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Showing posts with label Politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Politics. Show all posts
Sunday, April 20, 2025

Ninety Day Pause on US Tariffs... Trump didn't just flinched. He ducked!

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Trump stuns with 90-day tariff pause but hits China even harder with 125% rate
Wednesday, April 9, 2025

Trump tariffs: PSP calls for Singapore to seek new trade deal with US, work to 'address concerns'

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PSP secretary-general Leong Mun Wai said the party had no intention of "downplaying" the new tariffs A cargo ship is seen docked a...
Friday, March 14, 2025

Activist group 'targeting and disrupting' PAP Meet-The-People Sessions

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Home Affairs and Law Minister K Shanmugam speaking with two activists outside his Meet-The-People Session in  Chong Pang on Mar 12, 2025, wi...
Saturday, April 20, 2024

Singapore's response to Economist's "sneering" article about Singapore's leadership transition

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First, Shanmugam response: So the Economist noted that Lawrence Wong would only be the 4th PM in 59 years. Whereas, anybody knows a true a...
Monday, April 15, 2024

PM Lee to step down: Key milestones of his political career

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Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at a Merdeka Generation Appreciation ceremony at the ITE Central, on June 2, 2019.  Raj Nadarajan/TODAY Prime...
Monday, March 25, 2024

Iswaran - Corruption charges - Jan 2024 and Mar 2024

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Iswaran gets 8 new charges of obtaining S$19,000 in valuables such as whisky, Brompton bike from construction firm boss Iswaran pleaded no...

Govt tells Israeli embassy to remove Facebook post that was an 'astonishing attempt to rewrite history', says Shanmugam

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Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam speaking to reporters on Monday (March 25) about a Facebook post by the Israeli embassy in Singapo...
Friday, March 1, 2024

Israel's response to Hamas attack has 'gone too far', but severing ties would not help Palestinians, says Singapore

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SINGAPORE: Israel's military response to the Oct 7 Hamas attack has "gone too far", but severing diplomatic ties with the c...
Sunday, December 10, 2023

China’s Difficult Challenge to Reach the Middle (Or why China won't surpass US GDP)

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Growth dreams deferred.  China’s per capita income of $21,400 places it just above the 60th percentile of the global income distribution. By...
Monday, August 28, 2023

Musk undue influence over US policy and the Russo-Ukraine war.

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 Elon Musk’s Shadow Rule How the U.S. government came to rely on the tech billionaire—and is now struggling to rein him in. By Ronan Farrow ...
Friday, July 28, 2023

In Singapore, loud echoes of Beijing’s positions generate anxiety

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President Xi Jinping wants to build influence among ethnic-Chinese communities in Southeast Asia, raising concerns that the Chinese Communis...
Wednesday, May 24, 2023

It’s crunch time for the debt ceiling

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The main sticking point: government spending. President Biden and Speaker McCarthy Drew Angerer/Getty Images By Neal Freyman May 22, 2023 It...
Thursday, April 20, 2023

PM Lee outlines 3 geopolitical storms Singapore faces

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Jean Iau 19 April 2023 SINGAPORE - While Singapore’s relations with its immediate neighbours Malaysia and Indonesia are stable and encoura...
Thursday, March 23, 2023

Ties with federal government improved under PM Anwar, says Johor Sultan

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Johor ruler Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar with Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Feb 8, 2023. (Photo: Facebook/Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iska...
Sunday, February 19, 2023

'We are not in a comfortable place': Singapore defence minister warns of 'disastrous' consequences of war in Asia

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Singapore Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen speaking at the Maritime Security Roundtable during the 59th Munich Security Conference on Feb 17, 202...
Monday, February 6, 2023

Can Malaysia’s ruling coalition work together? PM Anwar squares up to new political realities

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The alliance between Pakatan Harapan and Barisan Nasional is a tenuous one, so holding it together is a daunting task. But are there bigger ...
Thursday, February 2, 2023

Senior counsel questions handling of Keppel bribery case as other lawyers weigh in; Indranee to address matter in Parliament

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A view of the Brani, Keppel and Tanjong Pagar container terminals in Singapore on Aug 19, 2022.  Reuters February 2, 2023 SINGAPORE — A seni...
Monday, January 30, 2023

US four-star general warns of war with China in 2025

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29 Jan 2023  Crew members signal to a F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jet preparing to take off for a routine flight on board the USS Nimitz a...
Tuesday, December 20, 2022

Commentary: Malaysia’s new PM Anwar needs to get it right for the country

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Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has made the right moves in his first week in office. Going forward, he has a slew of challenges, says...
Monday, November 21, 2022

Malaysia GE15 result a hung parliament scenario; both PH and PN in pole position to form government

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All eyes are now on the negotiations with possible partners, including the parties from Sabah and Sarawak. Muhyiddin Yassin and Anwar Ibrahi...