shoot ICE Agents When They Reached Her Home to Arrest Husband
The wife of an Iranian illegal immigrant allegedly threatened to shoot ICE agents in the head when they showed up at the couple's Arizona…
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Meta Partners with Invenergy, Secures 791 MW of Clean Energy to Power AI-Driven Data Centers
Technology giant Meta has inked a new deal with renewable energy producer Invenergy to buy 791 megawatts (MW) of solar and wind energy.…
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What Is Gwada Negative? The World's Rarest Blood Group Discovered in Guadeloupean Woman
A woman born in the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe has a blood type that scientists have never seen before. This new blood group,…
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Wall Street forecasts windfall for big US banks from Fed plan to ease leverage rule
Large US global banks can expect as much as US$6 trillion in additional balance sheet capacity and billions in freed up capital under a…
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S-E Asia’s e-commerce platform gross merchandise value growth rate eases: report
South-east Asia’s total e-commerce platform gross merchandise value (GMV) grew at a slower rate of 12 per cent year on year in 2024, as…
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US: S&P 500, Nasdaq open near record peak as Micron results boost chip stocks
]NEW YORK] Wall Street’s S&P 500 and Nasdaq indexes opened near a record high on Thursday (Jun 26) as robust earnings from memory-chip…
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BITCH X RICH 2 Gets New Updates as Casts Spill on Major Character Spoilers
BITCH X RICH 2 cast members Kim Min Kyu and Won Kyu Bin have revealed they know how some of the new characters in the upcoming season will…
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Oh My Ghost Clients Episode 9 Preview Teases Trouble for Noh Mu Jin; Will Ghost Workers Help Him?
Oh My Ghost Clients episode 9 will air on MBC on Friday (June 27) at 9:50 PM KST. The chapter will follow labor attorney Noh Mu Jin when…
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Salesforce CEO says 30% of internal work is being handled by AI
Tech leaders have been increasingly vocal about the potential for AI to replace human workers Salesforce chief executive officer Marc…
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Amazon Web Services and Digital Industry Singapore launch programme to spur AI transformation
Amazon Web Services (AWS) and government agency Digital Industry Singapore (DISG) on Thursday (Jun 26) launched a programme to accelerate…
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What If Your Cloud Knew Exactly What You Needed? AI Copilots Are Getting Uncannily Close
With growing technology, cloud platforms are already becoming a big part of how businesses run their services, store data, and manage…
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Art About Love of Country Rules the Headlines
At least at NR it does: A reborn triumphal arch in Brooklyn, America 250 in Venice, bias at the Smithsonian, and a sublime Canaletto on…
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“Prince Faggot” Sends Up Kink and Country
On a blue-lit stage, a naked man—blindfolded, trussed, and gagged—hangs like a deer from a pole. Pale and gleaming, he looks like a…
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Singapore stocks rise on Thursday amid mixed regional trading, STI up 0.3%
Local stocks ended higher on Thursday (Jun 26), amid mixed trading in the region. The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) rose 0.3 per…
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Asian markets in full swing as investors shake off trade jitters
Trading desks across Asia are buzzing with excitement again, as the region shakes off tariff shocks and attracts investors with its solid…
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Singapore’s millionaire inflow to halve in 2025: report
Singapore will likely see a net inflow of 1,600 millionaires in 2025 – less than half the 3,500 that had been projected to move there in…
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China tech firms ramp up M&A deals with the blessing of Beijing
After a chastening crackdown that wiped billions off their value and forced top executives out of the public eye, China’s technology…
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Indonesia working on new e-commerce tax rule in bid to target 'shadow economy'
Indonesia is working on a new regulation that will require e-commerce platforms to collect and pass on sellers’ sales income in a bid to…
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AEM raises H1 FY2025 revenue guidance to up to S$195 million on pull-in of customer orders
It will provide guidance for the second half of the year when it reports its earnings on Aug 13 Semiconductor test solutions provider AEM…