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This brought a lot of benefits, but even good things come to an end.

Singapore, an open trading economy and regional air hub, should avoid requirements for enhanced COVID-19 testing without sound scientific reasoning, says the Institute of Policy Studies' Faizal Yahya.

Almost a year into Moscow's full-scale invasion, what was a proxy war appears to be evolving into direct conflict.

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed two different special counsels to independently investigate the handling of classified records by Republican former President Donald Trump and his Democratic successor, President Joe Biden.

Japan's central bank appears to have scored an interim win in its long-drawn battle with bond bears.

A seismic policy shift by Japan's central bank is still a matter of when not if, say investors now hunkering down for fresh havoc in bond markets and wild swings in currencies.

Should he lose, his opponents promise radical change.

Now that Europe is desperate to find new energy suppliers, the resource-rich countries of the Middle East and North Africa are hoping to boost their economy and influence.

The year 2023 will be a challenging one for most developing economies — Malaysia included — against the backdrop of a lacklustre global growth forecast, possibly lasting a long time, too.

China's economic growth in 2022 slumped to one of its worst in nearly half a century as the fourth quarter was hit hard by stringent COVID curbs and a property market slump.