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Trump signs massive $901 billion defense policy bill into law
President Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act into law Thursday, ensuring the Pentagon gets a whopping $901 billion for…
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Stoneweg Europe Stapled Trust divests office asset in Italy for 34 million euros
Following the divestment, the trust’s exposure to Italy will fall from 18% to 17% The managers of Stoneweg Europe Stapled Trust (Sert) on…
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Congress orders Defense Department to stop painful experiments on dogs and cats
The Pentagon is now barred from carrying out painful experiments on dogs and cats, thanks to new language in the defense policy bill…
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JPMorgan bullish on Singapore stocks amid expected Asean rebound, names 7 top picks
The city-state’s rally has a ‘long way to go’, says the bank, which is also ‘overweight’ on Vietnamese equities Asean equities will be at…
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TikTok signs agreement for new joint venture keeping it online in the U.S.
TikTok has finalized a deal with Oracle and two other investors that will allow the popular social video platform to continue its business…
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Nike’s China conundrum deepens as turnaround stagnates
Nike’s stock is down 13% so far this year, on track for a fourth straight year of declines Nike is running out of time to prove its China…
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BNY to move Singapore offices to Marina One East Tower
Investments into new spaces with better amenities are part of the bank’s transformation process that started in 2022 BNY is entering its…
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Fairfax County released illegal immigrant; a day later, it charged him with a new murder
An illegal immigrant who was out on the streets after Fairfax County authorities refused to turn him over to ICE now stands accused of…
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Trump vows to return Americans to the moon by 2028
President Trump on Thursday vowed to return American astronauts to the moon by 2028 and establish an outpost there through NASA's Artemis…
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Oil prices settle slightly higher as market assesses mounting supply risks
Oil prices settled marginally higher on Thursday as investors assessed the likelihood of further US sanctions against Russia and the…
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Trump gives fed workers two more days off for the Christmas holiday
President Trump, who has long complained about too many federal holidays, is giving federal workers extra days off next week for the…
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US stocks close higher fuelled by tech rally, soft inflation data
WALL Street’s main indexes closed higher on Thursday as a soft inflation report fed expectations for interest rate cuts by the Federal…
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House passes bill to de-list gray wolves as endangered species
Five years after gray wolves were last removed from the endangered species list, the House passed a bill to de-list the wolves again.…
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Bears leaving Chicago? Team threatens Indiana move as Pritzker rejects stadium deal
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker's 2028 presidential ambitions are colliding with a very local headache: the Chicago Bears' stadium saga.…
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Is Populism Popular?
As ever, ‘generic Republican’ is still the most potent political brand in America. Source link
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Cooling inflation numbers boost Trump's economic message
Consumer prices rose at a lower-than-expected rate last month, handing President Trump an early Christmas gift and a much-needed political…
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A Year of Listening Beyond the Algorithm
My habit of seeking out new music began with a few strokes of good luck. I grew up in a college town in the early to mid-nineties, during…
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Trump orders marijuana reform for medical use, stops short of full legalization
The pro-pot movement got its biggest federal policy win Thursday when President Trump removed marijuana from the list of most-restricted…
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Kennedy Center to be renamed Trump-Kennedy Center
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts' board of trustees voted Thursday to rename the cultural center in honor of the former…
Culture
The Delirious Cinematic Artifice of Bi Gan’s “Resurrection”
In the Chinese director’s third feature, the pop idol Jackson Yee plays a shape-shifting dreamer who gets lost in a densely allusive maze…
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Democrats keep 2024 election review under wraps, saying a public rehash won't help them win in 2026
Democrats will not issue a postelection report on their 2024 shellacking after all. Source link
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Senators demand civil rights probe into DHS tactics in Chicago
Illinois' senators asked the Justice Department on Thursday to open a criminal investigation into Homeland Security personnel over the…
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How low can you go? Congressional Democrats' approval rating sinks to cellar
After a roller coaster of political victories and hurdles -- from widespread November election wins to the longest government shutdown in…
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EU to slash asylum cases from 7 nations deemed safe
The European Union on Thursday said it would drastically reduce asylum claims from seven nations in Africa, the Middle East and Asia by…