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Audrey Quek

Opinion Editor

Audrey is The Straits Times’ Opinion editor. Prior to that, she was foreign editor. Geopolitics, science, tech and medical news are her areas of interest.

Latest articles

Donald Trump’s big, beautiful act of self-harm

US President Donald Trump’s budget will have two dramatic impacts — one political, the other economic.

The very human problem with not-quite-self-driving cars

Even Waymo, the company that is furthest ahead, still only has self-driving taxis in a handful of US cities, says the writer.

US-China politics: The year of the great reversal

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G20 leaders' summit in Bali, Indonesia, November 14, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo