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IReit Global inks lease agreement with second hospitality company in less than a month
EUROPE-focused real estate investment trust IReit Global has signed a 20-year agreement with hospitality operator Stayery, which will be…
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Gift Guide: Last Minute - Southern Curls & Pearls
Victoria’s Secret Pajamas // Stanley Quencher // Bow Earrings // Pink Bow Candle Holder // Scalloped Basket Set Of 2 // OUAI Melrose Place…
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Fed’s hawkish tilt has emerging markets scurrying to save currencies
CENTRAL banks from Brazil to Indonesia scrambled to defend their struggling currencies on Thursday (Dec 19), hours after the Federal…
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German lawmakers back plan to protect supreme court against meddling by authoritarians, extremists
BERLIN (AP) — German lawmakers on Thursday approved legislation designed to protect the country's highest court against possible future…
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Swedish police to go aboard Chinese ship that was seen near Baltic cable ruptures
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish police said Thursday they would participate as observers as Chinese authorities conduct investigations aboard a…
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Transcript: Chris Murphy’s Ominous New Warning about Trump Nails It
A, it’s not a department. B, it’s being run by two billionaires, people who have no idea how important basic government services like…
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Scoot apologises after KL-bound flight took off 1½ hours earlier than scheduled on Nov 1
BUDGET carrier Scoot has apologised after one of its flights took off from Changi Airport about 1½ hours earlier than scheduled on Nov 1.…
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Burkina Faso releases four French nationals after detaining them for a year
RABAT, Morocco (AP) — France said Thursday that Burkina Faso released four French nationals it had detained for a year, following…
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Saudi Global Ports, co-owned by PSA, taps banks for up to US$1 billion IPO
STATE-backed Saudi Global Ports has picked banks including Goldman Sachs Group and HSBC Holdings to help arrange a planned Riyadh initial…
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Saudi Global Ports, co-owned by PSA, taps banks for up to US$1 billion IPO: sources
STATE-backed Saudi Global Ports has picked banks including Goldman Sachs Group and HSBC Holdings to help arrange a planned Riyadh initial…
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CapitaLand Investment sells 4.9% stake in CapitaLand Ascott Trust for S$162 million
PROPERTY investment manager CapitaLand Investment (CLI), through its subsidiary The Ascott Ltd, has sold its stapled securities in…
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Transgender people working in U.S. government see peril under Trump
WASHINGTON — The Air Force lieutenant colonel left the Pentagon one day and returned the next — with a new name and a new gender identity.…
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A massacre, a rumored hanging and Syrians' thirst for justice and revenge
DAMASCUS, Syria — The crowd surged forward, thousands cheering, waving and jostling their way around Damascus’ Al Ashmar Square, all…
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Women's prisons are rife with trauma. Can California set a new course at Chowchilla?
CHOWCHILLA, Calif. — Gazing across the crowd of women, fresh from county jail in their orange prison jumpsuits, Lena Coleman wishes she…
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The French Children France Doesn’t Want
What’s more, after this summer’s snap elections, Macron is a lame-duck president, initially forced into cohabitation with a minority…
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Pedro Almodóvar’s Self-Indulgent Portrait of a Woman’s Last Days
The temptation to beautify—and, in doing so, obfuscate—death on the big screen is nothing new. In Dark Victory (1939), Bette Davis’s Long…
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Trump’s Rage at Liz Cheney Takes a Dark Turn—and Wrecks a Big GOP Lie
Liz Cheney could be in a lot of trouble based on the evidence obtained by the subcommittee, which states that “numerous federal laws were…
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Pet Cam captures plumber saving tiny, escaped puppy: "Man like this please"
While working at a client's house, a plumber from the United Kingdom noticed one of their puppies escaping, so he stopped it and placed it…
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Influential ex-defence minister jailed for corruption in Guinea
A court in Guinea has sentenced a former highly influential defence minister to five years in prison for corruption, illicit enrichment,…
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Amazon delays return-to-office mandate for thousands of workers due to space
AMAZON.com will not have enough space for thousands of employees when they start returning to the office five days a week next month. The…
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Shocker From Chris Murphy: We May Not Have a Democracy for Much Longer
Senator Chris Murphy, Democrat of Connecticut, sounded an extraordinary warning this week. After a House GOP report recommended that the…
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Disappointment over Spotify’s flat year-end wrap is a warning that AI is not everything
Several listeners have taken to social media to complain about how unrelatable and underwhelming this year’s edition was THERE was much…
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Trump Says "stupid" Republicans supporting CR bill should be primaried
What's New President-elect Donald Trump has said any Republican lawmaker who backs a continuing resolution (CR) without including an…