Posts by Swedan Margen
‘Long overdue’: Experts welcome advisory against private-sector use of NRIC numbers for authentication
[SINGAPORE] Urging the private sector to stop using NRIC numbers for authentication is a timely and pragmatic move to strengthen data security, industry players told The Business Times. On Thursday (Jun 26), the government released an advisory telling private-sector organisations to move away from using full or partial National Registration Identity Card numbers to authenticate…
Read MoreDecision on naming next Fed chair not ‘imminent’: White House
[WASHINGTON] The White House said on Thursday no decision is imminent on naming a successor to Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, after a report suggested the president could do so this summer. “No decisions are imminent, although the president has the right to change his mind,” a White House official told AFP. “The president has…
Read MoreOil inches up on US demand strength; fading Middle East supply risks offset gains
[NEW YORK] Oil prices edged higher on Thursday as crude inventories in the United States fell on higher demand as summer driving season ramped up, while concerns over Middle East supply risks eased, offsetting some gains. Brent crude futures settled 5 cents, or 0.07 per cent, higher to US$67.73 a barrel. US West Texas Intermediate crude…
Read MoreEurope: Stocks muted as investors gauge US interest rate outlook
EUROPEAN stocks seesawed throughout Thursday before closing largely flat, as investors weighed the latest signals on the US interest rate trajectory. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index closed up 0.09 per cent at 537.48 points. Other regional indexes also followed suit with similar moves, with only Germany’s DAX up 0.6%. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell suggested in his…
Read MoreUS: Stocks rise, S&P 500 ends just shy of record
Published Fri, Jun 27, 2025 · 06:12 AM [NEW YORK] Wall Street stocks rose on Thursday with tech equities leading, after the White House signalled President Donald Trump could extend a July tariff deadline. The shift shows “unexpected flexibility from the US president,” said FHN Financial’s Chris Low, who also attributed some of the market’s strength to…
Read MoreDemocrats on Defense: The Party Is Digging In Its Heels on Abortion Post-<em>Dobbs</em>
The party has made clear that it will stand by Planned Parenthood — and by the pro-abortion agenda it purveys and on which its business model depends. Source link
Read MoreA Pioneering Photographer Revives Her Slide Show of Lesbian Life
For several years, starting in 1979, the photographer Joan E. Biren, or JEB, travelled around presenting a slide show that she’d spent years building. “I started touring at a time when lesbians had no place in society and no known history,” she recalls. “I wanted us to feel like we belonged in a bigger world.”…
Read MoreLinet Vartanians: Wife of Iranian Illegal Immigrant Threatened to Shoot ICE Agents When They Reached Her Home to Arrest Husband
The wife of an Iranian illegal immigrant allegedly threatened to shoot ICE agents in the head when they showed up at the couple’s Arizona home to arrest her husband, Mehrzad Asadi Eidivand, who had been ignoring a deportation order for over ten years. Linet Vartanians, 37, is accused of threatening federal agents that she had…
Read MoreMeta Partners with Invenergy, Secures 791 MW of Clean Energy to Power AI-Driven Data Centers
Technology giant Meta has inked a new deal with renewable energy producer Invenergy to buy 791 megawatts (MW) of solar and wind energy. The deal will help meet the increasing electricity needs of Meta’s data centers, which have been growing at a rapid pace to support the company’s artificial intelligence operations. Both companies confirmed that…
Read MoreWhat Is Gwada Negative? The World’s Rarest Blood Group Discovered in Guadeloupean Woman
A woman born in the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe has a blood type that scientists have never seen before. This new blood group, now named “Gwada negative,” was officially recognized by the International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT), making it the world’s 48th known blood group system. X The woman, now 68 and living…
Read MoreSupreme Court Nixes Suits Against States Defunding Planned Parenthood
Over-the-top rhetoric from Justice Jackson cannot overcome the Court’s precedents against individual lawsuits to enforce spending programs. Source link
Read MoreDramatic Footage Released by Pentagon Shows How 3,000-Pound Bunker-Buster Bombs Were Used to Destroy Iran’s Fordow Nuclear Site
The Pentagon has released dramatic footage that shows the power of the 30,000-pound heavy-duty bunker-buster bombs used in strikes against Iran, designed to demolish fortified targets deep underground. This came as Iran admitted Wednesday that its nuclear sites suffered massive damage after the bombings. The chilling video captures a GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) crashing…
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