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Carnival's women revelers take over the Rhineland for a day, dancing, drinking and kissing
COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — At 11:11 a.m. on Thursday, hundreds of thousands of carnival revelers took over the streets of the Rhineland in…
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Bodies of four hostages identified after latest Hamas-Israel exchange
The bodies of four hostages handed over by the Palestinian militant group Hamas to Israel on Wednesday have been identified after the…
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EXCLUSIVE: Dior Documentary Spotlights Women Artists
PARIS – “She has changed the way I look at the world because she has changed the way I look at women.” That’s how Loïc Prigent, a French…
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Sherman Kwek: CDL board rift sparked by action to rein in Catherine Wu, Kwek Leng Beng’s adviser
THE “primary reason” for the ongoing dispute at City Developments Ltd is “a very serious issue of corporate governance” involving Dr…
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Tencent releases new AI model, says replies faster than DeepSeek-R1
The success of DeepSeek’s R1 and V3 models has sent Chinese tech giants like Tencent scrambling to put out new versions of AI models…
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Porsche overtakes Ferrari as million-dollar car of the moment
THIS month, as car enthusiasts converge on Florida for two weeks, they will find 14 Porsches with estimates straddling the US$1 million…
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Beiersdorf Expects Skin Care Sales to Decelerate in 2025
PARIS – Beiersdorf AG said Thursday that it expects organic growth to decelerate in 2025, due to a weaker demand for skin care. The German…
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UOL H2 net profit falls 60% in absence of one-time gain
PROPERTY player UOL Group posted a 60 per cent fall in net profit to S$227.8 million for the six months ended Dec 31, 2024. This was…
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A Tunisian extremist is imprisoned for life for killing 3 people in a French basilica in 2020
LYON, France (AP) — A Tunisian national was sentenced late Wednesday to life imprisonment without parole, France’s most severe sentence…
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Singapore shares gain ground; STI rises 0.3% despite Yangzijiang Shipbuilding dive
The three local banks show mixed performance, with DBS declining while OCBC and UOB advance SINGAPORE equities climbed on Thursday (Feb…
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Centurion’s planned Reit will do the ‘heavy lifting’ of its assets: CEO
The group hopes to ‘rationalise its assets’ in a way that will help them to grow bigger PURPOSE-BUILT accommodation operator Centurion…
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Louis Vuitton Drops New Zendaya Campaign Images for Takashi Murakami Reedition
FLOWER POWER: Louis Vuitton is welcoming spring with the second drop of the reedition of its collaboration with Japanese artist Takashi…
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A two-day strike at Munich Airport results in most flights being canceled
BERLIN (AP) — A two-day strike by workers at Munich Airport, Germany's second-biggest, started Thursday and resulted in most flights being…
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Fendi Fall 2025: An Opulent Start to the Brand’s Centennial Year
Fendi is turning 100, just as the stigma of wearing real fur seems to be subsiding. Charged with creating the fall 2025 collection that…
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GuocoLand inks MOU to jointly develop UEM Sunrise’s land bank in Iskandar Puteri
GUOCOLAND will partner Malaysia’s UEM Sunrise to develop selected freehold land parcels in Iskandar Puteri, within the Johor-Singapore…
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Quick takes: What observers are saying about the CDL boardroom tussle
One observer says the group could have better corporate governance, while another says its core businesses will remain unaffected A BATTLE…
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EXCLUSIVE: Sebastián Yatra Is Azzaro’s New Global Fragrance Ambassador
PARIS — Sebastián Yatra, the Colombian singer, songwriter and actor, is the new Azzaro global fragrance ambassador. He will appear in the…
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Some analysts downgrade CDL, reduce price target on boardroom tussle
ANALYSTS believe that the ongoing feud between CDL’s executive chairman Kwek Leng Beng and chief executive officer and his son, Sherman…
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Toyota global output rises for the first time in a year in January
TOYOTA Motor said on Thursday its worldwide production rose for the first time in a year in January, as it ramped up output in Japan after…
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Blackstone in talks to sell China logistics assets in divestment
BLACKSTONE is in advanced talks to sell three logistics projects in China to Ping An Insurance (Group), according to sources familiar with…
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Top Thai hospital operator hastens expansion on foreign demand
THAILAND’S biggest private hospital operator will add more new beds than previously planned on expectations that an ageing local…
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Bain Capital mulls US$10 billion sale of Rocket Software: sources
PRIVATE equity firm Bain Capital is weighing options, including a sale, for Rocket Software that could value the US automation software…
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Heavy selling wipes S$1.5 billion off Yangzijiang Shipbuilding’s value as its shares plummet 16%
Shares of Yangzijiang Shipbuilding dived around 16 per cent on Thursday (Feb 27) morning, a day after it posted earnings and in a week…
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Heavy selling wipes nearly a billion dollars off Yangzijiang Shipbuilding’s value as its shares plummet 9%
Shares of Yangzijiang Shipbuilding dropped as much as 16 per cent on Thursday (Feb 27), a day after it posted earnings and in a week when…