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The special event held in Shanghai last Saturday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of ping-pong diplomacy between the United States and China is a useful reminder of the positive impulses that once prompted the flowering of ties between the two nations, so seemingly scarce today. . Read more at straitstimes.com.
Just three weeks after the United States Congress passed a US$1.9 trillion (S$2.6 trillion) Covid-19 relief Bill, President Joe Biden announced a US$2 trillion infrastructure plan, to be followed this month by another trillion-dollar social spending package, which will bring the total stimulus by the new administration to at least US$4.9 trillion. . Read more at
The United States government, under orders from President Joe Biden, has released a classified document that clearly implicated Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for authorising the murder of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. . Read more at straitstimes.com.
Two companies here were among 25 winners of a start-up competition organised by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation: Seven Clean Seas is building a vessel that will remove plastic from rivers, while Lumitics created a tracker to help kitchens track food waste. . Read more at straitstimes.com.