Politics

SINGAPORE – United States Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin will participate in the annual Shangri-La Dialogue from June 4 to 5 and speak on the US’ Indo-Pacific strategy, the Pentagon announced early on Tuesday (May 4). The summit’s…
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SAN SALVADOR – Lawmakers aligned with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele voted on Saturday (May 1) to remove all of the top judges on the country’s Supreme Court, which the opposition and a range of international critics slammed as a…
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SINGAPORE – Singapore is hosting an official visit by Malaysia’s Foreign Minister Hishammuddin Hussein on Saturday (May 1) and Sunday, during which he is expected to discuss post-Covid-19 cooperation between the two countries. The Ministry…
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BERLIN – Germany’s Vice Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Sunday (April 25) the opposition Greens candidate for chancellor, Annalena Baerbock, lacked political experience, describing himself as better placed to lead Europe’s largest economy…
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WASHINGTON — The Justice Department took a new position this week in support of the rights of transgender people in prison and sent a signal that the Biden administration is moving away from Trump administration policies that rolled back…
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President Joe Biden will announce Thursday that the US is targeting at least a 50% drop in greenhouse gas emissions this decade compared to 2005 levels, reasserting the country as a global climate leader and pushing others to step up on…
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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced his first judicial nominees last month, a slate intended to send a message about his commitment to diversity. Liberals are eager for Biden to reshape the bench after four years on the sidelines,…
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SINGAPORE – Former senior minister S Jayakumar, who served in the Cabinets of all three of Singapore’s prime ministers, headed the list of more than 500 recipients of the National Day Award on Sunday (April 4). Professor Jayakumar was…
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WASHINGTON — Lawsuits seeking to hold former president Donald Trump personally — and financially — responsible for the violence at the Capitol on Jan. 6 are stacking up. This week, two US Capitol Police officers who said they were on the…
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President Joe Biden is calling on Congress to pass new gun control measures after mass shootings in the last week in Atlanta and Boulder, Colorado. In a short speech Tuesday afternoon, Biden said “we can save lives” by increasing…
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