DATA CREDIBILITY NOW IN QUESTION “Politicising economic statistics is a self-defeating act,” said Michael Madowitz, principal economist at the Roosevelt Institute’s Roosevelt Forward. “Credibility is far easier to lose than rebuild, and the credibility of America’s economic data is the foundation on which we’ve built the strongest economy in the…
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WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Friday (Aug 1) he had ordered two nuclear submarines to be repositioned to the “appropriate regions” in response to recent threats from former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. “I have ordered two nuclear submarines to be positioned in the appropriate regions, just in case these foolish and inflammatory statements are more than just that,” Trump posted on social media. He described Medvedev’s recent remarks as “highly provocative” and warned…
LONDON :India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and nightwatchman Akash Deep shared a stubborn century partnership to…
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SINGAPORE: Singapore’s Shannon Tan made the cut at the AIG Women’s Open on Friday (Aug 1), as she finished joint-35th after a second-round 72. Tan carded an opening round 73 at Royal Porthcawl in Wales, taking her two-day total to one-over 145 – safely inside the +3 cut line by two…
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JERUSALEM: President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy became the first high-profile United States official to visit Gaza since the war began, touring a US-backed aid operation on Friday (Aug 1) that the United Nations (UN) says is partly to blame for deadly conditions in the enclave. Steve Witkoff visited a…
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BENGALURU :Indonesia’s economy likely grew at its slowest pace in nearly four years last quarter as weak household spending weighed on overall growth and offset a boost from exports, according to a Reuters poll of economists.Southeast Asia’s largest economy likely grew 4.80 per cent in the April-June quarter from a…
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Office worker Raynaldo Pagsinohin shared that he enjoys visiting the mall during lunch, often by himself. The 58-year-old, who has been working at Buona Vista for 16 years, used to head to One-north or Clementi for lunch. Now, he’s at One Holland Village around twice a week, largely drawn to…
