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The Grand Bargain of Desalination
The dream of hyper-abundant water can come true, soon. Source link
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India’s cooling inflation prompts rate-cut calls
A slump in India’s retail inflation to six-year lows and a likely drop to a record low in July is prompting calls for at least one more…
Culture
How “The First Homosexuals” Shaped an Identity
About those faraway realms: Can we really credit two white Victorians, and their peculiarly German fetish for classification, with the…
News
Can A.I. Find Cures for Untreatable Diseases—Using Drugs We Already Have?
When David Fajgenbaum was a twenty-five-year-old medical student, at the University of Pennsylvania, he started to feel so tired that he…
Business
Singapore shares rise, tracking regional gains; STI up 0.3%
Straits Times Index rise 10.61 points to 4,119.82, after hitting an intra-day high of 4,129.77 The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI)…
Business
Singapore AUM up 12.2% in 2024, exceeds S$6 trillion for the first time
Total assets under management (AUM) in Singapore rose 12.2 per cent to hit S$6.07 trillion as at Dec 31, 2024, surpassing the S$6 trillion…
Fashion
Beyond missing pets and packages: How Nextdoor plans to reshape its social network
Nextdoor, the once-hot social network for neighborhoods, wants to claw its way back to the top and prove that people can use the platform…
Business
SMFG said to eye US$1.1 billion additional investment in Yes Bank: sources
The fresh investment would bring the total amount to US$2.7 billion, giving SMFG a roughly 25% stake in Yes Bank Sumitomo Mitsui Financial…
Business
Chinese investors’ FX pile hits US$1 trillion amid low local rates
Chinese corporates and households boosted their foreign-currency deposits last month to the highest in three years, as they shunned the…
Business
Ericsson's Q2 profit beats expectations, says North America growth was good
Operating profit excluding restructuring charges was 7.0 billion crowns against a year-earlier loss of 11.9 billion Swedish telecom…
Business
RTX launches new Collins Aerospace facility with flexible manufacturing system in Singapore
Defence conglomerate RTX launched its new Collins Aerospace facility at Seletar Aerospace Park in Singapore on Tuesday (Jul 15). This…
Business
Nvidia to resume H20 AI chip sales to China in US reversal
Nvidia plans to resume sales of its H20 artificial intelligence (AI) chip to China after securing Washington’s assurances that such…
News
Indonesia looking at levy on coal exports to boost state coffers
Prabowo Subianto’s administration has been rolling out an array of revenue-boosting measures to fund the president’s big-ticket spending…
Business
Thailand to name Vitai as central bank chief, reports say
Thailand is poised to name veteran banker Vitai Ratanakorn as the next governor of the central bank, local media reported ahead of a…
News
China’s quant funds boost US recruiting after Trump’s visa curbs
Chinese quantitative hedge funds are stepping up efforts to hire science and engineering students in the US affected by US President…
Business
Global EV sales jump 24% in June though North American market struggles: research firm
GLOBAL sales of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles jumped 24 per cent in June from a year ago, as a switch to electric vehicles…
Fashion
Boeing’s triple China deliveries sign of easing trade tensions
Chinese airlines took delivery of three Boeing aircraft on Sunday (Jul 13), a rare same-day triple handover that points to easing trade…
News
How Trump plans to dismantle the Education Department after Supreme Court ruling
Education Secretary Linda McMahon is expected to move quickly now that the Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Trump administration…
News
Trump Tamps Down on Epstein Infighting Between the FBI and DOJ
The president is in this mess because he has turned his Justice Department into a component of his political operation. Source link
Business
Federal Reserve’s Powell asks watchdog to take fresh look at renovation project: Politico
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has asked the Fed board’s inspector general to take a fresh look at the project aimed at overhauling…
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Senate confirms Trump's first judicial nominee of his second term
The Senate on Monday confirmed the first judicial nomination of President Trump's second term, building on his promises to remake the…
Business
US: Nasdaq hits new record as markets shrug off tariff talk
The Nasdaq pushed to a fresh record on Monday as markets weighed President Donald Trump’s latest tariff threats and looked ahead to…
News
Hakeem Jeffries pressures Trump to come clean about Epstein case
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Monday that President Trump should be more transparent about the Department of Justice's…
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Supreme Court allows Trump to slash Education Department
The Supreme Court allowed President Trump on Monday to move ahead with mass firings and deep cuts at the Education Department, setting…