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US astronaut to take her 3-year-old's cuddly rabbit into space
AFP, Published on 09/02/2026
» WASHINGTON (UNITED STATES) - When the next mission to the International Space Station blasts off from Florida next week, a special keepsake will be hitching a ride: a small stuffed rabbit.
Twisted truths
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 16/01/2026
» If the phrase "keeps you guessing till the very end" is loosely used these days, it genuinely applies to the new crime-mystery limited series His & Hers, a show in which the stakes are high and its central characters have far too much to lose.
Interest rate uncertainty pummels Asian shares
Business, Published on 22/11/2025
» RECAP: Asian shares extended a global rout on Friday as much-anticipated US jobs data failed to provide clarity on the near-term outlook for interest rates, with investors dumping risk assets even after dazzling earnings from Nvidia.
Dear DOGE, it's high time to tear down those dams!
News, Published on 12/07/2025
» No big government infrastructure project made an imprint on the landscape and economy of the West more than the US Bureau of Reclamation's 20th century dam-building spree, which peppered 490 dams across the country, created an agricultural civilisation dependent on federal hydrology civil engineering, and brought about a welter of environmental difficulties after drying up dozens of once-healthy rivers.
Even Warren Buffett makes statistical errors
News, Published on 24/05/2025
» One person you wouldn't expect to hear tout a statistical fallacy is Warren Buffett, but the legendary investor appeared to do just that at the recent Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting, a reminder of just how easy it is to fall into statistical traps. While speaking at the annual meeting in early May, Mr Buffett commented while holding up a can of sugar-laden soda: "For 94 years I've been able to drink whatever I want to drink. They predict all kinds of terrible things for me, but it hasn't happened yet ... Charlie [Munger] and I never really exercised that much or did anything -- we were carefully preserving ourselves for these years."
Asian currencies surge on weaker dollar, oil falls
Published on 05/05/2025
» Asian currencies advanced amid broad weakness in the dollar and US assets as investors awaited further progress on trade deals. Crude oil slumped 3.6% after OPEC+ agreed to a further surge in output.
Warren Buffett: billionaire investor with simple tastes
AFP, Published on 04/05/2025
» NEW YORK - Admired for his investing prowess and a taste for the simple things in life rather than luxury, billionaire Warren Buffett has won public affection even as he amassed a fortune for the ages -- riches that the "Oracle of Omaha" has pledged to give away.
Warren Buffett says will retire from Berkshire Hathaway by year's end
AFP, Published on 04/05/2025
» WASHINGTON - Influential billionaire investor Warren Buffett said Saturday he would retire from leading his Berkshire Hathaway business group by the end of the year and that he would recommend his chosen successor Greg Abel take over.
Roberta Flack, American singer and Grammy winner, dies
Reuters, Published on 25/02/2025
» NEW YORK — Roberta Flack, the silky-voiced Grammy-winning singer whose sultry ballads "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and "Killing Me Softly with His Song" topped the charts in the 1970s, died on Monday at the age of 88, her publicist said.
BYD to overtake Volkswagen ventures as China's top producer
South China Morning Post, Published on 19/11/2024
» HONG KONG — BYD (Build Your Dreams) is set to overtake perennial market leader Volkswagen as China's biggest carmaker in 2024 after outselling the German company's joint venture units in the first 10 months, as the growing popularity of battery-powered cars strengthens its market dominance.