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Trump's deportation machine hits stride as ICE arrests, detention set new records
ICE is now arresting nearly 1,200 illegal immigrants a day and had more than 56,000 people in detention, shattering previous records as…
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Tariffs: Yes, We Have (More Expensive) Bananas
The week of June 16, 2025: Indigestible food taxes, the dollar, SALT, auto, drones, and much, much more. Source link
Business
MAS turns down ex-NTUC Income CEO’s request to meet chairman Gan Kim Yong over Allianz matter
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said on Monday (Jun 23) that it has rejected former NTUC Income chief executive Tan Suee Chieh’s…
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Japanese megabanks weigh Middle East evacuations, JPMorgan limits travel
[TOKYO/NEW YORK] Several major Japanese banks are considering evacuating staff from the Middle East and Wall Street giant JPMorgan has…
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Conservative commentator Mark Levin slams Marjorie Taylor Greene's opposition to Iran strikes
Fox News commentator Mark Levin derided Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene as a "shameless nitwit" over her opposition to President Trump's…
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Trump receives praise from GOP opponents for strike in Iran
Some Republican opponents of President Trump are praising his decision to send B-2 bombers into Iran Saturday to strike three key nuclear…
Business
US: Wall Street indices open muted as investors await Teheran’s response to US strikes
Wall Street’s main indices opened subdued on Monday (Jun 23) as investors awaited Iran’s possible response to US airstrikes on its nuclear…
Business
Young investor demand for alternative assets is reshaping Wall Street’s playbook
Wall Street has a new favourite investor. They are young, they are affluent and they’re sceptical that traditional markets can deliver…
Business
Looming Hormuz blockade threatens Asia’s energy lifeline, unsettling oil market
Oil and liquified natural gas (LNG) buyers in Asia have been unsettled by the Iranian parliament greenlighting a plan to close the Strait…
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Zohran Mamdani Is a Public Menace
He is not merely the worst choice on offer in New York’s mayoral race; he is unacceptable under any circumstances. Source link
Business
Private-hire group urges Grab to delay bonus revamp over fears that drivers’ earnings will be hurt
The National Private Hire Vehicles Association (NPHVA) has urged Grab to delay changes to its driver incentive scheme, saying it is…
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Georgia’s Fiscal Responsibility Is a Lesson for Washington
If Congress is looking for a model of fiscal sanity, it could do worse than to study Georgia. Source link
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The Iraqi Bishop Who Saw Life for What It Is
Loving and serving God and His Creation — even during genocide. Source link
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Why Is Congress Abandoning One of the Best Health Insurance Reforms in a Generation?
The Senate has dropped the House’s expansion of health savings accounts (HSAs) from its version of the Republicans’ tax bill. This is a…
Business
Are Young People Having Enough Sex?
The virgin allegations emerged about a decade ago. Young people “are so sexually inactive that it practically boggles the mind,” a writer…
Culture
Bach’s Colossus
Bach’s Mass in B Minor begins with a majestic howl of pain—four adagio bars that combine formal grandeur with writhing interior lines, as…
Culture
Christoph Niemann’s “The Bridge”
“The real beauty of the Brooklyn Bridge can only be experienced in motion,” the artist Christoph Niemann said, about his cover for the…
Culture
Do We Need Another Green Revolution?
“Carbon farming and vertical farming are wildly overhyped,” Grunwald concludes. “Plant-based meat has floundered in the market, while…
Culture
Your Hip Surgery, My Headache, by David Sedaris
It was nice to get away, if only for a few hours. To have someone bring me bowls of nuts and glasses of water. At the table, I mentioned…
Business
Singapore stocks fall amid mixed regional trading following US strikes on Iran
Local stocks ended lower on Monday (Jun 23) amid a mixed trading session in the region, after the US launched strikes on three of Iran’s…
Business
Nomura CEO’s pay more than doubles after profit hits record
Nomura Holdings more than doubled Kentaro Okuda’s pay last year, rewarding the chief executive officer for guiding Japan’s largest…
Business
Wing Tai Properties sells entire equity interest in Topworth Enterprises for £43 million
The group will record a gain of approximately HK$31 million (S$5.1 million) from the disposal Wing Tai Properties announced on Monday (Jun…
Business
Asia: Market trade lower; oil prices spike after US strikes on Iran
Oil prices surged and Asian markets traded lower on Monday on concerns of disruption to energy markets after US air strikes on Iran’s…