Posts by Swedan Margen
Oil: Brent falls to lowest since March on expected peace deal
Published Sat, Jun 13, 2026 · 09:23 AM [HOUSTON] Brent crude prices fell to their lowest levels since early March as traders grew more confident about an imminent peace agreement between the US and Iran. Brent futures settled at US$87.33 a barrel, down US$3.05, or 3.4 per cent. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude finished…
Read MorePro-Trans Activists Give a Lesson in Intimidation Tactics | National Review
A series of alarming events at Oxford University. Source link
Read MoreKarmelo Anthony’s Race Doesn’t Matter | National Review
There is no reason to make an open-and-shut murder case into a race-based morality play. Source link
Read MoreAn Obama Alum Mourns How Effective Their Social Security Demagoguery Was | National Review
Democrats spent decades scaremongering on entitlement reform. What did they think would happen? Source link
Read MorePierre-Emmanuel Lyet’s “After the Comeback”
The cover of the June 22, 2026, issue captures the joy on the streets of the city in the hours following OG Anunoby’s rocket-fuelled tip-in that capped the New York Knicks’ historic win over the San Antonio Spurs in Game Four of the N.B.A. Finals. The French illustrator and animator Pierre-Emmanuel Lyet finished his image…
Read MoreSpaceX set to surge past US$2 trillion valuation in blockbuster Nasdaq debut
Published Fri, Jun 12, 2026 · 10:45 PM SPACEX was on course to blow past US$2 trillion in market valuation in its Nasdaq debut on Friday, reflecting the frenzy for the Elon Musk-led company and putting it on track to become the sixth-largest publicly listed company in the United States. Shares were indicated to open around…
Read MoreAI is cutting hours of office work, but also creating a new kind of busywork
As the use of artificial intelligence spreads across companies worldwide, it is relieving workers of tedious old chores but creating new ones. A new survey of individuals using AI found it made them more productive, saving each roughly 11 hours per week. But at the same time, the workers on average have to spend more…
Read More“Mudville,” Reviewed: An Atlanta Filmmaker’s Expansive D.I.Y. Family Drama
The other day, I suddenly remembered a film I’d seen and admired ten years ago, “The Arbalest,” which, as a juror at the 2016 South by Southwest festival, I’d supported for the Grand Prize. Now I wondered whether it was streaming (answer: yes) and whether its director, Adam Pinney, had made another film. A quick…
Read MoreA Wondrous Array of Boundary Pushers at SummerStage
Also: Lucy Sante’s poignant humor, American Ballet Theatre’s summer season, the incisive melodrama of Satyajit Ray, and more. Source link
Read MoreInfineon to open 5 billion euro chip fab as part of EU sovereignty push
It benefits from soaring demand for power chips used in AI data centres, which will be produced at the facility Published Fri, Jun 12, 2026 · 04:23 PM [BERLIN] Infineon Technologies is preparing to open its largest single investment, a five-billion-euro (S$7.4 billion) semiconductor factory, built with the help of European Union subsidies. This comes…
Read MoreAlibaba bids US$1.5 billion for China grocer in fight with Meituan
Published Fri, Jun 12, 2026 · 10:12 AM [HONG KONG] Alibaba Group Holding is offering US$1.5 billion to acquire Chinese grocery delivery firm Pupu, initiating a bidding war as part of a broader campaign to wrest market share from Meituan in online commerce. China’s largest consumer Internet platform’s proposed price is more than double an…
Read MoreLizzo in the Age of Backlash
Lizzo’s charting songs of herself, as encapsulated on her 2019 platinum record “Cuz I Love You,” were infectious, if not cool; her fat and Black body, much as it became an avatar for white women with cellulite, could be viewed as a token of changed values. This assigned her music an unproven political heft, much…
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