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UK retail sales: Clothing and DIY boosted by sunny weather
Retail sales rose for the third month in a row in March as warmer weather helped boost demand for items such as clothing and DIY goods.…
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China’s Baidu says its Kunlun chip cluster can train DeepSeek-like models
[BEIJING/SHANGHAI] China’s Baidu has successfully “illuminated” a cluster comprising 30,000 of its self-developed, third-generation P800…
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Stoneweg European Reit secures lease renewals with Motorola and Coolblue
Stoneweg European Reit (Sert) has renewed two major leases across two office assets involving tenants Motorola Solutions and Coolblue BV,…
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Canneseries Entry ‘How to Kill Your Sister’ Takes on ‘The Big C’ as Director Jonas Geirnaert Teases ‘Extreme Comedy and Extreme Drama’
Canneseries entry “How to Kill Your Sister” takes on “The Big C.” In the Belgian-German series, one of three Banijay Entertainment titles…
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Suntec Reit sees subdued retail sales, expects office, retail tenants to hold off expansion plans
Office and retail tenants are expected to hold off on their expansion plans amid uncertainty over the impact of US tariffs, said the…
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Seven & i’s new CEO aims aggressive investments in US stores
Seven & i Holdings’ new chief executive officer plans to boost investments in its US stores using cash from a planned listing of its…
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Ballet teacher hangs up her shoes aged 89 as students hail 'end of an era'
Angie Brown BBC Scotland, Edinburgh and East reporter 'I discovered I was far happier teaching ballet, it was what I really loved' Sheena…
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Keppel Infrastructure Trust downgraded to ‘hold’; Mapletree Logistics Trust ‘buy’ call maintained: DBS
Analysts from DBS Group Research are mixed on some real estate investment trusts (Reits) this earnings season – where they have kept their…
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DBS downgrades Keppel Infrastructure Trust to ‘hold’, keeps Mapletree Logistics Trust at ‘buy’
Analysts from DBS Group Research are mixed on some real estate investment trusts (Reits) this earnings season: They have kept their “buy”…
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Blake Lively Honors Her Mother, Who Survived an Attack on Her Life, in Time100 Gala Speech: ‘Never Underestimate a Woman’s Ability to Endure Pain’
Blake Lively honored her mother, Willie Elain McAlpin, at the Time100 Gala Thursday evening with a personal five-minute speech that…
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Sasha Calle on Queer Representation in ‘On Swift Horses,’ Musical Connection and Her Journey From South Florida to Hollywood
When Sasha Calle was 18, she bought herself a plane ticket to Los Angeles and moved from South Florida with the dream of becoming an…
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Tucker Wetmore’s Journey From the Gridiron to the Top of the Country Charts
Tucker Wetmore is still a little astonished by his success. Since bursting onto the country music scene last year, the 25-year-old from…
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Why the Post Office paid £600m to stay shackled to the faulty Horizon system
Nalini Sivathasan and Tom Beal BBC News Investigations The Post Office has paid more than £600m of public money to continue using the…
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Singapore Airlines, OpenAI link up to build AI solutions to raise efficiency, customer service
SIA will also beef up its operational processes by integrating OpenAI’s advanced AI models into its existing tools Singapore Airlines…
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HSBC launches wealth centre at Star Vista, seeks to deepen local wealth banking network
HSBC Singapore has launched its newest wealth centre in Singapore at The Star Vista mall in Buona Vista, marking the second of three…
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Citi picks Goldman Sachs’ Christopher Chan to head Asia-North and South markets solutions for financial institutions
Citi on Friday (Apr 25) announced that former Goldman Sachs banker Christopher Chan will be its new Asia-North and South head of markets…
Fashion
Lilly Pulitzer Teams Up With Saint James, the French Nautical-inspired Brand, for Capsule Collection
Lilly Pulitzer will introduce its first international collaboration with French brand Saint James. Called Lilly Puliltzer x Saint James,…
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EXCLUSIVE: Drake Unveils His First Eau de Parfum
Drake‘s world is about to get a lot more fragrant. The multihyphenate’s fragrance brand, Better World Fragrance House, is launching Summer…
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China ramps up cash injection as it braces for tariff impact
China’s central bank is boosting cash injection via one of its policy tools as it seeks to safeguard the world’s second-largest economy…
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California overtakes Japan as fourth largest global economy
California's economy has overtaken that of the country of Japan, making the US state the fourth largest global economic force. Governor…
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Hip-Hop Stars Okasian, Bryan Chase Signed by Universal Music Korea (EXCLUSIVE)
Universal Music Korea, a division of Universal Music Group, has signed hip-hop artists Okasian and Bryan Chase. The signing coincides with…
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Hongkong Land to sell 147,025 sq ft of One Exchange to HKEX, launch share buyback programme
Property group Hongkong Land will sell 147,025 square feet (sq ft) of One Exchange Square to Hong Kong’s stock exchange operator for…
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Hongkong Land to sell 147,025 sq ft of One Exchange to HKEX, and launch share buyback programme
Asian property developer Hongkong Land will sell 147,025 square feet (sq ft) of One Exchange Square to Hong Kong’s stock exchange operator…
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ICE says illegal immigrants have 'no less than 12 hours' to challenge Alien Enemies deportations
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says it gives illegal immigrants it wants to deport under President Trump's expedited removal…