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Apple hits first record of 2025 as iPhone optimism fuels rebound
The iPhone maker has soared more than 50%, finally turning positive for the year in late September Apple shares hit their first record of…
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PM Pham Minh Chinh Says Vietnam's Economy Surpasses US$500 Billion in 2025
During the 10th session of the 15th National Assembly on Monday, October 20, Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh stated that the…
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NASA Issues Skywatch Warning — Comet SWAN Is Getting Brighter and You Can See It Too!
A new comet, C/2025 R2 (SWAN), was discovered by an amateur using NASA SOHO spacecraft data in mid-September 2025. By the end of…
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Singapore: Fire in Yishun HDB Flat Involving Personal Mobility Aid Leaves One Hospitalized, 25 Evacuated
One person was rushed to KK Women's and Children's Hospital for smoke inhalation following a fire incident on Monday, October 20, at a…
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Singapore Authorities Seize Exotic Animals, Including Leopard Tortoise and Monitor Lizard, in Wildlife Trade Crackdown
The National Parks Board (NParks) conducted searches on October 9 in an effort to combat the illicit wildlife trade and seized endangered…
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Wilmar Indonesia unit general manager charged over sugar imports
The unlawful raw sugar imports have allegedly caused state losses amounting to 578 billion rupiah The general manager of Wilmar…
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US: Stocks rise to open big earnings week
WALL Street stocks rose early Monday (Oct 20) as markets looked ahead to a heavy week of corporate earnings and monitored the positioning…
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Why did Amazon's AWS outage disrupt Snapchat, Ring and many other services?
People struggled to access social media app Snapchat, online game Fortnite, payments app Venmo and other popular online services on Monday…
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Vietnam stocks slump after state media report on alleged bond irregularities
Vietnam’s main stock index fell to its lowest closing level in a month on Monday (Oct 20) after state media reported the results of a…
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China’s Damaging Influence on American Democracy | National Review
New York is a microcosm of these potential dangers. Source link
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As DEI Dies, Corporate America Faces Serious Risk | National Review
If a corporate DEI plan reads like a quota, then expect a subpoena. Source link
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Global companies hit by more than US$35 billion in US tariffs, but outlook stabilising
GLOBAL companies have flagged more than US$35 billion in costs from US tariffs heading into third-quarter earnings, but many are lowering…
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Genting Singapore names new RWS chief operating officer
Si Chen will assist the resort’s CEO in executing strategies, managing and developing its core businesses Genting Singapore has appointed…
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A Dark Ecologist Warns Against Hope
The two have sparred before. In 2009, they exchanged public letters in the Guardian, circling a question that nags at many eco-minded…
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Mark Bittman’s Experiment in Sliding-Scale Fine Dining
By dinnertime, the café had been convincingly transformed into a restaurant, with tea lights twinkling beside wildflower arrangements on…
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What Do We Want from Our Child Stars?
Still, Master Betty ruled the little province of Parnassus devoted to underage thespians until the advent of Shirley Temple—and it’s some…
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Singapore Police Nab 34-Year-Old Man Within 24 Hours Over Loan Shark Harassment Case
A 34-year-old man was arrested on Sunday, October 19, for his suspected involvement in a case of loan shark harassment. The police said…
Business
Coinbase, Fortnite among services hit by global outage of Amazon’s cloud unit
AMAZON’S cloud services unit AWS was hit by an outage on Monday (Oct 20), causing connectivity issues for many companies around the world…
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Internet services cut for hours by Amazon cloud outage
Crypto exchange Coinbase, as well as games Fortnite and Roblox, were among those affected MANY popular Internet services, from streaming…
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Village Hotel Sentosa Assisting with Singapore Police Investigations Over Guest's S$3,000 Theft Claim
The Village Hotel Sentosa is helping with police investigations following a hotel guest's theft claim on Friday, October 17. On Sunday,…
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Indonesia president says 40 trillion rupiah lost to illegal tin mining every year
INDONESIA is losing more than US$2 billion dollars every year to illegal tin mining and smuggling, President Prabowo Subianto said Monday…
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Stellantis, China’s Pony AI to test robotaxis in Europe
Stellantis plans to team up with Chinese robotaxi operator Pony AI to start testing autonomous vans in Luxembourg. The agreement involves…
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Emirates NBD plans to invest US$3 billion in India’s RBL Bank
Emirates NBD bank will invest as much as US$3.1 billion in India’s RBL Bank in the biggest foreign investments in the country’s financial…
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Apple’s new iPhone outsells previous model by 14% in US, China
Apple’s latest generation of iPhones is off to a faster start than usual, with its most basic model surging in popularity. The iPhone 17…