The outcome here left the Straits Times Index (STI) down a chunky 1.6 per cent or 61.04 points to 3,801.56, with the banks taking a major hit. Losers outnumbered gainers 346 to 192 on trade of 898.6 million securities worth $1.2 billion.

Earl Carter, Jr., (1 Oct 1924 – 29 Dec 2024) was the 39th president of the United States, 1977–1981.... Learn more

Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29 at the age of 100, spent his life intertwined with America’s and the world’s enduring legacy of slavery.

After a family funeral, the 39th president will be buried beside his wife at their home in Plains, Ga. President Biden, one of the five living presidents who attended Mr. Carter’s state funeral earlier Thursday in Washington,

The Singapore stock market on Thursday ended the five-day winning streak in which it had climbed more than 100 points or 1.5 percent.

Kamala Harris has told friends that she is deeply sad about President Joe Biden’s claim that he could have won the 2024 election. Biden said in an interview at the start of January that he thought he could have defeated Donald Trump.

The once and future President is back to wielding leverage like a club, in the Middle East and on Capitol Hill.

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

President Joe Biden will cast his presidency as an economic turnaround in his farewell address to the nation, looking to define his legacy after his party’s election defeat and as polls show his popularity at fresh lows.

THE Panama Canal and US Subic Naval Base were constructed around the same time the US was rising as an imperial naval power in the early 1900s. The Americans built an 82-kilometer canal that cuts through the middle of Panama as the major waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

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Six days of funeral observances for former President Jimmy Carter began Saturday in Georgia, where he died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100.The first events reflect Carter’s climb up the political ...