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EXCLUSIVE: Crown And 529 Capital To Co-Build and Co-Own Reverse Osmosis Plant in Mexico
EXCLUSIVE: Crown And 529 Capital To Co-Build and Co-Own Reverse Osmosis Plant in Mexico On Monday, Crown Electrokinetics Corp…
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Will Trump move to prosecute incoming California Sen. Schiff for investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot?
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump said Sunday that members of Congress who investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection…
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India appoints Sanjay Malhotra as new central bank chief
INDIA named Sanjay Malhotra, a career bureaucrat, as the new governor of the nation’s central bank, ending weeks of speculations over who…
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Trump's border czar issues warning to Democrats
President-elect Donald Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, issued a stark warning to Democratic lawmakers. Homan sent a "clear message" to…
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China investigates Nvidia over suspected violation of anti-monopoly law
CHINA’S market regulator said on Monday (Dec 9) it has launched an investigation into Nvidia over suspected violations of the country’s…
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China targets Nvidia with antitrust probe, escalating US chip tensions
CHINA said on Monday (Dec 9) it has launched an investigation into Nvidia over suspected violations of the country’s anti-monopoly law, in…
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Transcript: Trump’s Private Rage at “Traitors” Reveals Dark 2025 Plans
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the December 9 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. Greg Sargent: This…
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Axiata, Sinar Mas are said to near deal for Indonesian units
MALAYSIAN wireless carrier Axiata Group and Indonesian conglomerate Sinar Mas Group are nearing an agreement to merge their…
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Russia fired 4 times as many drones and missiles at Ukraine in the past 3 months as it did a year earlier: report
Russia launched more than 6,000 drones and missiles this fall, per The Wall Street Journal. Ukraine has used a combination of air defense…
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The Malaysian ringgit was one of Asia’s best-performing currencies this year. Can it hold its strength?
A firmer ringgit will make some Singapore imports more expensive – but it is good for some parts of Malaysia’s stock market THE Malaysian…
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Column: Trump hoped his Cabinet picks could escape serious vetting. He was so wrong
WASHINGTON — In a normal presidential transition, the president-elect spends weeks carefully considering candidates for the most important…
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Paul Valéry Would Prefer Not To
One way of being a modernist writer is to pay attention to the most saliently modern objects and experiences. So it is that Proust…
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The Berlin Philharmonic Doesn’t Need a Star Conductor
When, in 2009, the Berlin Philharmonic launched the Digital Concert Hall, a streaming-video platform for its concerts, the orchestra had…
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How Texas Became the Right’s Anti-Trans Legal Laboratory
The DOJ could also encourage states to increase surveillance of gender-affirming care through tools like PDMPs, Oliva explained. This…
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The Best Performances of 2024
Midway through the A24 film “Sing Sing,” Divine G, an incarcerated man played with poise and panache by Colman Domingo, appears before a…
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How the United States Tried to Get on Top of the Sex Trade
On Christmas Day in 1872, the atmosphere was restive among the forty female residents of a medical institution on the outskirts of St.…
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The Oil Industry Is Helping to Spread Misinfo About Whale Deaths
“Beyond Dark Money,” published in Energy and Social Science in November, clarified the complicated status of these groups, which aren’t…
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Eric Drooker’s “A Seasonal Delivery”
As soon as December rolls around, children everywhere start keeping an eye out for the iconic red-and-white Santa outfit. And there is…
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The World Is on Fire. And Trump’s About to Be President. Feel Better?
While we whisper our hopes, however, some caution is definitely in order. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, the group that toppled Assad, has…
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With al-Assad gone, German opposition raises return of Syria refugees
A day after Syrian rebel groups seized control of the capital Damascus, senior leaders of Germany's conservative CDU/CSU bloc suggested…
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China mulls moving Cinda stake to sovereign wealth fund in weeks
THE Chinese government plans to transfer ownership in one of the nation’s biggest bad-debt managers to a unit of its sovereign wealth fund…
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Han Kwee Juan to replace Tan Su Shan as DBS’ head of institutional banking
DBS announced on Monday (Dec 9) that it has appointed Han Kwee Juan as head of institutional banking with effect from Jan 1, 2025. He will…
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Donald Trump suggests Mexico could become a state
President-elect Donald Trump has suggested that Mexico and Canada should become a U.S. state if they want to continue receiving subsidies…
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Hai Leck founder offers to take company private at S$0.55 a share
The offer price represents a premium of 34.1% over the company’s last traded price on Dec 3 THE founder and chairman of Hai Leck, Cheng…