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The Chinese national flag fluttering with the Lujiazui Financial District in the background.Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty ImagesFinancial institutions are rethinking their China calls after a surprise trade truce between Washington and Beijing, raising both the country’s growth forecasts as well as stock market outlooks.On Monday, the U.S. and China reached an agreement to temporarily halt the majority of tariffs on each other’s products for 90 days. Under the deal, mutual tariffs will be reduced from 125% to just 10%.This marks a significant easing of tensions between the two countries after the tit-for-tat that ensued following U.S. President…

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[SINGAPORE] Every Singaporean household can claim S$500 worth of CDC vouchers from May 13 to help with their daily expenses.Half – or S$250 – of the vouchers can be used at participating supermarkets, with the other half at participating hawkers and heartland merchants. The vouchers, which can be claimed online at go.gov.sg/cdcv, will be valid till Dec 31, 2025. This latest and seventh tranche of vouchers come on the heels of the S$300 worth of CDC vouchers disbursed in January, which are also valid till Dec 31, 2025. The CDC vouchers were introduced during the Covid-19 pandemic to show appreciation to Singaporeans…

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Since its launch in 2010, AllTrails has grown to become one of the most popular apps for outdoor enthusiasts globally, with more than 50 million people now using it. The team behind the AllTrails app has just announced a new premium membership plan called “Peak,” designed to provide members with additional mapping, planning, and on-trail features.   As you’d expect from a premium membership tier, Peak features AllTrails’ most advanced features and allows for more customization — both during the planning stage and when out on a trail.  AI-powered custom route creation lets you build a route from scratch, adding…

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World Obesity Day, observed on March 4th, is a global call to action to address obesity as a serious health challenge. The mission of World Obesity Day is to increase awareness, encourage advocacy, improve policies, and share experiences.Obesity is not just an individual issue; it also impacts communities. For Black communities specifically, where obesity rates are disproportionately high, this day is a chance to raise awareness, break stigmas, and explore real solutions.Obesity increases the risk of other chronic conditions like diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease, but with the right resources, support, and access to care, change is possible.This…

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President Trump has defended his decision to introduce tariffs on goods from other countries by arguing that it will lead companies to shift production to the United States, bringing back jobs.For German companies, which have been producing their goods in the United States since the late 1800s, such arguments ring hollow. Thousands of German companies already have factories in the United States, accounting for 12 percent of the country’s foreign investments.Automakers like BMW and Mercedes-Benz have long had plants in the United States. In 2023, the candy maker Haribo opened its first U.S. plant in Wisconsin, after decades of importing…

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AI agents are here to stay, but there are still some major privacy and data concerns that need to be addressed before the tech goes mainstream. That’s because AI agents are only as good as their data, and right now, that data is fragmented, unsecured, and often unreliable. We spoke to Yukai Tu, CTO at CARV, to discuss how to give AI agents the verifiability and trustworthiness they need as they take on more sophisticated tasks. BN: What is an AI agent and are they all the same? YT: I’m sure plenty of people are wondering the same thing in…

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In addition to cutting Universal Service, Simington proposed a broad streamlining of the FCC licensing process. Manual processing of license applications “consumes vast staff hours and introduces unnecessary delay into markets that thrive on speed and innovation,” he wrote. “For non-contentious licenses, automated workflows should be the default,” Simington argued. “By implementing intelligent review systems and processing software, the FCC could drastically reduce the time and labor involved in issuing standard licenses.” Moving staff, deleting rules Simington also proposed taking employees out of the FCC Media Bureau and moving them “to other offices within the FCC—such as the Space Bureau—that…

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