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Snowden NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has blasted the Obama administration and announced that he actually had more details to release, even though it turned out that his relations with states who initially backed him appeared increasingly strained. Quite a few Russians leaving the country these days have been looking for... 

Taiwan struggles to relight its fire (29 June)     Times are tough in the  ‘little dragon’ economy.  Stagnant wages are feeding concerns about future growth. Can Taiwan come back? asks Ben Chu It’s an island off the coast of a continental land mass. Wages have been at a standstill for around a decade. The country had... 

Flag lowering by Singapore troops in Afghanistan (27 June)     Singapore's Chief of Army Major-General Ravinder Singh (L) meeting with Commander International Security Assistance Force General Joseph Dunford in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo: MINDEF) The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) concluded operations in Afghanistan on 22...