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Supporters of Tunisia’s Saied rally amid deepening political divisions

Supporters of Tunisian President Kais Saied rally, amid rising protests against him as rights groups accuse him of using the judiciary and police to suppress opponents and to cement an autocratic one-man rule, in Tunis, Tunisia December 17, 2025. REUTERS/Jihed Abidellaoui

Economists raise their Singapore growth forecasts for 2025 and 2026: MAS survey

Private-sector economists expect Singapore’s economy to grow 4.1 per cent in 2025 and 2.3 per cent in 2026, higher than their previous forecasts

Trump’s approval rating slips to 39%, economy weighs, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

Mr Trump's lowest rating was 38 per cent in mid-November.

Pinched by higher prices, many Trump voters say: Don’t blame the president

Republicans are particularly concerned that continuing high prices could hurt their chances to retain control of Congress.

Divided US Fed makes third rate cut in 2025, sees just one reduction in 2026

US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell delivering a press briefing after the US Federal Reserve cut interest rates on Dec 10.

China consumer prices pick up but factory deflation gets worse

Customers look at gold jewelry at the Jinzhan Jewellery Square in the Shuibei Jewellery market in Shenzhen, China, on Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025. Chinese jewelers and smaller firms in the gold sector look set to be hardest hit by tax changes announced earlier this month that got rid of long-standing incentives for some retailers of the metal. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg

Trump hits the road as cost of living hurts Americans

US President Donald Trump has rejected what he calls the Democrats’ “hoax” on the issue of affordability, but polls show that his approval ratings have slumped on the economy.

SingPost to increase regular domestic postage rates by 10 cents from Jan 1

The new rate for standard regular mail and standard large mail will be 62 cents and 90 cents respectively.

World food prices fall for third month in November, UN’s FAO says

Meat prices declined 0.8 per cent, with pork and poultry leading the decrease, while beef quotations stabilised as the removal of US tariffs on beef imports tempered recent strength.

Prices of vegetables in Malaysia may increase if rain persists

The prices of tomatoes have increased to over RM5 (S$1.57) per kg as compared to RM2 and RM4 per kg previously.

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