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Watch: Floods hit Jamaica as Hurricane Melissa leaves trail of destruction
Floods have hit Jamaica's capital Kingston as Hurricane Melissa moves across the Caribbean, with 30 inches (76cm) of rain expected in some…
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Hotel lockdowns and honeymoon hit as Britons caught up in Hurricane Melissa
Kathryn Armstrong, Kerena Cobbina and NJ Convery For Rob Cuff and his wife Leah, their Jamaican honeymoon is coming to an uncertain end as…
Fashion
Nike and Martine Rose Are Back With Their Hit Shox MR4 Mule Sneakers
Nike and Martine Rose are back again with their hit collaboration. Releasing later this week, the latest product of their longstanding…
Business
HSBC is bullish on 2025 despite hit from Madoff provision
HSBC Holdings raised its profitability outlook for 2025 even as earnings slid following an unexpected US$1.1 billion provision tied to…
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Minnesota man with anarchist ties, violent past charged with putting out $45,000 hit on Bondi
The FBI has arrested a Minnesota man with alleged anarchist ties and a lengthy rap sheet after federal agents accused him of putting out a…
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Hurricane Melissa could be strongest to ever hit Jamaica
People in Jamaica are bracing for the impact of Hurricane Melissa, which is forecast to unleash destructive winds and bring catastrophic…
Business
iFast soars 8.2% to all-time high on robust Q3 earnings; set to hit record net inflows for 2025
Counter hits S$9.99 in early trading before shedding some gains to trade over 6% up in late morning Shares of digital wealth management…
Celebrity
Stevie Nicks’ 1982 Hit Song Was Sampled by the Biggest Girl Group of All Time
Destiny’s Child dropped “Bootylicious” in 2001, and it was, quite frankly, a cultural reset. The single from their third studio album,…
Business
Gucci’s owner is digging out of its sales slump. The stock just hit a 2025 high
Kering released its third-quarter 2025 financial results on Thursday, showing it reduced the slump it had seen in the previous quarter.…
Business
Target layoffs will hit 8% of global corporate workforce: Why the retailer is slashing jobs before the holidays
Yesterday, Target Corporation announced news that no one wants to hear—especially just before the holidays. The Minneapolis-based retail…
Business
Retail sales hit highest level since 2022
Emer MoreauBusiness reporter Retail sales hit their highest level since 2022 in September, with good weather giving a boost to clothes…
Business
Wall Street bonuses expected to hit record as bank profits surge
The Wall Street bonus pool is expected to break records this year if current trends continue, as big banks reap profits from soaring…
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French vow to intercept migrant boats hit by delays and political turmoil
Andrew HardingBBC News, in Paris and Gravelines Videos shared with the BBC shows a police boat circling a small boat in a shallow canal…
Business
L’Oréal Stock Takes a Hit After Q3 Results Release
PARIS – L’Oréal stock sank on the Paris bourse Wednesday after its third-quarter results underwhelmed the market. At 11:50 a.m. CET, the…
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STI could reach 10,000 by 2040; Singdollar could also hit parity with greenback: DBS report
The Straits Times Index (STI) could rise to nearly 10,000 points by 2040 if historical return patternshold, DBS’ Singapore 2040 report…
Business
Amazon services 'recovering' as Snapchat and banks among sites hit by outage
Liv McMahonTechnology reporter and Lily JamaliNorth America Technology Correspondent Amazon Web Services (AWS) said late Monday that it…
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China’s economy, hit by tariffs, slows to 4.8% annual growth in Q3
China’s economy expanded at the slowest annual pace in a year in July-September, growing 4.8%, weighed down by trade tensions with the…
Business
Global companies hit by more than US$35 billion in US tariffs, but outlook stabilising
GLOBAL companies have flagged more than US$35 billion in costs from US tariffs heading into third-quarter earnings, but many are lowering…
Business
Coinbase, Fortnite among services hit by global outage of Amazon’s cloud unit
AMAZON’S cloud services unit AWS was hit by an outage on Monday (Oct 20), causing connectivity issues for many companies around the world…
Business
Amazon Web Services has fixed global outage that hit multiple websites, apps
Crypto exchange Coinbase, as well as games Fortnite and Roblox, were among those affected AMAZON Web Services (AWS), the world’s largest…
Business
Dublin office woes hit private equity firms from Blackstone to Brookfield
The city’s vacancy rate has doubled in the last six years, exceeding the 10% reached in Paris and 8% in London and Lisbon A PARTIALLY…
Business
HSBC expects gold’s ‘bull wave’ to hit US$5,000 an ounce in 2026
The bank has cited geopolitical risks, economic policy uncertainty and rising public debt as factors supporting the price HSBC on Friday…
Business
UK stock market hit by nerves over US banks
Ben KingBusiness reporter The UK's stock market has fallen sharply after a warning from two US banks triggered a widespread sell-off in…
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Trump's pivot away from solar power hit planned 62,300-acre project in Nevada desert
Solar proponents are melting down over a Trump administration move to curb the development of a project in Nevada that environmental…