PM Lee referred to 'criminal charges' against Indian MPs in Singapore's parliament. MEA tells High Commissioner that statement was unnecessary in context of subject at hand.
Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong has been calling for the world’s biggest economies to avoid a destructive clash that could force smaller countries like Singapore to choose sides.
The outcome is a warning to other governments which have faced questions over their handling of a pandemic that has crippled economies around the world.
In 12 previous elections over more than five decades, the PAP — which has led Singapore since its independence in 1965 — has never won less than 93% of parliamentary seats.
Singapore, which was established by Lee Kuan Yew in 1965 after its divorce from Malaysia, must go through another wrenching reinvention to emerge from the pandemic era.
Singapore PM has underlined the dangers of combining hard-line rhetoric with inconsistent policy while expressing concern over how US-China competition is seen.
After dominating India’s crude imports since 2023, Russian supplies slowed amid US sanctions, but a 30-day ‘waiver’ amid West Asia tensions could now push flows back towards 2 mbpd.
Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.
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