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December 14, 2024

Trump administration plans to cut thousands of employees at spy agencies
The Trump administration plans to significantly shrink the workforce of the Central Intelligence Agency and other U.S. intelligence agencies, with the aim of cutting thousands of employees over several years, two sources with knowledge of the matter told NBC News. The administration’s cost-cutting approach at the CIA and other intelligence agencies suggests a more calibrated…
Japan to cooperate with Singapore on undersea cables, cybersecurity
TOKYO — Japan plans to step up cooperation with Singapore in such fields as undersea cables and cybersecurity, Nikkei has learned, seeking to ensure reliable and secure communications infrastructure in the Indo-Pacific as China’s influence looms. Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications will spearhead the initiative, with Parliament Vice Minister Hideto Kawasaki to meet…
Evaluating Bob Baffert’s ‘complicated’ legacy amid Kentucky Derby return
May 3, 2025 02:35 PM Jerry Bailey, Randy Moss and Ahmed Fareed discuss Bob Baffert’s return to Churchill Downs, analyzing the six-time Kentucky Derby winner’s legacy and questioning what’s next in a controversial career.
10-year-old girl killed after tree falls on her Atlanta home
A 10-year-old girl died on Saturday after a tree fell on her home in southwest Atlanta, according to the city’s fire department. The girl’s mother and grandmother were also hospitalized following the incident but are expected to recover, the Atlanta Fire Department said in a statement. The AFD said six people lived in the home…
Singapore’s long-ruling party wins another landslide in election boost for new prime minister
SINGAPORE — Singapore’s long-ruling People’s Action Party won another landslide in Saturday’s general elections, extending its 66-year unbroken rule in a huge boost for Prime Minister Lawrence Wong who took power a year ago. The Election Department announced the PAP won 82 Parliament seats after vote counting ended. The party had earlier won five seats…
Japan’s outdated corporate family model
Waka Ikeda is a Tokyo-based freelance journalist covering society, culture and the movie industry. With Japan’s fertility rate sitting at a paltry 1.2, the issue of work-life balance has gone from office chitchat to existential crisis. Some officials are advocating a four-day workweek for public servants, but are more fundamental changes needed?
Singapore election live: How the night unfolded
SINGAPORE — Singaporeans cast their ballots Saturday to elect their representatives to the country’s unicameral parliament for the next five-year term. Prime Minister Lawrence Wong’s ruling People’s Action Party, which has governed the country since its independence in 1965, retained its supermajority. You can read our news story on the PAP’s victory here. Here’s how…
A Lasting Symbol of Pak-China Friendship
Gilgit’s Silent Graveyard: A Lasting Symbol of Pak-China Friendship In the serene mountains of Gilgit lies a silent graveyard, the final resting place of the Chinese workers who sacrificed their lives during the construction of the Karakoram Highway — also known as the modern Silk Road. This sacred ground stands as a silent witness to…
Murdered woman’s divorce attorney arrested in her 2013 killing
More than twelve years after Aliza Sherman was fatally stabbed in downtown Cleveland, police arrested a man on Friday in connection with her death. A grand jury has indicted Gregory Moore, 51 — Sherman’s former divorce attorney — on charges related to the fatal stabbing of the 53-year-old nurse and mother of four while she…