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Commentary: The smart glasses race has finally started

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Commentary: The smart glasses race has finally started

Meta’s Ray-Ban Display kicks off a coming around of product launches by tech companies Richard Waters for the Financial Times.

21/09/2025
Commentary: Can Filipinos transcend polarised politics to reject corruption?

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Commentary: Can Filipinos transcend polarised politics to reject corruption?
20/09/2025
Commentary: India is discovering its place with the US

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Commentary: India is discovering its place with the US
19/09/2025
Commentary: Several US trade ‘deals’ later, there are still more questions than answers

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Commentary: Several US trade ‘deals’ later, there are still more questions than answers
19/09/2025
Commentary: Will UN finding on Israel committing genocide in Gaza make a difference?

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Commentary: Will UN finding on Israel committing genocide in Gaza make a difference?
19/09/2025
Commentary: With COE prices at another record high, alternatives to car ownership make more sense

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Commentary: With COE prices at another record high, alternatives to car ownership make more sense
18/09/2025
Commentary: Trump’s unprecedented power grab has repercussions abroad

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Commentary: Trump’s unprecedented power grab has repercussions abroad
18/09/2025
Commentary: How a no-fly zone could save Ukraine

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Commentary: How a no-fly zone could save Ukraine
17/09/2025
Commentary: How Gen Z protests toppled Nepal’s government in 48 hours

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Commentary: How Gen Z protests toppled Nepal’s government in 48 hours
17/09/2025
Commentary: Details on how Australia’s social media ban for under-16s will work are finally becoming clear

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Commentary: Details on how Australia’s social media ban for under-16s will work are finally becoming clear
17/09/2025
Commentary: Can Filipinos transcend polarised politics to reject corruption?

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Commentary: Can Filipinos transcend polarised politics to reject corruption?
20/09/2025
Commentary: India is discovering its place with the US

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Commentary: India is discovering its place with the US
19/09/2025
Commentary: Several US trade ‘deals’ later, there are still more questions than answers

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Commentary: Several US trade ‘deals’ later, there are still more questions than answers
19/09/2025
Commentary: Will UN finding on Israel committing genocide in Gaza make a difference?

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Commentary: Will UN finding on Israel committing genocide in Gaza make a difference?
19/09/2025
Commentary: With COE prices at another record high, alternatives to car ownership make more sense

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Commentary: With COE prices at another record high, alternatives to car ownership make more sense
18/09/2025
Commentary: Trump’s unprecedented power grab has repercussions abroad

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Commentary: Trump’s unprecedented power grab has repercussions abroad
18/09/2025
Commentary: How a no-fly zone could save Ukraine

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Commentary: How a no-fly zone could save Ukraine
17/09/2025
Commentary: How Gen Z protests toppled Nepal’s government in 48 hours

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Commentary: How Gen Z protests toppled Nepal’s government in 48 hours
17/09/2025
Commentary: Details on how Australia’s social media ban for under-16s will work are finally becoming clear

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Commentary: Details on how Australia’s social media ban for under-16s will work are finally becoming clear
17/09/2025
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Singapore

Commentary: Singapore’s stock market is no longer just about the big boys

Commentary: Singapore’s stock market is no longer just about the big boys

15/09/2025
Commentary: Teenagers are dying by suicide in a world that looks connected, but isn’t
Commentary: Teenagers are dying by suicide in a world that looks connected, but isn’t
10/09/2025
Commentary: A challenging term ahead for Singapore’s 15th Parliament
Commentary: A challenging term ahead for Singapore’s 15th Parliament
09/09/2025
Commentary: Teenagers know vaping is harmful. That doesn’t mean they’ll stop
Commentary: Teenagers know vaping is harmful. That doesn’t mean they’ll stop
05/09/2025
Commentary: What were voters really saying in GE2025?
Commentary: What were voters really saying in GE2025?
06/09/2025
Commentary: The FAS U-17 episode reflects a bigger problem with how we frame sports and academics in Singapore
01/09/2025
Commentary: Why it's hard to have empathy during bullying incidents
01/09/2025

Malaysia

Commentary: Malaysia has something great powers want

Commentary: Malaysia has something great powers want

12/09/2025
Commentary: Anwar holds his ground by seizing eleventh-hour deals
Commentary: Anwar holds his ground by seizing eleventh-hour deals
08/08/2025
Commentary: Why students from China are picking Malaysia over traditional destinations
Commentary: Why students from China are picking Malaysia over traditional destinations
31/07/2025
Commentary: Organised crime and gun violence are a vicious cycle in Malaysia
Commentary: Organised crime and gun violence are a vicious cycle in Malaysia
30/07/2025
Commentary: At 100, Dr Mahathir has a unique opportunity to shape his legacy in the era of Trump
Commentary: At 100, Dr Mahathir has a unique opportunity to shape his legacy in the era of Trump
17/07/2025

China

China

Commentary: China and South Asia need consensus on water amid tensions

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Commentary: China and South Asia need consensus on water amid tensions
Commentary: What China’s weapons parade says about its military might

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Commentary: What China’s weapons parade says about its military might
Commentary: What resuming direct India-China flights reveals about Modi’s and Xi’s priorities

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Commentary: What resuming direct India-China flights reveals about Modi’s and Xi’s priorities
Commentary: Look beyond the spectacle of China’s WWII parade for the political messages

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Commentary: Look beyond the spectacle of China’s WWII parade for the political messages
Commentary: A China-India thaw is underway, but flashpoints haven’t gone away

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Commentary: A China-India thaw is underway, but flashpoints haven’t gone away
Commentary: The bigger story behind Modi’s China trip

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Commentary: The bigger story behind Modi’s China trip
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Asia

Asia

Commentary: Deadly Nepal protests reflect wider pattern of Gen Z political activism across Asia

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Commentary: Deadly Nepal protests reflect wider pattern of Gen Z political activism across Asia
Commentary: Embrace chips, India, and skip those tech dreams

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Commentary: Embrace chips, India, and skip those tech dreams
Commentary: Thaksin may be in jail, but don't count him out yet

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Commentary: Thaksin may be in jail, but don't count him out yet
Commentary: Prabowo’s Cabinet reshuffle will not fix damage done by Indonesia protests

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Commentary: Prabowo’s Cabinet reshuffle will not fix damage done by Indonesia protests
Commentary: Who is Thailand’s new prime minister, Anutin Charnvirakul?

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Commentary: Who is Thailand’s new prime minister, Anutin Charnvirakul?
Commentary: Japan deserves far better leadership than this

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Commentary: Japan deserves far better leadership than this
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World

Commentary: Sea curtains and glass beads? Zany climate ideas show how far off track we are

Commentary: Sea curtains and glass beads? Zany climate ideas show how far off track we are

Commentary: Tuna sushi isn’t headed for extinction any more
Commentary: Tuna sushi isn’t headed for extinction any more
Commentary: Softbank's Masayoshi Son is going big on OpenAI. Time to worry
Commentary: Softbank's Masayoshi Son is going big on OpenAI. Time to worry
Commentary: Charlie Kirk was emblematic of a polarised and imploding United States
Commentary: Charlie Kirk was emblematic of a polarised and imploding United States
Commentary: Russian drones over Poland were a test. Did NATO pass?
Commentary: Russian drones over Poland were a test. Did NATO pass?

Snap Insight

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
Snap Insight: Why Trump-Zelenskyy meeting was a success, even with no Ukraine peace deal
Snap Insight: Why Trump-Zelenskyy meeting was a success, even with no Ukraine peace deal
Snap Insight: Ageing well is a challenge Singaporeans must take on together
Snap Insight: Ageing well is a challenge Singaporeans must take on together

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Snap Insight: The assassination of Charlie Kirk leaves America at a turning point
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Commentary: Israel's attack in Doha shows Gulf states can't rise against Middle East chaos
Commentary: Israel's attack in Doha shows Gulf states can't rise against Middle East chaos
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Commentary: When will Trump realise Netanyahu doesn’t want a ceasefire deal in Gaza?
Commentary: When will Trump realise Netanyahu doesn’t want a ceasefire deal in Gaza?
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Commentary: What the White House doesn’t get about ‘war’
Commentary: What the White House doesn’t get about ‘war’
10/09/2025
Commentary: Pakistan's secret weapon can help it rebuild after floods
Commentary: Pakistan's secret weapon can help it rebuild after floods
09/09/2025
Commentary: North Korea’s Kim may have just paraded his successor to the world in Beijing
Commentary: North Korea’s Kim may have just paraded his successor to the world in Beijing
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Commentary: The psychology of CEO loyalty to Trump
Commentary: The psychology of CEO loyalty to Trump
07/09/2025
Commentary: Afghanistan’s earthquake is a force multiplier of fragility
Commentary: Afghanistan’s earthquake is a force multiplier of fragility
06/09/2025
Commentary: Donald Trump wants more than gifts and flattery from US partners
Commentary: Donald Trump wants more than gifts and flattery from US partners
05/09/2025
Commentary: China’s EV influence expands nearly everywhere – except the US and Canada
Commentary: China’s EV influence expands nearly everywhere – except the US and Canada
05/09/2025
Commentary: Tariffs on tech sector mark a twist in America’s trade war
Commentary: Tariffs on tech sector mark a twist in America’s trade war
04/09/2025