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‘Save China and Save America’: The Road Not Taken
A century-old correspondence portends the challenges the U.S. still faces in Asia. Source link
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Wuthering Lows: A Grossly Sexualized Brontë Adaptation
Emerald Fennell continues her soft-core feminism. Source link
Business
Hin Leong liquidator succeeds in High Court bid to wind up Yuantai Fuel Trading
During the Friday morning hearing, the bunker firm did not raise any objections to the order The High Court granted a winding-up order…
News
Whodunnit: The Upstate Murder-Mystery Weekend
Cupid gets his main-character moment this weekend. We asked New Yorker staffers to help build a playlist befitting his romantic mission.…
Culture
The Myth of the Perfect Writer’s Room
In touring the history of writerly spaces, “The Writer’s Room” elegantly describes the rooms kept by Maya Angelou, Charles Dickens, Joan…
Business
Ong Beng Seng’s HPL to report net loss for FY2025 as finance costs remain high
Hotel Properties Ltd (HPL), owned by real estate magnate Ong Beng Seng, is expected to post a net loss for the financial year ended Dec…
Business
DBS launches zero-remittance-fee payment service to Chinese digital wallet
The bank is also looking to link its DBS PayLah! service to Weixin Pay to further cross-border payments DBS customers looking to transfer…
Business
Lum Chang Creations receives SGX nod for mainboard transfer from Catalist
Lum Chang Creations (LCC) on Friday (Feb 13) received in-principal approval from the Singapore Exchange (SGX) to transfer from the…
Business
Deutsche Bank’s private bank eyes hiring push in emerging markets
Deutsche Bank plans to add up to 50 relationship managers in its emerging markets private banking unit this year, said a senior executive,…
Business
China is snapping up overseas assets again, from Puma to metals
The turnaround is gathering momentum after a prolonged lull that began in the mid to late 2010s After Beijing slammed them shut about a…
Business
Watch this space: Analysts upbeat on Singapore’s new space agency, but see no near-term lift for stocks
The formation of the National Space Agency of Singapore (NSAS) marks a pivotal step in the Republic’s push to strengthen its position in…
Fashion
Cnooc to lift offshore wind power capacity by 40% this year
A National Offshore Oil Corporation (Cnooc) plans to boost its offshore wind power capacity by about 40 per cent this year, tapping growth…
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Lawfare Is the Climate Warriors’ Best Friend
Some three dozen lawsuits are in the American legal system, with more to come. Source link
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In Its Latest Act of Repression, Hong Kong Convicted My Father for My Activism
My father’s conviction is Beijing’s litmus test for Washington: Will the U.S. stand firm in favor of freedom? Source link
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Business
A Terrifying Scam and the System That Made It Possible
Burch tracks these cases, and has conducted her own research on plaintiffs’ experiences. Her findings are sobering: plaintiffs almost…
News
Trump Busts Another Taboo
It used to be that U.S. presidents didn’t pop off on every Tom, Dick, and Harry. Source link
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Virginia’s Gerrymandering Vandalism
The Virginia gerrymander would create an extreme deep-blue House caucus in a purple state based upon winning one election cycle. Source link
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Charli XCX Misses the Moment
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Instagram boss defends app from witness stand in trial over alleged harms to kids
A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge threatened to throw grieving mothers out of court Wednesday if they couldn’t stop crying during…
Culture
The Director of “Crime 101” on His Favorite Anti-Western Westerns
When the director Bart Layton—whose new film, “Crime 101,” opens on Friday—recently reflected on his favorite novels, he realized that…
News
Meta, TikTok and others agree to teen safety ratings
Meta, TikTok and Snap will be rated on their teen safety efforts amid rising concern about whether the world’s largest social media…
Culture
Super Bowl spots spark fight over whether we're ready for ads from our chatbots
The chatbot wars entered the Super Bowl this year. At Super Bowl LX, a ChatGPT competitor paid millions of dollars for commercials mocking…