Politics

THINKING ALOUD

Singaporeans should keep watch as Australian politics turn right

2026-06-23T23:00:00.000Z
British PM Keir Starmer says he would support whoever replaces him.

UK PM Starmer resigns; new leader to be in place by September

2026-06-22T22:23:23.000Z
SM Lee Hsien Loong says that there will be opportunities for Singapore to do business, treating China as a market for its exports.

Singapore can gain from China’s growing markets, must ‘embrace’ AI as the Chinese have: SM Lee

2026-05-22T10:30:00.000Z
Trump (centre), flanked by Todd Blanche, acting US attorney-general (left) and Kash Patel, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI, meeting the media at the White House after the shooting incident on Apr 25.

Trump and the recurring assassin

2026-04-27T09:30:21.000Z
(From left) Tran Thanh Man has been re-elected as chairman of the National Assembly; To Lam has been elected state president; Le Minh Hung has been appointed prime minister; Tran Cam Tu is the standing member of the Party’s Secretariat.

Vietnam formalises new state leadership, redefining ‘four pillars’ power balance

2026-04-07T03:24:08.000Z
The vote had been supported by Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.
NEWS ANALYSIS

Failed reform vote raises questions over Malaysia’s coalition discipline

2026-03-05T04:38:08.000Z
Results have yet to be officially certified by Thailand's election commission – a process that must be completed within 60 days of the general election.

Thailand’s election commission faces pressure over vote transparency

2026-02-11T12:30:16.000Z
Supporters of the Bhumjaithai Party ahead of the Feb 8 election in Bangkok. Preliminary results show the party secured some 192 out of 500 seats, with around 95% of the votes counted. 

‘Better outcome than we had expected’: Thai PM Anutin’s election win has analysts upbeat

2026-02-09T07:23:43.000Z
Thailand’s inability to revive its economy has made its stocks and bonds cheap, unloved and increasingly irrelevant.

High-stakes Thai vote tests appetite for political reform

2026-02-07T07:36:58.000Z
Britain's former prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is among the royals and other powerful figures who were part of Epstein's expansive network.

The Epstein rot goes deep

2026-02-05T02:19:39.000Z