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Anjani Sinha grilled in hearing for ambassador to Singapore
The American Bazaar
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July 14, 2025
Dr. Anjani Sinha, President Donald Trump’s pick for U.S. ambassador to Singapore, faced a heated grilling in his Senate confirmation hearing in which he struggled to answer questions about the city-state. Facing the Senate Foreign Relations...
6 babies rescued as Indonesia busts trafficking ring, 5 bound for buyers in Singapore: Reports
Channel News Asia
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July 15, 2025
INVESTIGATIONS ONGOING Authorities in Indonesia say the 12 suspects are undergoing interrogation for further investigations. “We did not only detain the suspects, we also seized some evidence such as (fake) identity cards, passports and other...
Flying From Dubai To Dublin? Emirates Adds Third Daily Flight
MENAFN
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July 18, 2025
(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) In a significant enhancement to its Irish operations, Emirates is set to operate a third daily service to Dublin this winter starting from October 26. The world's largest international airline will offer passengers more...
Australia’s largest military drills with 19 nations being
Mid Day Mumbai
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July 15, 2025
Australia, for the first time, launched missiles from its M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, known as HIMARS, on Monday during live-fire exercises at the Shoalwater Bay Training Area, a 4500 sq km Outback expanse in Queensland state This...
NUS Computing hosts inaugural International Cybersecurity Olympiad to nurture future cybersecurity champions
National University of Singapore
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July 15, 2025
Tan Jun Heng, from NUS High School of Math and Science, won the Overall Champion Shield for his outstanding achievements. Twelve participants clinched the gold medals while 22 participants were awarded silver medals and 34 participants received...
Singapore is World’s Top Maritime Centre for 12th Consecutive Year
Hellenic Shipping News
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July 13, 2025
Singapore retained its ranking as the world’s top maritime centre, marking the 12th consecutive year it has led the Xinhua-Baltic International Shipping Centre Development (ISCD) Index. Jointly published by the Baltic Exchange and China’s Xinhua...
Vietnam tourism grows 21% with 10.7 million international visitors
TravelDailyNews Asia-Pacific
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July 14, 2025
Vietnam welcomed 10.7 million international tourists in H1 2025, driven by visa exemptions and regional growth, surpassing pre-pandemic levels. Thanks to open visa policies and effective tourism stimulus programs, Vietnam welcomed approximately...
Kanye West Thanks Chinese Government After Shanghai Concert Debacle
Breitbart
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July 14, 2025
China’s state propaganda newspaper Global Times described “widespread disappointment” in Shanghai this weekend following a concert by American rapper Kanye West, who has attempted to rehabilitate his career in the past six months by performing in...
World News | Chinese President Xi Jinping Meets SCO Foreign Ministers in Beijing, Calls for Stronger Regional Cooperation and Stability
Latestly
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July 15, 2025
Beijing [China], July 15 (ANI): Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday met in Beijing with foreign ministers and heads of standing bodies of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), who are in China to attend the Meeting of the Council of the...
European trade ministers meet to forge strategy after surprise 30% tariffs from Trump
ABC News - New York
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July 14, 2025
BRUSSELS -- European trade ministers are meeting in Brussels on Monday, following U.S. President Donald Trump’s surprise announcement of 30% tariffs on the European Union. The EU is America’s biggest business partner and the world’s largest...
"Good to catch up": EAM Jaishankar meets Iranian Foreign Minister
Awaz The Voice
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July 15, 2025
EAM S. Jaishanker and Iranian FM Abbas Araghchi Beijing Jaishankar shared the update on X (formerly Twitter), he wrote, "Good to catch up with FM @araghchi of Iran, this time on the sidelines of the SCO Foreign Ministers Meeting in Tianjin." This...
Australia Hosts Largest-Ever Military Exercise with 19 Nations, Likely to Draw Chinese Attention
Military.com
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July 14, 2025
MELBOURNE, Australia — The largest-ever war-fighting drills in Australia, Exercise Talisman Sabre, are underway and expected to attract the attention of Chinese spy ships. Australia launched missiles from its M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket...
Zoho's Sridhar Vembu on how to make Indian cities livable like Singapore that limits car ownership through certificates
The Economic Times
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July 15, 2025
Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu has called for building extensive public transport networks across Indian cities to make them more livable, citing Singapore as a successful model that limits car ownership through policy innovation. “I want to add that...
Billion-dollar money laundering case: 4 law firms dealt with over conveyancing of properties
Channel News Asia
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July 15, 2025
SINGAPORE: Two law firms that were involved in the conveyancing of real estate properties seized in Singapore's billion-dollar money laundering case have been ordered to pay tens of thousands of dollars in financial penalties. The director of...
Singapore must develop deeper relationships with China, US, Europe: home affairs minister
Fresh News
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Hits: 152 SINGAPORE, Jul. 9 (Reuters): In a multipolar world, small countries like Singapore have to develop even deeper relationships with other nations, Singapore's Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam said on Wednesday. "There are more powers...
Vietnam, Singapore strengthen collaboration in high-level leadership training
Vietnam Pictorial
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July 14, 2025
The partnership between the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics and the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy stands as a model of high-level training cooperation. The third course of the Potential Leaders’ Programme for Vietnamese officials...
Data Centre Focused REIT Debuts In Singapore, Biggest In Years
MENAFN
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July 15, 2025
(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) A real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on data centres made a lukewarm debut on the Singapore exchange on Monday, in the city-state's biggest listing in eight years. Valued at $773 million, the trust NTT DC REIT is...
EU ministers united against Trump tariffs
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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July 15, 2025
BRUSSELS -- EU trade ministers agreed Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement of 30% tariffs on the European Union was "absolutely unacceptable," and they are studying a new set of countermeasures to respond to the move. The...
Natural Gas Gets A Political Jolt—But Pipeline Gaps Risk The Payoff
Forbes
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WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 04: President Donald Trump holds up the "One, Big Beautiful Bill" Act that was ... More signed into law as during an Independence Day military family picnic on the South Lawn of the White House on July 04, 2025 in Washington,...
New Law Paves Way for Special Investment Zone in Kyrgyzstan
Times of Central Asia
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July 14, 2025
Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov has signed a new law establishing a special financial investment territory in the Issyk-Kul region. The legislation, titled “On the Special Financial Investment Territory ‘Tamchy’ with a Special Legal Regime and...