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Biden meets South Korea, Japan leaders for pre-Trump huddle on risk
LIMA: US President Joe Biden met with Japanese and South Korean leaders on Friday (Nov 15) as they sought to cement…
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US finalises up to US$6.6 billion funding for chip giant TSMC
TSMC is the second company after Polar Semiconductor to finalise its agreement. “Currently, the United States does not make on our…
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Commentary: Elon Musk’s efficiency department is highly inefficient
EFFICIENCY MUST START WITH CONGRESS Let’s start from scratch. Say you are concerned the federal government is prone to waste,…
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Trump pressures US Senate with divisive cabinet picks
WASHINGTON: Questions – and, for some, outrage – intensified over several of President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet picks Friday (Nov 15),…
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US finalizes up to $6.6 billion funding for chip giant TSMC
TSMC is the second company after Polar Semiconductor to finalize its agreement. “Currently, the United States does not make on our…
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Prabowo’s visits to China and US show need for more than ‘one-man show’ in driving Indonesia’s foreign policy: Analysts
DIPLOMACY NOT A “ONE-MAN SHOW” While Mr Prabowo’s trips have raised Indonesia’s profile as well as his own on the…
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Japan’s latest tourism headache is American arrested for damaging Tokyo shrine
TOKYO: An American arrested for defacing a sacred Tokyo shrine became the latest example of Japan’s struggle to cope with…
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Trump names vaccine sceptic Robert F Kennedy Jr as health secretary
Donald Trump on Thursday (Nov 14) tapped anti-vaccine activist and conspiracy theorist Robert F Kennedy as his secretary of health…
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Trump picks firebrand congressman Matt Gaetz for attorney general
FEAR OF FURTHER POLITICISATION Former Justice Department officials said they worried that Gaetz would seek to politicise the operations of…
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How Elon Musk’s US government efficiency panel might work
WHAT IS THE PRECEDENT FOR THE EFFICIENCY PANEL? In February 1982, former president Ronald Reagan announced he would form a…
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