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Malaysian ringgit hits highest since 2018 on AI, growth optimism
The Malaysian ringgit rose to the strongest level in more than seven years, buoyed by optimism over the country’s ties to the artificial…
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Culture
Federal Reserve’s Jefferson says he considers Powell to be ‘of the highest integrity’
US Federal Reserve Vice Chair Philip Jefferson, responding to the Department of Justice subpoena of Fed Chair Jerome Powell, said on…
Culture
SGX’s securities daily average value for 2025 jumps 21% – the highest since 2010
The turnover value of securities traded on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) climbed 29 per cent year on year in December, driven by “sustained…
Business
Iran had highest number of executions in over a decade, human rights report says
Iran's treatment of prisoners in 2025 was also rife with abuses, according to the report, with 2,513 cases of prisoners being held in…
Culture
Australian dollar climbs to highest since Oct 2024 on RBA bets
The Australian dollar climbed to its strongest in more than a year after traders ratchet expectations the Reserve Bank will quickly shift…
Business
Senegal, Morocco, Ivory Coast... which squad has the highest market value at AFCON 2025?
Which squad has the highest market value at AFCON 2025? Sénégal/@senego Morocco is gearing up to host Africa’s grand football spectacle…
Culture
Malaysian ringgit hits highest in four years on growth optimism
It rose 0.3% versus the greenback to 4.0955 on Friday, the highest since May 2021 The Malaysian ringgit reached the strongest level…
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Layoffs Hit Highest Since Covid-19 Even as Trump Brags About Economy
“John, we’re really looking at the data, the analyses here particularly out of Minneapolis, and other parts of the country where we’re…
Culture
UK unemployment at its highest since pandemic as jobs market cools
The jobless rate climbed to 5 per cent in the three months through September, up from 4.8 per cent the month before UK unemployment rose…
Culture
Goldman Sachs to promote highest number of executives to managing director since 2021
The promotions include 31 per cent Asian, 3 per cent Black and 4 per cent Hispanic or Latino staff Wall Street lender Goldman Sachs will…
Business
Iran carries out highest level of prisoner executions in past two decades in Oct., watchdog says
Out of the eight political prisoners Iran executed during October, Hengaw identified seven as being sentenced on charges of espionage for…
Business
Kyoto Implements Japan's Highest Tourist Tax to Combat Overtourism
Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has granted final approval for Kyoto to implement the nation's highest-ever…
Business
Super typhoon scraps flights across Asia, highest storm alerts issued
Super Typhoon Ragasa is causing major flight disruptions across Asia as it churns in the South China Sea, with Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific…
Culture
Japan two-year government bond yield rises to highest since 2008
Most BOJ watchers expect authorities to lift the benchmark interest rate by January Japan’s two-year government bonds fell, pushing yields…
Culture
Great Eastern up 2.7%, hits highest price since trading resumption during market hours
Insurer’s shares were suspended in July 2024 after its free float fell under 10% following a failed takeover bid by its parent OCBC Great…
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Spike Lee’s "Highest 2 Lowest" Is a Meta-Reckoning with His Success
Though Kurosawa’s classic features the great Toshiro Mifune in the equivalent of Washington’s role, it doesn’t rely on its lead actor’s…
Business
Air Canada strike ends with a deal to make their flight attendants the highest paid. Here's when service shall resume
Air Canada flight attendant strike ends amid slow recovery of operations After a tense four-day impasse, Air Canada and the Canadian Union…
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Ilfenesh Hadera Was Right at Home on the Set of ‘Highest 2 Lowest’
I’d love to know, given the amazing professional relationship you’ve built up with Spike over the years, when you get a new script from…
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“Highest 2 Lowest” Marks a Conservative Pivot for Spike Lee
It’s fascinating when filmmakers make drastic late-career shifts, as Martin Scorsese did with “The Wolf of Wall Street” and Francis Ford…
Culture
Small to mid-cap stocks book highest net institutional inflows in Q3 2025
In the first five weeks of the third quarter of 2025 till Aug 7, institutions net bought S$130 million worth of Singapore-listed stocks.…
News
Trump’s EPA Is Now Flouting the World’s Highest Court
Consider the United States’ testimony in the ICJ case, submitted in 2024 by then-State Department legal advisor Richard Visek. After…
Business
Gisèle Pelicot receives France's highest honour
Gisèle Pelicot, who became a symbol for women's rights in France during the rape trial against her ex-husband and dozens of accomplices,…
Business
Gisèle Pelicot given France's highest award
Gisèle Pelicot, the French woman who earned international recognition after publicly testifying at her mass-rape trial last year, has been…
Fashion
I’m a Beauty Editor, so Finishing Skincare Products Is My Highest Form of Praise—11 Running on Empty
As someone whose job it is to test, research, and recommend beauty products, my personal routine is ever-changing. In fact, I'll go as far…