United States President Joe Biden is an old friend of Singapore, Asean and Asia. He knows this region well and has a personal relationship with many of its leaders. His eight years as the US vice-president and the many more years as a member of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee have prepared him well […]

Want to get The Morning by email? Here’s the sign-up. Good morning. It’s Donald Trump’s final day as president — and Joe Biden’s first. A presidential inauguration in the United States is usually a celebration of democracy. Hundreds of thousands of people descend on Washington to watch a newly elected president take the oath of […]

PARIS (Reuters) – An activist investor has called on Danone chief executive Emmanuel Faber to step down after taking a stake in the French food group late last year.FILE PHOTO: Emmanuel Faber, Chief Executive Officer of French food group Danone, poses before a news conference to present the company’s 2017 annual results in Paris, France, […]

Video by Asaf Kastner and Adam Saewitz transcript My Father, Martin Luther King Jr., Had Another Dream If he saw the issues of poverty and income inequality that exist today he would be greatly disappointed. “I have a dream.” “Martin Luther King Jr. is celebrated as a champion for civil rights. But today, I want […]

To the Editor: The events of the last couple of weeks have been shocking and sad. We must now wait while the F.B.I. investigates and trust that the Capitol area has been sufficiently secured for Wednesday. But it is important that we not let Donald Trump and his collaborators ruin this momentous Inauguration Day by […]

On both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue, there is much bustle and churn, as lawmakers, administration officials and staff members — both incoming and outgoing — work toward a smooth transition of power in Washington. Ordinarily, there are endless meetings and receptions. On Capitol Hill, lawmakers play musical offices. Out goes the old. In comes the […]

Now that Donald Trump has been defanged, leading Republicans are rushing to denounce him. It’s a little late. The circumstances were different then, but a year ago, only one Republican senator, Mitt Romney, backed impeachment. In a party that has been largely servile, Mr. Romney’s courage stands out. Why, in the face of immense pressure, […]

While his boss approaches an infamous exit, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has been busily and noisily scorching the earth behind them. Apart from a brief, boilerplate condemnation of the violence on Capitol Hill last week, Mr. Pompeo has shown little remorse or distress over it, and certainly no recognition that President Trump had a […]

This article is part of the Debatable newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it on Tuesdays and Thursdays. By the time Donald Trump on Wednesday became the first president in American history to be impeached twice, he had already become the first president to be canceled by Silicon Valley. After years of defending […]

“Over the last 72 hours, I have received multiple death threats and thousands upon thousands of emails from Christians saying the nastiest and most vulgar things I have ever heard toward my family and ministry. I have been labeled a coward, sellout, a traitor to the Holy Spirit, and cussed out at least 500 times.” […]