Planning a luxury trip to Singapore? Here's what to do and where to stay
For many, Singapore — the city that inspired "Crazy Rich Asians" — is synonymous with luxury, with everything from top-tier accommodations to high-end shopping and restaurants.
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Monday Briefing: The Democratic National Convention
The presidential election is less than 80 days away. This is what we’re watching.
Blinken arrives in Middle East to renew push for Gaza cease-fire
TEL AVIV (Reuters) -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Tel Aviv on Sunday on a Middle East tour aimed at intensifying diplomatic pressure to achieve a cease-fire deal in Gaza this week to end the bloodshed between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas.
Bangladesh’s Yunus reassures on Rohingya refugees, garment exports
Bangladesh will maintain support both for its immense Rohingya refugee population and its vital garment trade, Nobel laureate and new leader Muhammad Yunus said Sunday in his first major policy address.
Bangladesh’s Yunus promises support to Rohingya in first policy speech
Bangladesh’s interim prime minister has also pledged to maintain the country’s important garment industry.
Some doctors still on strike, protests spread after Indian medic’s murder
Thousands march in streets of Kolkata as authorities struggle to contain demonstrations calling for justice.
Elon Musk’s rightward turn includes a fringe fascination: Civil war
Tech billionaire Elon Musk has repeatedly prophesied a future civil war related to immigration.
US protectionist craze hasn’t done its economy any favours
Most worrying is what Maurice Obstfeld at the Peterson Institute recently called “a deep distrust of economic openness” – a bipartisan consensus that the open trade which has been nurtured by the US for the past seven decades is doing more harm than good to the nation.