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Slashing and burning: US-backed budget cuts at the UN

The Secretary-General must balance between US demands for budget constraint and the UN’s needs.

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Bombardier ruling due Friday amid spate of US protectionism

Today, the International Trade Commission will decide on the legality of a US-imposed 300% tariff…

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Friday, January 26

‘AMERICA FIRST’ IN SWITZERLAND Trump to deliver polarising speech on final day of Davos For…

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US economy continues growth spurt but sustainability in question

The general picture of US economic growth will remain largely unchanged when 2017’s fourth quarter…

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Trump to deliver polarising ‘America First’ speech on final day of Davos

For the first time in 18 years, the US president will address the World Economic…

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Czech presidential election runoff goes down to the wire

Incumbent Milos Zeman is facing the fight of his presidency as the second round of…

Singapore / South China Sea
Honest broker? Singapore in the driver’s seat

Singapore will struggle to reconcile the competing interests of other ASEAN members and China.

UN Syria talks
UN-brokered Syrian peace talks resume eclipsed by Russian-led forum

The major parties to the Syrian conflict will resume talks in Vienna today as parallel…

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African Union foreign ministers meet as single aviation market beckons

Representatives of 55 African countries will congregate in Addis Ababa today for the AU executive…

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Egypt marks anniversary of revolution with protests against oppression

Today will mark the seventh anniversary of the Egyptian revolution that overthrew Hosni Mubarak. Although…