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Alibaba, Xiaohongshu in tie-up as China e-commerce competition intensifies
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is partnering with popular content platform Xiaohongshu to allow users on Xiaohongshu to directly click…
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Singapore-based biotech firm Nuevocor raises US$45 million in Series B round
Biotechnology company Nuevocor announced on Wednesday (May 7) that it completed a US$45 million Series B funding round from new and…
Culture
Electronic Health Records: The Digital Switch
Switching to electronic health records (EHR) can feel like a huge leap for many healthcare practices. It’s not just about going digital;…
Business
Former Pavilion Energy chief Alan Heng to lead Singapore’s new central gas entity
The formation of Singapore GasCo is a “major milestone” in Singapore’s energy transition, says the EMA Singapore has established a new…
Fashion
BMW sticks to 2025 outlook, but warns US tariffs will bite this quarter
Most of BMW’s rivals, including Mercedes-Benz, Ford and Stellantis, have all pulled their 2025 forecasts German premium carmaker BMW on…
Business
Mitsubishi Motors signs MOU to outsource EV model development to Foxconn unit
Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors and Foxconn subsidiary Foxtron Vehicle Technologies have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU)…
News
Hot, dry weather threatens output in China’s wheat-growing belt
Drought in the country’s northern grains production region is set to continue in the next ten days, while heavy rains are forecast to…
Business
Hong Kong dollar interest rate falls most since 2008 after intervention
The Hong Kong dollar’s funding costs plunged the most since 2008, as the monetary authority’s intervention to defend the currency peg…
News
Rivian cuts EV delivery outlook, sees tariff impact
Rivian Automotive said full-year deliveries will decline more sharply than it anticipated just a month ago, citing risks that US President…
Business
UOB not ‘overly alarmed’ by US tariffs as its trade finance lending is mostly intra-regional: Wee Ee Cheong
A strong balance sheet and capital base will help UOB navigate the uncertainties arising from US tariffs, said deputy chairman and chief…
News
J.D. Vance's half brother advances in primary, to face Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval
Vice President JD Vance's half brother Cory Bowman placed second in Cincinnati's mayoral primary on Tuesday, sending the Republican…
News
<i>ProPublica</i> Wins Pulitzer for Politicized Deception
The real story, which has received little attention, is how the FDA has removed most of the original safeguards for the administration of…
Business
Frasers Logistics & Commercial Trust posts 13.8% lower H1 DPU of S$0.03
Frasers Logistics and Commercial Trust (FLCT) on Wednesday (May 7) posted a 13.8 per cent fall in distribution per unit (DPU) to S$0.03…
News
California’s Toy Train Hobbyists Won’t Give Up
There is no point in the rest of the nation’s supporting California’s failing high-speed-rail project. Source link
News
US SEC’s new chief says 15% of staff have left, contract cuts to come, sources say
The new head of the US Securities and Exchange Commission told staff on Tuesday the agency has lost 15 per cent of its headcount across…
News
Washington State Democrats’ Appalling Assault on a Catholic Sacrament
Forcing priests to divulge confessions, while exempting all manner of secular confessors, is rank religious discrimination. Source link
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Trump, Congress and city council: Managing relationships, D.C.'s mayor walks a tightrope
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser drew a laugh from the room when she was asked how it feels to manage a mercurial relationship with the White…
News
NYPD launches probe into why it gave a record of a Palestinian woman's sealed arrest to ICE
Police in New York City are investigating whether the department violated policy by sharing a report with federal immigration authorities…
Fashion
Oil rises 3% on signs of more Europe and China demand, less US output
Oil prices climbed about 3 per cent on Tuesday on signs of higher demand in Europe and China, lower production in the US, tensions in the…
News
A man with an open asylum case was deported. His lawyers want to know if there are others
Kilmar Abrego Garcia has become a household name as the Trump administration is engaged in an intense legal campaign to keep him locked up…
News
Conservative Catholics back Cardinal Sarah -- but African theologians aren't buying it
Some African theologians are pushing back as Catholic conservatives around the globe rally behind outspoken Cardinal Robert Sarah, casting…
News
Trump administration to end appliance efficiency program
The Trump administration plans to eliminate the Energy Star program that sets efficiency standards for appliances. Source link
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Congress sends Trump a resolution ending Biden-era emissions cleanup rule
Congress has voted to kill a Biden-era rule requiring rubber tire makers to clean up planet-warming emissions from their manufacturing…
News
Scare at Newark Airport exposes lingering challenges facing Trump administration at busy hub
Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy and air travelers are dealing with the fallout from a technology failure at Newark Liberty…