Air India in record order for new planes
2023-02-14
The airline orders a total of 470 aircraft from Airbus and Boeing as it targets a major expansion.Continue Reading
Singaporeans must be ready to seize new growth opportunities overseas, say observers
2023-02-14
As the global talent race heats up, Singapore has to build up an environment where locals who work overseas and eventually return home can easily assimilate back, said observers. Continue Reading
Spy balloon saga driving US-China ties down and down
2023-02-14
Over the past week, the US has realized and revealed that an active fleet of Chinese spy balloons has been operating across the northern hemisphere for several years. This all started to become apparent when a Chinese balloon, some 60 meters high and carrying a sensor payload of more than a tonne, was sighted by […]Continue Reading
Everything Japan vowed to give Marcos Jr
2023-02-14
MANILA – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr triumphantly returned from his five-day trip to Japan with major economic and defense deals in his pocket. It was the leader’s ninth foreign visit in just over eight months, with previous trips to the US and China, and proved to be his most fruitful yet. In Tokyo, the […]Continue Reading
Budget 2023: Singapore ‘unlikely’ to return funds drawn from reserves due to ‘tight fiscal position’, says Lawrence Wong
2023-02-14
While the economy has recovered back to pre-pandemic levels, Singapore remains in “a tight fiscal position”, said Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lawrence Wong.Continue Reading
Budget 2023: New support scheme for platform workers as they make increased CPF contributions
2023-02-14
Platform workers who are below the age of 30 will have to contribute to their CPF Ordinary and Special Accounts from late 2024.Continue Reading
No sales of arms to Myanmar for ‘a very long time’: Vivian Balakrishnan
2023-02-14
The Minister of Foreign Affairs referred to what his predecessor said in 2007 about Singapore’s position in relation to supplying arms to Myanmar. Continue Reading
Budget 2023: S$4 billion top-up for National Productivity Fund, new Enterprise Innovation Scheme
2023-02-14
Singapore will do more to boost local businesses and encourage innovation amid uncertainties in the global economy, says Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong.Continue Reading
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2023-02-14
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China, US must deflate ballooning controversy
2023-02-14
On the heels of their unending trade and technology wars of several years, the recent simmering controversy about a US Air Force F-22 fighter aircraft shooting down a Chinese high-altitude balloon off the coast of South Carolina on February 4 has become more complicated. This is because since then three more flying objects have been […]Continue Reading