Law Minister K Shanmugam's Facebook post was a response to a Wall Street Journal article about US President Joe Biden commuting the death sentences of 37 inmates Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam said on Sunday that personal feelings are "set aside" to protect the majority of people in Singapore when it comes to the death penalty.

Policymakers have to "set aside" their personal feelings and be "clear-eyed in assessing what the consequences of a policy are," said Minister for Home Affairs and Law K Shanmugam in a statement published on his social media pages on Jan. 19, 2025.

Law Minister K Shanmugam criticised US President Joe Biden’s clemency decisions for inconsistencies. However, the case of Lian Hoe Heng—a 58-yr-old drug syndicate leader spared the death penalty despite laundering over S$1.

Harris, 60, is expected to meet with foreign leaders and US service members stationed in  Singapore, Bahrain and Germany throughout the five day trip, which is slated to last from Jan. 13 to Jan.

Biden administration looks for ways to keep TikTok available in the U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration is considering ways to keep TikTok available in the United States if a ban that’s scheduled to go into effect Sunday proceeds, according to three people familiar with the discussions.

As Biden seeks foreign policy win in his final days, his biggest political rival is seeking to steal the limelight.

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris canceled her upcoming trip to Singapore, Bahrain and Germany due to the ongoing wildfires in California, the White House said on Thursday after President Joe Biden made a similar decision a day earlier.

The Biden Administration's new guidelines are meant to further curb AI chip exports to countries like China and Russia.

President Biden will spend his final full day in office in Charleston, S.C., where five years ago he revived his flailing campaign.

Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser, said in an interview that “we’ve just stuck with our theory, which is managed competition.” Trump and Xi Jinping might have other plans.

President Biden will attend service at Royal Missionary Baptist Church in Charleston, S.C., for his last trip as president on Sunday, a day before President-elect Trump’s inauguration. The

If it feels like TikTok has been around forever, that’s probably because it has, at least if you’re measuring via internet time.