Eco-titans battle and rage for the green power future

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The battle of the billionaires has become the stuff of headlines. The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, has gone head-to-head with Australia’s richest man, billionaire Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest. Musk, the founding investor in battery-powered car giant Tesla, has famously mocked hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles as “mind-bogglingly stupid.” Forrest has just placed a very large bet on […]

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Hangul is a Korean innovation rooted in tradition

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This past Sunday, October 9, was Hangul Day, a public holiday in South Korea. The sight of folks dancing in the streets in celebration of an alphabet speaks volumes about the significance of this innovation to the progress of Korea and its culture over the centuries. Yet some – including members of the new administration […]

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Lawyer M Ravi calls contempt of court proceedings ‘overkill’; AGC says he ‘clearly’ meant to insult judges

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SINGAPORE: State counsels on Monday (Oct 10) urged a court to commit lawyer M Ravi for contempt of court over his conduct in court proceedings where he allegedly insulted two judges and acted without his clients’ instructions. Mr Ravi flew in from the United Kingdom to represent himself after his lawyersContinue Reading

America’s Asian allies fear entrapment over Taiwan

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During the Donald Trump presidency, it was unsurprising that several US allies in Asia were concerned about the risk of abandonment — the possibility that Washington might not fulfill its alliance commitments. But allies can also fear entrapment — the risk that US actions might raise tensions, or even start a conflict, that allies would rather […]

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