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Commentary: Young adults are growing increasingly economically dislocated

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Commentary: Young adults are growing increasingly economically dislocated

A disconnected class is taking shape, but is absent from the headline statistics, say John Burn-Murdoch for the Financial Times.

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Commentary: Many women are familiar with the fear on Ariana Grande's face when that man rushed at her

Women

Commentary: Many women are familiar with the fear on Ariana Grande's face when that man rushed at her
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Commentary: AI bubble trouble talk is overblown

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Commentary: AI bubble trouble talk is overblown
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Commentary: How Singapore should tackle food resilience after dropping '30 by 30' goal

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Commentary: How Singapore should tackle food resilience after dropping '30 by 30' goal
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Commentary: Critics and supporters of US-Malaysia trade deal only get it half right

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Commentary: Critics and supporters of US-Malaysia trade deal only get it half right
14/11/2025
Commentary: Feel like you can’t get a job? Here’s how to work around it

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Commentary: Feel like you can’t get a job? Here’s how to work around it
14/11/2025
Commentary: China does just enough to support Russia, same as the West does for Ukraine

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Commentary: China does just enough to support Russia, same as the West does for Ukraine
13/11/2025
Commentary: What if the AI race isn’t about chips at all?

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Commentary: What if the AI race isn’t about chips at all?
13/11/2025
Commentary: How Singapore preserves 38 Oxley Road site will be key for our young nation

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Commentary: How Singapore preserves 38 Oxley Road site will be key for our young nation
12/11/2025
Commentary: Are COP climate talks still relevant? That’s the wrong question

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Commentary: Are COP climate talks still relevant? That’s the wrong question
12/11/2025
Commentary: Many women are familiar with the fear on Ariana Grande's face when that man rushed at her

Women

Commentary: Many women are familiar with the fear on Ariana Grande's face when that man rushed at her
15/11/2025
Commentary: AI bubble trouble talk is overblown

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Commentary: AI bubble trouble talk is overblown
15/11/2025
Commentary: How Singapore should tackle food resilience after dropping '30 by 30' goal

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Commentary: How Singapore should tackle food resilience after dropping '30 by 30' goal
14/11/2025
Commentary: Critics and supporters of US-Malaysia trade deal only get it half right

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Commentary: Critics and supporters of US-Malaysia trade deal only get it half right
14/11/2025
Commentary: Feel like you can’t get a job? Here’s how to work around it

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Commentary: Feel like you can’t get a job? Here’s how to work around it
14/11/2025
Commentary: China does just enough to support Russia, same as the West does for Ukraine

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Commentary: China does just enough to support Russia, same as the West does for Ukraine
13/11/2025
Commentary: What if the AI race isn’t about chips at all?

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Commentary: What if the AI race isn’t about chips at all?
13/11/2025
Commentary: How Singapore preserves 38 Oxley Road site will be key for our young nation

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Commentary: How Singapore preserves 38 Oxley Road site will be key for our young nation
12/11/2025
Commentary: Are COP climate talks still relevant? That’s the wrong question

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Commentary: Are COP climate talks still relevant? That’s the wrong question
12/11/2025
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Singapore

Commentary: Singlish is so much more than ‘broken English’

Commentary: Singlish is so much more than ‘broken English’

06/11/2025
Commentary: Timely for Singapore to support retail investors seeking compensation for wrongful losses
Commentary: Timely for Singapore to support retail investors seeking compensation for wrongful losses
04/11/2025
Commentary: The hidden risks behind your gel manicure
Commentary: The hidden risks behind your gel manicure
05/11/2025
Commentary: Megan Khung's story must end in enduring change of the child protection system
Commentary: Megan Khung's story must end in enduring change of the child protection system
29/10/2025
Commentary: Young workers aren’t chasing flexible work anymore – they want job security
Commentary: Young workers aren’t chasing flexible work anymore – they want job security
06/11/2025
Commentary: Conversations on kids’ screen time focus too much on quantity
06/11/2025
Commentary: What Singapore can do to make the one ‘principal doctor’ model work
27/10/2025

Malaysia

Commentary: Sabah 2025 election – will Warisan’s Shafie Apdal rise again?

Commentary: Sabah 2025 election – will Warisan’s Shafie Apdal rise again?

04/11/2025
Commentary: Malaysia’s Budget 2026 could have done more to answer its own warnings about the future
Commentary: Malaysia’s Budget 2026 could have done more to answer its own warnings about the future
07/11/2025
Commentary: Trump is dominating the ASEAN Summit before he even lands in Malaysia
Commentary: Trump is dominating the ASEAN Summit before he even lands in Malaysia
07/11/2025
Commentary: Malaysian opposition party Bersatu’s lack of discipline has given PAS more control
Commentary: Malaysian opposition party Bersatu’s lack of discipline has given PAS more control
08/10/2025
Commentary: Malaysia’s fifth-generation fighter jet problem
Commentary: Malaysia’s fifth-generation fighter jet problem
27/09/2025

China

China

Commentary: How Xi Jinping withholds promotions and power says a lot about China’s new political order

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Commentary: How Xi Jinping withholds promotions and power says a lot about China’s new political order
Commentary: How long can China play its rare earths trump card against the US?

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Commentary: How long can China play its rare earths trump card against the US?
Commentary: US and China as co-equals? Trump-Xi meeting hints at new G2 world

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Commentary: US and China as co-equals? Trump-Xi meeting hints at new G2 world
Snap Insight: Trump-Xi meeting in Busan cools tensions, but mistrust still runs deep

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Snap Insight: Trump-Xi meeting in Busan cools tensions, but mistrust still runs deep
Commentary: China needs a consumption target

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Commentary: China needs a consumption target
Commentary: China is closing the quantum technology gap

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Commentary: China is closing the quantum technology gap
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Asia

Asia

Commentary: South Korea’s tightrope walk between China and the US

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Commentary: South Korea’s tightrope walk between China and the US
Commentary: Japan needs to treat matcha more like champagne

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Commentary: Japan needs to treat matcha more like champagne
Commentary: To join the ASEAN neighbourhood, Timor-Leste should connect with Indonesia

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Commentary: To join the ASEAN neighbourhood, Timor-Leste should connect with Indonesia
Commentary: Amazon’s layoffs show how AI is coming for India

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Commentary: Amazon’s layoffs show how AI is coming for India
Commentary: Now comes the real test of Thailand and Cambodia’s border truce

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Commentary: Now comes the real test of Thailand and Cambodia’s border truce
Commentary: ASEAN knows what Trump wants, but did it give away too much?

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Commentary: ASEAN knows what Trump wants, but did it give away too much?
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World

Commentary: Why AI-fuelled layoffs will backfire on employers

Commentary: Why AI-fuelled layoffs will backfire on employers

Commentary: How women could be the key to unlocking longer life
Commentary: How women could be the key to unlocking longer life
Commentary: Why Bill Gates’ climate memo is celebrated by sceptics and frustrating scientists
Commentary: Why Bill Gates’ climate memo is celebrated by sceptics and frustrating scientists
Commentary: How Zohran Mamdani’s ‘talent for listening’ won over voters in New York mayoral election
Commentary: How Zohran Mamdani’s ‘talent for listening’ won over voters in New York mayoral election
Commentary: A wistful farewell to Warren Buffett’s annual letters
Commentary: A wistful farewell to Warren Buffett’s annual letters

Snap Insight

Snap Insight: Trump-Xi meeting in Busan cools tensions, but mistrust still runs deep
Snap Insight: Trump-Xi meeting in Busan cools tensions, but mistrust still runs deep
Snap Insight: Trump’s Gaza peace plan – some cause for optimism, but will it be enough?
Snap Insight: Trump’s Gaza peace plan – some cause for optimism, but will it be enough?
Snap Insight: The assassination of Charlie Kirk leaves America at a turning point
Snap Insight: The assassination of Charlie Kirk leaves America at a turning point

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