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Al-Assad denies planned departure from Syria in alleged statement
Syria's ousted president Bashar al-Assad said, in a statement attributed to him on Monday, that he did not plan to leave the country amid…
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"Series" of atmospheric rivers set to hit US this week
A "series" of atmospheric rivers is set to bring significant precipitation and turbulent weather to the western United States this week,…
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EU slaps sanctions on dozens more Russian officials and targets its shadow oil and gas fleet
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Monday imposed fresh sanctions on dozens of officials linked to Russia’s war on Ukraine, including…
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Lamborghini delays first EV launch to 2029 as market not ready
ITALY’S Lamborghini will always make cars in Italy as it plans to launch its first electric model only in 2029, amid a market for luxury…
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Hong Leong Asia appoints MOM perm sec Ng Chee Khern as board member
He is the brother of National Trades Union Congress secretary-general Ng Chee Meng INDUSTRIAL conglomerate Hong Leong Asia has appointed…
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Transcript: ABC News’ Sudden Surrender to Trump’s Fury Alarms Experts
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the December 16 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. Greg Sargent: This…
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Analysis: The hidden challenge of Saudi unemployment
On paper, achieving Saudi Arabia’s unemployment target falls under the remit of the Minister of Human Resources and Social Development.…
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Mapletree Logistics Trust proposes to sell Singapore warehouse for S$12.3 million
The divestment is not expected to have a material impact on the trust’s net asset value and net property income for FY2025/2026 THE…
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SIA Group’s passenger traffic up 8.3% in November
PASSENGER traffic for the two carriers under the Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group was 8.3 per cent higher in November 2024 compared with the…
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‘The military has been inserted into the economy’: how the army became ubiquitous in Mexican life
A new package holiday promises to whisk tourists in the Yucatán Peninsula from plush hotels to Mayan ruins on a new airline and…
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Trump said he would revoke birthright citizenship. It hasn't worked in the past
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump has promised to end the right to citizenship for babies born in the U.S. to undocumented parents…
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Column: Kash Patel, Trump's FBI pick, would turn the agency into the Federal Bureau of Retribution
WASHINGTON — Kash Patel, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee as the next director of the FBI, has big plans. He has called for the…
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The Year in Brain Rot
Even as late as November, across the sports fields of our little New England town, you could still hear the call, as if from sparrows…
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Kate Beaton’s “A Murder Mystery”
For the cover of the December 23, 2024, issue, Kate Beaton created an image that doubles as a simple game. (To play, see the word bank…
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Democrats Have Bigger Problems Than the Electoral College
If the current constitutional structure frequentlyyielded electoral count victors who lost the national majority vote, then indeed, the…
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Sure, “Paradise Lost” Is Radical, but Did You Know It Was Sexy?
A new study charts John Milton’s influence on revolutionary thinkers but misses the sheer seductiveness of his masterwork. Source link
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Up from Urkel, World-Famous Nerd
Toward the end of Jaleel White’s new memoir, “Growing Up Urkel,” the actor runs through a list of regrettable life experiences. There’s an…
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The Real Reason Why Americans Approve of Trump’s Disastrous Transition
How can it be, you may be wondering, that 55 percent of Americans tell pollsters they approve of how Donald Trump is handling the…
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The Hidden Story of J. P. Morgan’s Librarian
Greene’s nearly decade-long collaboration with Morgan was arguably the most important relationship of her life outside her family, and I…
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Trump’s Twisted Economic Vision Is Based on Capitalist Myths
Broadly speaking, the two big ideas among the MAGA set are: (1) Liberalism is almost solely culpable for our national ills (though the…
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Taika Waititi’s Open-Hearted Television Empire
Taika Waititi has been asking those questions for five years now, and many of his answers have been nothing short of extraordinary.…
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Joe Rogan "genuinely concerned" about New Jersey, New York drone sightings
Joe Rogan is one of many people worried about the mysterious drones appearing over New York and New Jersey. The podcast host took to X to…
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Grab’s big quarter has some analysts seeing further stock gains
There are more gains to come in Grab Holdings’ stock after a 35 per cent surge so far this quarter, according to some analysts. The…