Financial difficulties following Fukushima disaster edges out Japan’s capital, while both the world’s most and least …
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Fatal Bus Crash Sparks Singapore’s First Riot Since 1969
Violence deemed a reflection of heightened tensions between the state and an exploited immigrant labor force
Anonymous Steps Up Hacking Attacks in South East Asia
After targeting Singapore, the hacker collective turns its attention to the Philippines
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China plans to revamp government ministries, Singapore is picked as the most innovative city in Asia and Angola tries to save the endangered antelope.
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The world’s glitterati flock to Singapore, China is set to become the No. 1 solar energy market and Syrian rebels fail to release Filipino peacekeepers
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Singaporeans protest over the government’s plans to increase its population by accepting more immigrants, mothers in Indonesia are being persuaded by milk formula companies to give up breastfeeding their babies and British …
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A rights group says migrant workers at the Sochi Olympic construction sites are exploited, the U.K. is the world’s top land-grabber and Iran releases footage of a missing U.S. drone
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The Brazilian Congress picks leaders who are accused of corruption, the BRICS nations agree to fight drug-resistant tuberculosis together and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad makes an historic visit to Egypt
Mister Taxman: Why Some Americans Working Abroad Are Ditching Their Citizenships
Tina Turner says she’s turning Swiss because she’s lived in Switzerland for years now. But there are tax benefits for giving up an American passport
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Air pollution in the Afghan capital is caused by congested traffic rather than fecal matter, British woman sentenced to death in Bali for drug smuggling, and Japanese Finance Minister believes the country’s elderly should die and …
Universities Look East, Fueling Branch-Campus Boom
East Asia is fast becoming the world’s leading destination for branch campuses, raising questions about quality and control
The Odd Couple: Singapore and Malaysia Team Up on Development Zone
A $28 billion port, tourism and industrial complex called Iskandar Malaysia is rising at the tip of southern Malaysia. It promises to knit together erstwhile rivals and, in so doing, reshape the regional economy