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1 month ago | 
straitstimes.com | Bhagyashree Garekar |Yew Lun Tian |Shannon Teoh |Philip Wen
WASHINGTON/SINGAPORE/KUALA LUMPUR/BANGKOK/MANILA - It took one weekend in Geneva for US President Donald Trump to roll back what has been seen till now as the raison d’etre of his presidency.
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1 month ago | 
straitstimes.com | Magdalene Fung |Walter Sim |Joyce Lim |Bhagyashree Garekar
Follow our live coverage. HONG KONG/TOKYO/SHENZHEN/NEW YORK – Back home in Singapore, Mr Julian Chang, 24, used to pay little attention to politics, calling himself “apolitical”. But since coming to Tokyo as an exchange student a month ago, he has been gripped by election fever, even though he has had to watch election rallies online instead of attending in person.
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Mar 18, 2025 | 
straitstimes.com | Bhagyashree Garekar
Simply severing the supply chain is not sufficient, the challenge is also to curb the demand for the drug. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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Feb 4, 2025 | 
straitstimes.com | Bhagyashree Garekar
If the tariff wars drag out, Americans will almost certainly feel it in their pocketbooks. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
straitstimes.com | Li Xueying |Bhagyashree Garekar
WASHINGTON/DAVOS – The competition for foreign direct investment (FDI) around the world just got tougher. After taking the reins of a country that is already the world’s largest recipient of FDI, President Donald Trump said he aims to bring home even more money. Speaking to the world’s top policymakers and business chiefs via a video call from the White House, Mr Trump offered lower taxes if they brought manufacturing to the US, and threatened to impose tariffs if they did not.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
straitstimes.com | Bhagyashree Garekar
NEW YORK - The roads are not bursting at the seams and the city’s relentless pace seems to have eased. With the new US$9 (S$12) congestion toll, driving into Manhattan now is a bit like watching a film in the Silent Era; it feels like something is missing. For one thing, you actually get to see the road stretching ahead while driving through the city. Not the rear lights of the car ahead of you, inches away. Not its number plate or the drooling dog looking out the window with ruminating eyes.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
straitstimes.com | Bhagyashree Garekar
US President Joe Biden was at his most animated when he warned the nation about the dangers of a “concentration of technology, power and wealth”. PHOTO: EPA-EFEWASHINGTON – President Joe Biden’s farewell message to his fellow Americans was a simple one: stay on guard.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
straitstimes.com | Bhagyashree Garekar
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
straitstimes.com | Bhagyashree Garekar
WASHINGTON - Sandwiched between two terms of a rival whose transactional approach to foreign policy is the polar opposite of his own, President Joe Biden claimed credit for setting America on course to victory over China. Speaking for 30 minutes to officials at the State Department on Jan 13, Mr Biden painted a picture of a country primed to compete with its biggest rival.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
straitstimes.com | Bhagyashree Garekar
WASHINGTON – The rapid collapse of the 24-year-old regime of President Bashar al-Assad in Syria at the hands of a hardline rebel group has stoked worries of a comeback by the brutal ISIS terror group. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which is now in control of Damascus, has deep historical ties to both ISIS and Al-Qaeda.
