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Singapore's next PM to contend with rising prices, aging population
Published on 14/05/2024
» SINGAPORE: Skyrocketing prices and an aging population are among the challenges facing Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lawrence Wong, who will become the country's new premier on Wednesday.
The plot to kill Clinton that history nearly forgot
Published on 23/03/2024
» WASHINGTON - Air Force One with President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton aboard was on its final approach to Manila on Nov 23, 1996, when their US Secret Service detail received alarming intelligence: an explosive device had been planted on the motorcade route into the Philippines capital.
Egypt election offers more of the same despite crisis
AFP, Published on 10/12/2023
» CAIRO: Egyptians vote on Sunday in a presidential election overshadowed by war in neighbouring Gaza and with little doubt that the incumbent Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will secure a third term.
EU tells China 'differences' must be addressed
AFP, Published on 07/12/2023
» BEIJING - EU President Ursula von der Leyen told Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday that the bloc and its biggest trading partner must address their differences, as they began the first in-person EU-China summit in over four years.
China ready to be 'partner and friend' of US: Xi
AFP, Published on 16/11/2023
» SAN FRANCISCO - China is "ready to be a partner and friend of the United States," President Xi Jinping told US business leaders on Wednesday, as concerns mount over the country's slowing economy.
A major upset and uncertainty: Argentina heads to run-off
AFP, Published on 24/10/2023
» BUENOS AIRES - Despite overseeing record inflation and poverty levels, Argentina's Economy Minister Sergio Massa confounded expectations by scoring the most votes in Sunday's first-round election.
UN meet looks to salvage promises on helping world's poorest
AFP, Published on 18/09/2023
» UNITED NATIONS, US: World leaders meet Monday at the United Nations in a bid to salvage ambitious promises to lift the planet's poorest, at a time when vulnerable nations are facing a volley of crises.
Biden announces curbs on US investments in China
AFP, Published on 10/08/2023
» WASHINGTON - US President Joe Biden on Wednesday issued an executive order aimed at restricting certain American investments in sensitive high-tech areas in China -- a move Beijing blasted as being "anti-globalization".
Ukraine Black Sea drone attacks signal rapidly expanding war
Published on 07/08/2023
» The footprint of President Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine is growing fast after a weekend in which sea drones crippled a Russian naval vessel and oil tanker.
Sunak talks Ukraine with Biden, seeks to boost post-Brexit UK
AFP, Published on 08/06/2023
» WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Rishi Sunak opened talks Thursday with US President Joe Biden at the White House to discuss the Ukraine war and NATO's future leadership -- as well as taking an opportunity to boost Britain's post-Brexit brand.