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SINGAPORE (Bloomberg): Singapore’s prime minister-in-waiting Lawrence Wong warned that the US and China may "sleepwalk into conflict” if they don’t engage with each other and deescalate rising tensions over Taiwan.

Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said though there is no actual date of when he could succeed Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, it could be no later than 2025, or even earlier under two scenarios.

He warned that rising tensions could easily result in near misses or accidents happening around the Taiwan Strait or in the South China Sea. Read more at straitstimes.com.

SINGAPORE - A decision on when Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong will take over as prime minister has yet to be made, but work is currently under way to prepare for Mr Wong to take over from Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Mr Wong, who is also Finance Minister, on Monday (Aug 15) sketched out two possible scenarios for when...

But Mr Wong added that the extent of this easing and where the new inflation rates will stabilise at are big uncertainties. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Lawrence Wong, Singapore's next prime minister, is worried that increasingly heightened tension between the U.S. and China may lead them into a dangerous situation.

Scarlett Johansson and Sienna Miller star in the upcoming movie directed by Kristin Scott Thomas, "My Mother's Wedding." Thomas also co-wrote the film and plays Diana.

28/07/2022 - Kristin Scott Thomas’ directorial debut focuses on three romantically dysfunctional sisters trying to navigate their mother’s third wedding

28/07/2022 - Kristin Scott Thomas’ directorial debut focuses on three romantically dysfunctional sisters trying to navigate their mother’s third wedding

28/07/2022 - Kristin Scott Thomas’ directorial debut focuses on three romantically dysfunctional sisters trying to navigate their mother’s third wedding