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Opposition parties ramp up election preparations, as some criticise date of Polling Day
The Straits Times reached out to eight opposition parties to get their reactions. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Six lessons for admin service officers from DPM Heng
Besides the importance of trust between the public service and the political leadership, DPM Heng shared five other lessons for administrative service officers at the dinner.
Trump says would ‘love’ to send US citizens to El Salvador jail
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said on Monday he wants to deport some violent criminals who are U.S. citizens to Salvadoran prisons, a move that experts said would violate U.S. law. Read more at ...
Young entrepreneurs talk about going beyond grades and pay at ST Podcast Live event
In the second edition of ST Podcasts Live, Mr Nabill was joined by Ms Adella Yeo Rae-Nyse, 27, a fellow entrepreneur and co-founder of career-matching platform MatcHub.
Day of monster discus throws condemned as 'weather doping'
Performance-enhancing drugs have long been the scourge of athletics field events but now some observers are claiming \"weather doping\" was behind a slew of discus records at a meeting in the United ...
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Spend more on defence now to protect Europe from Russia, says Lithuania's defence minister
VILNIUS - Europe must remove borrowing limits for defence spending or face the prospect of war with Russia, Lithuanian Defence Minister Dovile Sakaliene told Reuters on Tuesday. "Defence now is an ...
Austrian banker loses fight against extradition to US on money laundering charges
LONDON - The former chief executive of an Austrian bank can be extradited to the United States on money laundering charges relating to Brazilian construction company Odebrecht, London's High Court ...
PAP promises for East Coast GRC unveiled in new website
The website details both the work completed over the past five years and a forward-looking roadmap to 2030. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Minority shareholders question OCBC CEO Helen Wong’s re-election as director of Great Eastern
Great Eastern shares have been suspended from trading amid a takeover offer by the bank. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
EU observers "categorically" reject Ecuador election fraud allegations
QUITO - European Union observers said on Tuesday that they \"categorically\" reject allegations of fraud in Ecuador's Sunday presidential elections, joining a chorus of rejections of leftist Luisa ...
‘We don’t take anything for granted’: Every vote in East Coast GRC vital to PAP, says Edwin Tong
Edwin Tong also said former SAF chief of staff Goh Pei Ming brings value to the team there. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Would military strikes kill Iran's nuclear programme? Probably not
VIENNA - The recent U.S. deployment of B-2 bombers, the only planes able to launch the most powerful bunker-busting bombs, to within range of Iran is a potent signal to Tehran of what could happen to ...