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Toyota Industries 4.7 trillion yen buyout plan faces antitrust delays
Toyota Motor chairman Akio Toyoda’s proposal to buy out Toyota Industries for 4.7 trillion yen (S$40.5 billion) has been delayed because…
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Outgoing French Premier Lecornu accuses parties of causing deadlock
Outgoing Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu accused parties in France's divided parliament of causing political deadlock as he unexpectedly…
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Japan’s Sumitomo wins Singapore grant to develop ammonia as marine fuel
Japanese trading house Sumitomo said on Monday (Oct 6) it has been awarded a Singapore government grant to develop ammonia as an…
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Meet the Women Winemakers Making Waves in Georgia, One of the World’s Oldest Wine-Producing Countries
Wine tastings and cooking classes are followed by a leisurely lunch featuring a variety of Megrelian dishes, such as elarji (traditional…
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Singapore shares rise amid mixed regional showing; STI up 0.2%
Across the broader market, decliners outnumber advancers 326 to 240, after 1.4 billion securities worth S$1.2 billion change hands Shares…
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Alexa Chung Just Stepped Out In Paris Wearing The Controversial Cropped Denim Trend Only She Could Pull Off
Another day, another triumphant display of fashion to emerge from the streets of Paris Fashion Week. While the runway has certainly…
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A Season of Rage at the Philharmonic and the Met
John Corigliano’s First Symphony, which Gustavo Dudamel and the New York Philharmonic presented early in the new season, begins with a…
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Brian Stauffer’s “Winds of Change”
For the cover of the October 13, 2025, issue, the artist Brian Stauffer chose to see the beauty in what many consider a noisy nuisance.…
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The Female Friendship Novel in the Era of the Group Chat
The novel begins in 2008 when Desiree accompanies her grandfather Nolan to Switzerland, where he is seeking assisted suicide. Desiree has…
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Pan-African Dreams, Post-Colonial Realities
Two new books, on Kwame Nkrumah’s promise and Idi Amin’s tyranny, capture the soaring hopes and bitter aftermath of Africa’s age of…
Beauty
The Return of the Lip Crayon—They’re Back and Better Than Ever
The best lip crayons deserve a permanent spot in your makeup bag this year. Why, you ask? They pair the glide of lip balm with the polish…
World
The Violent, Hilarious Return of “Hothead Paisan”
Diane DiMassa’s “homicidal lesbian terrorist” was a star of underground comics in the nineties, but her “rage therapy” has lost none of…
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For God’s Sake, Democrats: Don’t Cave
That CBS poll, which has some absolutely brutal numbers for Trump (more on which later), also includes this little morsel. Respondents…
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Trump’s War on America Is Expanding
Trump’s decision to label “antifa” a domestic terrorist organization after Charlie Kirk’s assassination—even though his assassin had no…
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Tesla teases Tuesday event as focus shifts to affordable EVs
The teaser follows Tesla’s record quarterly deliveries for the three months ended September [AUSTIN, Texas] Tesla on Sunday (Oct 5) teased…
Fashion
22 Early Holiday Shopping Deals On Amazon For Big Deal Days 2025
As the weather cools, we draw closer to the peak holiday gifting season. I don't know about you, but I have a big family and lots of…
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Trump Press Sec Seethes as Fresh Polls Show Him Losing Shutdown Badly
Things are not okay in the White House. Numerous new national polls show President Trump and the GOP taking far more blame for the…
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French appeals court revisits shocking Gisèle Pelicot rape case
NIMES, France (AP) — Less than a year after the landmark verdict in a drugging and rape trial that shook France last year and turned…
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Report: More anti-Semitic protests in Germany after Hamas attack
Since the attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, led by the Palestinian militant organization Hamas and the subsequent Israeli military…
Culture
AI adoption fuels growth of Singapore’s digital economy, growing to 18.6% of 2024 GDP
IMDA report says adoption rates of artificial intelligence in firms are up, bringing cost savings; workers say the tech has raised…
Business
France's new prime minister resigns
PARIS (Reuters) -France's new Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu resigned on Monday, just hours after appointing his new cabinet, after…
Fashion
Forget Beige and Black—Fashion People are Styling Their Jeans with This Unexpected Knitwear Trend Right Now
As I sifted through my knitwear collection a few weeks ago, preparing my wardrobe for the seasonal switch, I had a realisation: the colour…
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Japan’s stocks zoom, yen slumps as Takaichi win dims BOJ hike bets
Japanese shares surged to a record high on Monday (Oct 6), while the yen and long-term bonds tumbled as Sanae Takaichi was all but…