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Singapore stocks close flat ahead of Fed interest rate decision
Singapore stocks ended lower on Wednesday (Dec 10), ahead of a policy decision by the US Federal Reserve. The benchmark Straits Times…
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Asian utilities slow to confront climate risk
ASIA might need to grow up when it comes to protecting its power sector against climate-related loss and damage, a new report has…
Business
Nvidia builds location verification tech that could help fight chip smuggling
Nvidia has built location verification technology that could indicate which country its chips are operating in, according to sources…
Business
E-commerce firm Meesho notches US$8.8 billion valuation in blockbuster India debut
The country’s IPO fundraising in 2025 is expected to surpass last year’s record US$20.5 billion Shares of e-commerce firm Meesho jumped…
Business
Amazon announces US$35 billion investment in India
Major US tech firms have poured billions of US dollars into the country this year Amazon plans to invest more than US$35 billion in India…
Business
Asian stocks in retreat as traders eye Fed decision, tech earnings
ASIAN markets retreated on Wednesday following a tepid day on Wall Street as investors bided their time ahead of a highly anticipated…
Fashion
Tactics to dump coal are failing in Asia as energy demand booms
Indonesia has cancelled a flagship project that was the poster child for shuttering coal plants early Coal’s future in Asia is looking…
Business
IndiGo crisis shows perils of India’s corporate dominance
The domination of the country’s two airlines is a far cry from a decade ago, when more than nine players shared the market Flight chaos…
News
Trump says National Guard member who survived shooting 'got up from bed'
President Trump said Tuesday that Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, the National Guard member who survived last month's ambush attack in the…
News
Trump’s Nvidia deal reshapes US’s China strategy, risks supercharging Xi’s AI push
The Asian nation has challenged America’s chip curbs this year with its own export controls on rare earths US PRESIDENT Donald Trump’s…
News
Trump stumps for his economic success story to counter Democrats' 'affordability' narrative
President Trump returned to campaign mode to sell his economic agenda as the cure for Americans' frustration at the high cost of food and…
Business
A guide to the Nvidia chips at the centre of US-China AI rivalry
As China races to catch up with the US in artificial intelligence (AI) technology, the state of relations between the countries can be…
News
Democrat wins Miami mayor's race for the first time in nearly 30 years
Democrat Eileen Higgins won the Miami mayor's race on Tuesday, defeating a Republican endorsed by President Donald Trump to end her…
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Federal agents use pepper spray on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents used pepper spray to push through an angry crowd that blocked their vehicles as they checked identifications in a heavily…
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Appeals court rules in favor of Pentagon's limits on transgender troops
A federal appeals court gave a boost Tuesday to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's limits on transgender troops, saying that a lower court…
News
U.S. military flies 2 fighter jets over the Gulf of Venezuela as scrutiny of pressure campaign grows
The U.S. military flew a pair of fighter jets over the Gulf of Venezuela on Tuesday in what appears to be the closest American warplanes…
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Trump says he has ‘good idea’ of who he wants for Fed chair
PRESIDENT Donald Trump said he will be looking at a couple of candidates to chair the Federal Reserve, after the Financial Times reported…
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Canada's top envoy to the U.S. will resign before review of free trade agreement
Canada's ambassador to the U.S. for the last six years said Tuesday she's resigning next year as the two major trading partners plan to…
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Spanberger appoints ex-FBI agent, who led field office that issued Catholic memo, for top safety job
A former FBI special agent who led the Virginia field office responsible for investigating the Catholic community across the Commonwealth…
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Senate Republicans come up with an alternative to Democrats' Obamacare subsidy extension
Senate Republicans have mostly united around a proposal to avoid the year-end health care cliff. Source link
Business
World watches first teen social media ban kick off in Australia
Australia’s social media ban for youths took effect on Wednesday (Dec 10), a landmark move that’s drawn global attention at a time…
News
Supreme Court grapples with limits on campaign spending by political party committees
Supreme Court justices grappled Tuesday with whether to topple another domino in campaign finance restrictions -- this one a limit on…
News
FDA opens safety review of injectable RSV drugs approved for babies and toddlers
Food and Drug Administration officials have opened a safety review of two injectable drugs used to protect babies and toddlers from RSV,…
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Gene Simmons of KISS urges Congress to pass a bill to make radio stations pay royalties to artists
Rock icon Gene Simmons of KISS called on senators Tuesday to make radio stations pay artists fairly for playing their songs. Source link