Culture
Reading the New Pynchon Novel in a Pynchonesque America
As for pace, “Shadow Ticket” reads like one of its subplots, about the Trans-Trianon 2000, a two-thousand-kilometre motorcycle circuit…
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Singapore stocks slip on Monday as US futures fall; STI down 0.1%
Decliners outnumber advancers 315 to 233 after 1.9 billion shares worth S$1.6 billion change hands Local stocks inched down on Monday (Sep…
Business
Mapletree Investments offloads Melbourne office building at steep discount to retail billionaire
The price tag is almost 38% lower than its original purchase price of A$145 million in 2017 Temasek-owned real estate group Mapletree…
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Reform vows to scrap indefinite leave to remain for migrants
Reform UK has announced plans to abolish the right of migrants to qualify for permanent settlement in the UK after five years if the party…
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Trump Drug Boat Bombings Take Darker Turn as Damning New Facts Emerge
Several weeks after President Trump ordered a military strike on a small boat in the Caribbean Sea, killing 11 people supposedly suspected…
Business
Singtel faces another Optus crisis after fatal outage linked to three deaths in Australia
Singtel faces a fresh crisis at its Australian division Optus after the government started an investigation into an emergency call outage…
Culture
Beta Film Nabs Marital Caper ‘A Lovely Mess – Rob the Rich’ Ahead of Mipcom (EXCLUSIVE)
Beta Film has come aboard “A Lovely Mess – Rob the Rich,” a sharp social dramedy where keeping up with the Joneses means turning to crime.…
Business
Fire crews tackle Enfield flat block blaze
Three children have been taken to hospital after a fire ripped through a three-storey block of flats in north London. About 70…
Business
I gave ChatGPT $500 of real money to invest in stocks. Its picks surprised me
When OpenAI launched its new GPT-5 model in August, the company bragged loud and hard about how GPT-5 is its “smartest, fastest, most…
Business
HSBC’s Roberts says the bank’s future in Asia, Middle East
The future of HSBC Holdings is in Asia and the Middle East because of the amount of wealth and the capital flows between the two regions,…
Business
Ikea’s outgoing CEO on succession, sustainability, and knowing when to move on
After eight years at the helm of Ingka Group, the operating entity behind home-furnishing giant Ikea, CEO Jesper Brodin is stepping down.…
Business
Amazon introduces Whole Foods 365 line to Singapore in brand test
Amazon.com’s Whole Foods Market is taking its house brands to Singapore, a test of how the private-label goods will fare in a market where…
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China’s central bank revives liquidity tool before long holiday
CHINA’S central bank has dusted off a liquidity instrument it last used eight months ago, part of a move to flood the banking system with…
Lifestyle
Marques’Almeida Spring 2026: Sky High Walk
Marta Marques and Paulo Almeida, the couple behind the LVMH Prize-winning Marques’Almeida, were in the mood for something lighter than…
Business
India-Korea Co-Productions Take Spotlight at Busan Market
Busan’s Asian Contents & Film Market hosted a lively panel on India–Korea collaborations under the banner “India-Korea Synergies: New…
News
Hong Kong’s Cathay says to axe over 500 flights as typhoon nears
HONG Kong-based airline Cathay Pacific said on Monday (Sep 22) it expected to cancel more than 500 flights as Super Typhoon Ragasa was…
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Super Typhoon Ragasa: Thousands evacuate in Philippines as storm nears
Thousands have been evacuated in the Philippines as the nation braces for a super typhoon that has been described by regional authorities…
Business
Tariffs spark caution but no financing rush this time round: Citi’s Damien Tan
‘The key difference is that during the Covid-19 pandemic, there were a lot of demands for funding, bolstering of balance sheets, and…
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Google faces court battle over breakup of ad tech business
GOOGLE faces a fresh federal court test on Monday (Sep 22) as US government lawyers ask a judge to order the breakup of the search engine…
Culture
Nishijima Hidetoshi, Gwei Lun-Mei and Mariko Tetsuya on Busan Title ‘Dear Stranger’
Following the explosive violence of “Destruction Babies,” Japanese filmmaker Mariko Tetsuya has pivoted to explore a different kind of…
Business
New SGX indices: How they compare to the STI and what their 50 constituents are
BT breaks down how the new benchmarks differ from the blue-chip Straits Times Index The Singapore Exchange (SGX) has launched two new…
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Starmer's knee-bending to Donald Trump is cringey, says Nick Clegg
The relationship between Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and US President Donald Trump is "getting a bit embarrassing", former Deputy…
Celebrity
Daniel Burman Shoots Feel-Good Dramedy ‘So Far So Good,’ Starring Benjamín Vicuña, for Flow, The Mediapro Studio (EXCLUSIVE)
Daniel Burman, icon of the New Argentine Cinema and now one of Argentina’s foremost feature/TV series writer-directors and showrunners, is…
Fashion
EXCLUSIVE: Demna Redefines ‘Gucciness’: Inside His Debut as Gucci’s Artistic Director
MILAN — “I’m a fighter and I have to prove things to myself most of the time in my life, so the outside expectations become like a side…