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Anti-ICE activists celebrate the return of Virginia's sanctuary status
Hours after Virginia Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger was sworn in Saturday, she repealed an executive order signed by her Republican…
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Trump's Board of Peace has several invited leaders trying to figure out how it'll work
The European Union's executive arm, Russia, Belarus and Thailand on Monday were the latest to be asked to join U.S. President Donald…
Business
Zurich Insurance offers US$10 billion to buy UK insurer Beazley
Swiss insurance company Zurich Insurance Group has raised its offer to buy rival speciality insurer Beazley to 1,280 pence (S$22.016) per…
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Gold, silver hit fresh highs as Trump’s Greenland tariffs rattle European markets
Gold and silver scaled new all-time highs on Monday (Jan 19), as investors continued to pour money into safe-haven assets following the…
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It’s Time to Ditch ‘Disparate Impact Theory’ — and Biden’s Weaponization of Civil Rights Law
HUD has proposed a rule to end the agency’s use of this pernicious legal doctrine. Source link
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Let the Pro-Life Movement Declare Independence
The Republican Party’s leadership has made its choice. Pro-lifers need to make theirs. Source link
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Education Remains the Key to Good Citizenship
No matter whether you’re an immigrant or a native-born American, education instills the love of country that we all ought to have. Source…
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Pro-Lifers Still Need to Be Heard in Washington
The mixed record of the second Trump administration and the GOP Congress on life suggests that pro-lifers still have work to do in…
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At least 39 dead in Spain after two high-speed trains collide
[ADAMUZ, Spain] At least 39 people died in southern Spain after a high-speed train derailed and collided with an oncoming one on Sunday…
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Adrian Tomine’s “Post-Vacation”
For the cover of the January 26, 2026, issue, the cartoonist Adrian Tomine depicted a scene that New Yorkers often encounter in the depths…
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L.A.'s defense industry is booming. Federal funding crunch could change that
When former Space X engineer Josh Giegel launched his North Hollywood tech company Gambit in 2023, he had a vision for the battlefield of…
Culture
When Bernie Sanders Headed for the Hills
Bernie Sanders was just a skinny, gap-toothed kid from Brooklyn in the autumn of 1953, when Vermont opened an information bureau at 1268…
Culture
The Cold Comfort of a Helene Schjerfbeck Painting
In 1883, Schjerfbeck travelled to Brittany, where her first coup of ingenuity arrived, with paintings like “Clothes Drying” (1883) and…
Culture
What Makes a Good Mother?
It is only in the modern era that women’s own experience of pregnancy, childbirth, and mothering begins to be widely recorded, and here,…
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How to Kill a Fish
A full week later, when I unwrapped the bonito fillets that Yamasaki had sent me home with, I was amazed to find the skin undiminished,…
Business
Market watchers view SIA-Air India’s commercial cooperation favourably
SIA’s brand premium is unlikely to be diluted as both carriers continue to maintain their respective brands Industry watchers view…
Business
Thailand approves US$2 billion PCB manufacturing investment by joint venture
Thailand’s investment board said on Monday (Jan 19) it had approved an investment worth US$2.08 billion by a joint venture led by Taiwan’s…
Business
Singapore bourse targets global macro funds in Japan rates push
Singapore Exchange will introduce futures on longer-dated Japanese government bonds as trading in the world’s third-biggest debt market…
Business
FCT weighs Johor Bahru retail threat with RTS Link, bets on Northern Singapore
Retail sales leakage to Johor Bahru is expected to increase from about 4 per cent to about 5 per cent The manager of Frasers Centrepoint…
Business
Britain eases rules for companies to raise funds
Britain’s revamped framework for raising capital came into force on Monday, aiming to make it easier and cheaper for listed and private…
Business
Micron says ‘unprecedented’ memory shortage to last beyond 2026
High-bandwidth memory required to make AI accelerators is “consuming so much of the available capacity across the industry Nvidia supplier…
Business
GKE to expand storage and logistics operations to Dubai by 2028
The new facility aims to serve MNCs from the chemical, manufacturing, pharmaceutical and semiconductor industries GKE Corporation is…
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Sunway’s RM11 billion IJM bid questioned over Bumiputera rights
Sunway is largely controlled by Malaysian tycoon Jeffrey Cheah Fook Ling, who is ethnic Chinese Sunway’s proposed RM11 billion (S$3.5…
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Bank of Singapore appoints Collins Chin as global CFO
He takes up the new role after having been the head of investor relations at the bank’s parent, OCBC The Bank of Singapore on Monday (Jan…