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From Singapore to Saigon: A journey back to familiar sensations

‘You can fly back now! Normal travel is coming back!’ my Saigonese friend excitedly told me. The Vietnamese government announced that international travel will return to normal March 15, 2022. With that banner headline, I decided whatever scant details that came along, I will just book my flight from Singapore …

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Polls give Macron the edge for April 24 presidency run-off

Polls give Macron the edge for April 24 presidency run-off

Flash opinion polls conducted in the wake of first-round voting in France’s presidential election Sunday forecast that Emmanuel Macron will secure a new five-year term in the second-round run-off on April 24 against far-right rival Marine Le Pen. The contest will be a rematch of the 2017 fight that Macron, …

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Finland, Sweden set to join NATO as soon as summer, The Times reports

Russia has made a “massive strategic blunder” as Finland and Sweden look poised to join NATO as early as the summer, The Times reported on Monday, citing officials. The United States officials said that NATO membership for both Nordic countries was “a topic of conversation and multiple sessions” during talks …

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