Opinion | My Father Founded Singapore. He Would Be Troubled by What It’s Become.
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Opinion | My Father Founded Singapore. He Would Be Troubled by What It’s Become.

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines My father, Lee Kuan Yew, was the founder of Singapore. He guided the nation through its first 31 years with a firm hand as prime minister, pioneering a system of government that some have called benevolent autocracy. His People’s Action Party monopolized political…

Bong Joon Ho, ‘Mickey17’ Director, Brings Class Warfare To Outer Space
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Bong Joon Ho, ‘Mickey17’ Director, Brings Class Warfare To Outer Space

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines “Mickey 17” is the first feature that Bong has made with a Hollywood studio, and his most expensive one yet, with a budget just under $120 million. On this last score, though, he was ambivalent. “I prefer small productions, and I dislike big…

L.A. Faces Pressure From Wealthy Residents as the Pacific Palisades Rebuilds
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L.A. Faces Pressure From Wealthy Residents as the Pacific Palisades Rebuilds

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Pacific Palisades — the Los Angeles community where more than 6,800 structures were destroyed and nearly 1,000 were damaged in the California wildfires — is among the wealthiest enclaves in the United States. The average household income is $375,000, three times the…

Health Officials Struggle to Comply With D.E.I. and Gender Orders
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Health Officials Struggle to Comply With D.E.I. and Gender Orders

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Federal and state health officials and staff members scrambled on Friday to comply with a 5 p.m. deadline by the Trump administration to terminate any programs that promote “gender ideology,” and to withdraw documents and any other media that may do so. Federal…

Online Therapy Boom Has Mainly Benefited Privileged Groups, Studies Find
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Online Therapy Boom Has Mainly Benefited Privileged Groups, Studies Find

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The number of Americans receiving psychotherapy increased by 30 percent during the pandemic, as virtual sessions replaced in-person appointments — but new research dampens the hope that technology will make mental health care more available to the neediest populations. In fact, the researchers…