Dear ST reader,
What an eventful week it has been.
Bangladesh is set to get an interim government headed by Nobel Peace Prize-winning economist Muhammad Yunus, after weeks of deadly student protests forced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign and flee to India. Senior Columnist Ravi Velloor says, however, that years of toxic politics will make finding an acceptable civilian government challenging.
In the US, Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has picked her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. The US presidential election is lining up to be a contest between “Minnesota Nice” and “New York Nasty”. Both can play vicious, of course, says US Bureau Chief Bhagyashree Garekar.
While Mr Walz had spent a year teaching US history and English to high school students in southern China’s Guangdong province, his China experience may not mean warmer ties between the two countries, China Correspondent Aw Cheng Wei reports.
Meanwhile, the world has been kept in suspense since Iran vowed revenge for the killing – blamed on Israel – of Hamas’s political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran. Global Affairs Correspondent Jonathan Eyal examines if assassinations work, besides striking fear into one’s enemies.
Last but not least, ahead of Singapore’s National Day on Aug 9, we met five foreigners who shared with us how they’ve been touched by Singapore and have adopted a slice of it in their lives back home. Happy 59th Birthday, Singapore!
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Publish date : 2024-08-08 01:33:00
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