Posts by Kim Browne
This Hair Mask Is So Good, I Forget I Haven’t Had A Trim In Months
As the name suggests, the aim is to repair and resurface hair. When it comes to hair masks, repairing is a given, but resurfacing? I’d only heard of this in the context of skincare, namely exfoliating acids like glycolic and lactic acid, which make skin smoother and brighter. While this mask doesn’t exfoliate your scalp…
Read MoreDelfi H1 net profit down 37.7% to US$12.2 million on softer performance in Indonesia
[SINGAPORE] Delfi posted a 37.7 per cent drop in net profit to US$12.2 million for its first half ended Jun 30, 2025, from US$19.6 million in the previous corresponding period. Excluding a non-recurring item resulting from the streamlining of its Philippine manufacturing operations, net profit would have been down 33.9 per cent to US$12.9…
Read More5 Chic Pieces I Saw French Women Wearing in Paris’s 30° Heatwave
Around this time last month, I started my day as I would any other: sitting down with a book on a stuffy train. But, rather than elbowing my way out into central London, I emerged with a spring in my step in sunny Paris, during one of the city’s famous warm-weather spells. Having been to…
Read MoreSingapore shares slip despite upgraded 2025 growth outlook; STI down 0.3%
[SINGAPORE] Stocks on the local bourse ended lower on Tuesday (Aug 12) for the third consecutive session. The decline occurred despite gains in most regional markets, and an upgrade in Singapore’s full-year growth forecast. The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) ended down 0.3 per cent or 12.06 points at 4,220.72. Across the broader market, gainers…
Read MoreDrop Everything — Reformation’s Summer Sale Is Here
Back-to-school season is nigh, but nothing brightens the end of the summer like a major discount from one of our favorite brands, especially when said brand only occasionally holds sales. We’re of course talking about Reformation — our go-to destination for modern, sustainably-sourced styles, top-quality denim, enviable wedding guest looks, linen basics, trendy plus-sized pieces, and…
Read MoreTrump Is Taking Over D.C. Police Because He’s a Racist Thug
It’s still possible, despite my daily exposure to horrific announcements from the Trump administration, for a White House press conference to make me sick with dread. On August 11, the president announced that he was taking federal control of the police force in Washington, D.C., and deploying the National Guard to its streets. As has…
Read MoreTexas GOP Ropes Public Safety Office Into Hunting Democrats
“I’m announcing a historic action to rescue our nation’s capital from crime, bloodshed, bedlam, and squalor, and worse,” Trump told a packed room of reporters. “This is Liberation Day in D.C., and we’re gonna take our capital back. We’re taking it back. Under the authorities vested in me as the president of the United States,…
Read MoreOops! FBI Chief Undermines Trump’s Main Reason for Taking Over D.C.
The Trump administration is deploying the National Guard to Washington over a supposed “public safety emergency”—but it can’t seem to iron out its reason for doing so. Mere moments after the president claimed Monday that federalization of Washington’s law enforcement was warranted on the basis that the city was a crime-riddled hellscape, FBI Director Kash…
Read MoreUS: Wall St opens flat as chip stocks dip on China sales deal
Published Mon, Aug 11, 2025 · 09:42 PM [NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes opened flat on Monday (Aug 11) as major chip companies slipped on the eve of a key tariff deadline after a trade policy shift that involves sharing a portion of revenue from China sales with the Trump administration. Nvidia Corp and…
Read MoreNobody Wants… Period Leaks: Kristen Bell Talks New Knix Underwear Campaign
Many of us know this experience too well: we stand up from a long dinner or a movie and immediate fear strikes as we question if we’ve leaked through our pants. We ask our friends, “Am I good?” to discreetly check before (we hope) they assure us, “You’re good.” Well, now, Knix — the popular…
Read MoreStarHub down 4.9% as M1 sale to Simba dashes hopes of its takeover of the telco
[SINGAPORE] Shares of telco StarHub fell by nearly 5 per cent on Monday (Aug 11) after news of Keppel’s proposed sale of M1 to Simba Telecom. This has dashed hopes of a potential StarHub takeover of M1, which was rumoured to be on the cards earlier this year. The counter was trading at S$1.16 as…
Read MoreSteel giants look into carbon capture hubs across Asia
[SINGAPORE] A consortium of global steelmakers and energy majors has launched a pre-feasibility study on building carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) hubs across Asia, marking a rare cross-industry collaboration in one of the region’s most carbon-intensive sectors. The study will explore potential CCUS applications in hard-to-abate sectors, namely the steel, cement, and chemical sectors. It…
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