Thailand is set to convene on Monday its first session of parliament following the May 14 general election, but it remains far from certain who will become prime minister and form a new government.
Singapore’s soaring housing prices are bucking a global slump but the trend is also turning rich overseas arrivals into an easy scapegoat for the city’s rising cost of living. If Asia’s safe haven wants to keep growing as a regional wealth hub, politicians will need to work harder to keep costs in check.
The court appeared ready to limit judicial power to overrule voting policies crafted by state politicians in a case liberal justices painted as a threat to democratic norms.
Though the U.S. Supreme Court appears reluctant to free North Carolina Republican lawmakers from judicial scrutiny as much as they want on voting rules, the restrictions it may allow still could give politicians more power over the way federal elections are conducted at a delicate time for American democracy.