A New Trend in Global Elections: The Anti-Trump Bump
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A New Trend in Global Elections: The Anti-Trump Bump

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Trump factor is shaping global politics, one election at a time — just not necessarily to the president’s taste. In major votes in Canada and Australia over the past two weeks, centrists saw their fortunes revived, while parties that had borrowed from…

Opinion | My Father Founded Singapore. He Would Be Troubled by What It’s Become.
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Opinion | My Father Founded Singapore. He Would Be Troubled by What It’s Become.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines My father, Lee Kuan Yew, was the founder of Singapore. He guided the nation through its first 31 years with a firm hand as prime minister, pioneering a system of government that some have called benevolent autocracy. His People’s Action Party monopolized political…

How the Crypto Exchange Bybit Lost .5 Billion to North Korean Hackers
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How the Crypto Exchange Bybit Lost $1.5 Billion to North Korean Hackers

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines On the night of Feb. 21, Ben Zhou, the chief executive of the cryptocurrency exchange Bybit, logged on to his computer to approve what appeared to be a routine transaction. His company was moving a large amount of Ether, a popular digital currency,…

Lunar New Year 2025 Photos: See Year of the Snake Celebrations Across Asia
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Lunar New Year 2025 Photos: See Year of the Snake Celebrations Across Asia

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines More than a billion people across the world, from China to the Philippines to diaspora communities in the United States, began celebrating the Lunar New Year on Tuesday with fireworks, family time and feasts. On Wednesday, the first new moon of the Year…

WazirX Restructuring Plan Heads to Court in January; Risk of Liquidation If Rejected

WazirX Restructuring Plan Heads to Court in January; Risk of Liquidation If Rejected

#news #newstoday #tech #technews #latestnews #techupdates #newsupdates WazirX users affected by the July hacking incident may face a longer wait for clarity on compensation. In a recent update, Zettai announced plans to present its proposed financial restructuring scheme to the Singapore Court on January 22, 2025. Zettai, the Singapore-registered entity…

World Chess Championship final 2024: Schedule, format, prize money, players | Sport News

World Chess Championship final 2024: Schedule, format, prize money, players | Sport News

EXPLAINER All the details about the biggest two weeks in the global chess calendar as a young Indian grandmaster takes on the Chinese world champion. The attention of the world’s chess aficionados will turn towards Singapore from Monday, as the city-state gears up to host the International Chess Federation’s (FIDE)…

Singapore hangs drug trafficker, third such execution in a week | Human Rights News

Singapore hangs drug trafficker, third such execution in a week | Human Rights News

Southeast Asian city-state is among a handful of countries that impose the death penalty for drug offences. Singapore has carried out its third hanging of a convicted drug trafficker in a week despite appeals for clemency from the United Nations. Rosman Abdullah, 55, was executed for trafficking 57.43 grams of…

Singapore ex-Transport Minister Iswaran pleads guilty in graft trial | Corruption News

Singapore ex-Transport Minister Iswaran pleads guilty in graft trial | Corruption News

Charges reduced from 25 to five as rare corruption trial involving a senior politician gets under way in city state. Singapore’s former transport minister, S Iswaran, has pleaded guilty to accepting gifts worth thousands of dollars while in office, after months of strenuously denying the charges against him. Iswaran, who…