Global cooperation and stable world order essential to overcome Covid-19 pandemic: DPM Heng, Politics News & Top Stories


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SINGAPORE - The world is at another crossroads in the fight against Covid-19, and if it does not step up global cooperation, it may be caught in a vicious circle of never-ending waves of infection. Such cooperation is possible only if there is a stable global order, one which is increasingly under pressure due to growing strategic competition between the United States and China , said Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat on Thursday (May 20). Speaking at the virtual 26th International Conference on the Future of Asia, better known as the Nikkei conference after its organiser Nikkei Inc, Mr...