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Singapore diplomat in graft jam over pineapple tarts

Singapore diplomat in graft jam over pineapple tarts

(10 Oct) - First it was sex, then casinos. Now, a Singapore diplomat has been charged with inflating the number of pineapple tarts and bottles of wine carried on official visits in the latest corruption case to hit the squeaky clean city-state. Lim Cheng Hoe, former chief of protocol at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, allegedly... 

Congress asked to approve US$179M arms sale to S’pore

Congress asked to approve US$179M arms sale to S’pore

The US is selling half a dozen TPQ-53 radar systems to Singapore. (8 Oct) - America's national checkbook may be frozen by the government shutdown, but luckily for our defense contractors, not all countries are in such dire straits. Case in point: The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress Tuesday of plans... 

What a US debt default would mean for the global economy

What a US debt default would mean for the global economy

Ominous clouds. Photo posted on Instagram by annekejong. (9 Oct) - A U.S. debt default that lasts for more than a couple of days could potentially cause a financial crash unlike anything that the world has ever seen before.  If the U.S. government purposely wanted to damage the global financial system, the best way that they... 



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