Singapore economy grew 4.0% in 2024, advance estimate shows By Reuters

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore’s economy grew 4.0% in 2024, accelerating from 1.1% growth in 2023, preliminary government data showed on Thursday. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) rose 4.3% in the fourth quarter from a year earlier, according to advance estimates from the trade ministry, above a median forecast of 3.3% in a Reuters poll of economists.  … Read more

Ryan Reynolds Berated Justin Baldoni for ‘Fat-Shaming’ Blake: Lawsuit

Ryan Reynolds, Justin Baldoni, and Blake Lively. Getty Images (2); FilmMagic In his lawsuit against The New York Times, Justin Baldoni accused Ryan Reynolds of berating him for allegedly “fat-shaming” Blake Lively.  Baldoni, 40, filed the $250 million lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday, December 31, weeks after the outlet published an article … Read more

Saquon Barkley and family not happy about Eagles sitting him with chance to break NFL rushing record

Saquon Barkley addressed his team’s decision to rest him in the last game of the season, causing him to miss out on a chance to break the NFL single-season rushing record.  The Philadelphia Eagles star told reporters on Wednesday that he is “down” about head coach Nick Sirianni’s decision to keep him out of the … Read more

Asian markets set to resume trading after New Year’s Day holiday.

Singapore city skyline on September 18, 2016. Rustam Azmi | Getty Images News | Getty Images Australia stocks opened higher with other Asian markets set to resume trading after New Year’s Day holiday. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.17% at open, while Nikkei 225 Chicago futures were trading at 39,605, lower than the index’s last close of … Read more

Is alimony taxable?

Young woman analyzing financial documents while working on her laptop at home · damircudic via Getty Images Whether you’re drawing up a separation agreement or already have the divorce decree in hand, there can be a lot of challenging financial and tax implications to getting divorced. And if you’ll be paying or receiving alimony payments … Read more

How day of deadly attack unfolded

In the early hours of Wednesday morning, a man drove a pick-up truck into a crowd of people who were celebrating the new year in New Orleans’ famed French Quarter party district. Ten people were killed in the attack and dozens more were injured in what the FBI is investigating as an “act of terrorism”. … Read more

Suspect in Montenegro shooting dies after attempting suicide By Reuters

PODGORICA, Montenegro (Reuters) – A gunman who killed at least 10 people in a rampage in a small town in Montenegro died from self-inflicted injuries on Thursday after attempting suicide, the country’s interior minister, Danilo Saranovic, said. The gunman, identified by police as Aleksandar Martinovic, 45, attempted suicide near his home in the town of … Read more