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Maybank Q1 net profit rises 4% to RM2.6 billion
Maybank’s net profit for the quarter ended Mar 31, 2025, increased 4 per cent to RM2.6 billion (S$790 million), up from RM 2.5 billion in…
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Russia denies involvement in fires at homes linked to Keir Starmer
The Kremlin has rejected claims of potential Russian involvement in alleged arson attacks at properties connected to Prime Minister Sir…
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Head of controversial Israel-backed Gaza aid group resigns
The head of an organisation set up to distribute aid in Gaza as part of a controversial Israel-backed plan has resigned, saying it could…
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Volvo Cars to cut 3,000 jobs in restructuring
Volvo Cars will cut 3,000 mostly white-collar jobs as part of a restructuring announced last month as it grapples with high costs, a…
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China raises cross-border renminbi use requirement for major banks
The sharp increase highlights Beijing’s determination to accelerate the use of the renminbi in global trade China’s central bank asked its…
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Singapore shares fall amid mixed regional showing; STI down 0.2%
Across the broader market, decliners edge out gainers 268 to 220, after 894.4 million securities worth S$751.7 million change hands Shares…
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Michael Douglas to Be Celebrated at Italy’s Taormina Film Festival Where Restored ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ Copy Will Screen (EXCLUSIVE)
Michael Douglas will be celebrated with a lifetime achievement award by Italy’s Taormina Film Festival where a fresh copy of “One Flew…
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7 Plus Size AAPI Influencers to Know in 2025
There is a quiet, persistent erasure that lives in the margins of fashion and media—where plus-size bodies are still treated as niche, and…
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Books on the ultrarich dominate the Modern CEO summer reading list
Hello and welcome to Modern CEO! I’m Stephanie Mehta, CEO and chief content officer of Mansueto Ventures. Each week this newsletter…
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Inside TikTok’s Cannes Film Festival Takeover, From One-on-One Time With Tom Cruise to Reece Feldman’s Short Film Premiere
TikTok creators got the surprise of their lives during the first week of Cannes Film Festival, when Tom Cruise showed up to give a talk on…
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Remember Gunnery Sergeant John Basilone
We remember the likes of John Basilone to honor his sacrifice and to remind us of the blood and toil that has kept us safe and free.…
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Conservatives Shouldn’t Fear an Ivy League Education
Yale has pushed me, challenged me, and introduced me to people and perspectives I never would have encountered otherwise. Source link
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The Loved, and Lost
On Memorial Day, we remember the young Americans that we owe so much — even our very liberty. Source link
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Trump Pauses AI Trade Rule, Should Scrap It for Good
Instead of restricting American AI with bureaucracy, the president should focus on enabling rapid global deployment of American…
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Interns designed Coca-Cola’s new Sprite + Tea flavor
The Coca-Cola Co. just announced its newest limited-time soda, and it’s a combination of Sprite and tea that was initially floated by a…
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“Your Friends and Neighbors” and the Perils of the Rich-People-Suck Genre
The first episode of the new Apple TV+ drama “Your Friends and Neighbors” takes pains to explain how one can rake in…
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What America Made of Marx
The larger message of Marxism wasn’t getting through: As Hartman remarks, “Either there was something wrong with their theory, or there…
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Returning to the Scene of My Brutal Rape
A woman is running. In the path, a man appears as if from nowhere. He is masked and he holds a knife. What are her choices? On one side is…
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Nathan Fielder's "The Rehearsal" Takes Flight
As this list of rehearsals might suggest, while most of what happens in the show starts in the airport, it’s not really about that. In…
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Torture and Tres Leches in Iran’s Most Notorious Prison
The Evin House of Detention, in Tehran, is among the world’s most infamous prisons. It was built by Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah…
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William F. Buckley, Jr., and the Invention of American Conservatism
National Review embraced Goldwater. Bozell ghostwrote his campaign book, “The Conscience of a Conservative,” a hit with college students.…
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Kadir Nelson’s “Major Taylor, a Champion Who Led the Way”
For the cover of the June 2, 2025, issue, the artist Kadir Nelson features Marshall W. (Major) Taylor leading a parade of bicyclists from…
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The Self-Taught Cook Who Mastered the Flour Tortilla
As a kid growing up in Hermosillo, the biggest city in the arid northern Mexican state of Sonora, Ruben Leal took the region’s signature…