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6 ways to sneak ‘micro-creativity’ into your workday in the new year
The irony of modern work life hits you somewhere between your third consecutive hybrid meeting and the moment you realize you’ve been…
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Cricket quiz: Name England players to score century in 2025
It's been a year of ups and downs for the senior England cricket teams. Both the men's and women's teams have suffered Ashes defeats in…
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China vows to stabilise grain, edible oil production in key meeting
Beijing seeks food security in the face of economic challenges and pressures from urbanisation China must stabilise grain and edible oil…
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Newspaper headlines: Anthony Joshua in 'horror crash'
The political row surrounding the British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd El Fattah over his social media messages is the focus of many of the…
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US approves Samsung, SK Hynix chipmaking tool shipments to China for 2026: sources
Trump’s administration has been re-examining export controls that it thought were too relaxed under the Biden administration The US…
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PBOC’s leanest year for easing since 2021 defies Wall Street
Cutting interest rates by a little might prove ineffective in a scenario where households and businesses are reluctant to take on debt…
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Inside Beauty’s Growing Universe of Distressed Acquirers
In 2025, beauty M&A was a tale of two extremes. There were the buzzy, hefty transactions of red-hot assets like Hailey Bieber’s Rhode…
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Feminine Care Is Soaring on TikTok Shop – Meet the Top 10 Brands Driving the Category
TikTok Shop’s beauty boom is turning into a wellness one, too. Data from Charm.io shows that feminine care was the number-two beauty…
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Designers Share Their Favorite Winter Getaways
With a record number 112.4 million Americans expected to travel through the end of this year, WWD checked in with 10 fashion designers to…
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Louis Vuitton Is Stoking Monogram Mania
This is not the Monogram’s first rodeo. Louis Vuitton celebrated the centenary of its brown and gold patterned canvas back in 1996,…
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Formalwear Designers Suit Up for Pre-fall 2026
Ladies who don’t necessarily fit the princess mold are in luck for pre-fall as formalwear designers borrowed heavily from the gents. Be it…
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UltraGreen.ai gets regulatory approval for its products in Malaysia and the Philippines
This facilitates the company’s delivery of surgical technologies to healthcare systems in South-east Asia, UltraGreen.ai says Surgical…
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'The Rookie's Latest Twist Is a Sign of Worse Things To Come for the ABC Cop Drama
The Rookie has been on ABC for seven seasons now, so it makes sense that the series is sort of at risk of jumping the shark. Some of the…
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Six China IPOs debut in Hong Kong after raising HK$7 billion to cap banner year
With more than 300 companies filing to list, the momentum is set to carry into 2026 [SINGAPORE/HONG KONG] Six Chinese companies made their…
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Chinese firms make strong Hong Kong debuts, capping bumper listings year
With more than 300 companies filing for IPOs, the momentum is set to carry into 2026 [SINGAPORE/HONG KONG] Several Chinese companies that…
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More Acts Cancel Kennedy Center Performances After Trump Name Change
Two more acts have canceled their upcoming performances at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in the wake of Donald Trump…
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James Cameron Wrote an Unrecognizable First Draft for One of Sylvester Stallone's Biggest '80s Action Movies
With movies like Titanic, the Avatar trilogy, and so many more, James Cameron is one of the most successful directors of all-time, but in…
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Swedish workers trial 'friendship hour' to combat loneliness
Maddy SavageBusiness reporter, Kalmar, Sweden Staff at a major Swedish pharmacy chain are being given paid time off to spend with friends,…
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LTA awards Obayashi Corp S$281m contract to design and build new Brickland MRT station
The new Brickland station, between Chao Chu Kang and Bukit Gombak stations on the North South line, is targeted to commence passenger…
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LTA awards Obayashi Corp S$281 million contract to design and build new Brickland MRT station
The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has awarded a contract for the design and construction of the new Brickland MRT station and viaduct,…
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Bangladesh's first female prime minister Khaleda Zia dies aged 80
Bangladesh's first female prime minister Khaleda Zia has died at the age of 80 after suffering from prolonged illness. Zia became…
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Precious metals fall again, Asian stocks swing as traders wind down
Investors have been piling into commodities on bets for more US rate cuts, a weaker US dollar and geopolitical tensions Precious metals…
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Trump says he still might fire Jerome Powell as Fed chair pick looms
US President Donald Trump teased that he has a preferred candidate to be the next chair of the US Federal Reserve, but is in no hurry to…
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Gold hovers near two-week low as investors book profits
Gold hovered near a two-week low on Tuesday (Dec 30) that it touched in the previous session, as year-end profit-taking caused all…