Paul Edison Tan was sentenced to jail and caning after molesting a 10-year-old girl at a cinema in Singapore, a case compounded by his prior record of offences targeting minors. The court heard that Tan had positioned himself as a trusted figure to the child, exploiting that relationship to carry out the abuse. His history includes organising travel and distributing information to facilitate commercial sex with persons under 18 outside Singapore, offences that drew direct attention to his pattern of predatory conduct toward children. Prosecutors and the court treated the prior record as an aggravating factor in determining the sentence, which combines a custodial term with caning, a penalty reserved under Singapore law for male offenders convicted of specified offences. The case reflects Singapore's sustained use of deterrent sentencing in child sexual abuse matters. Observers of regional child protection enforcement will note the combination of contact and facilitation offences in a single offender's record, a profile that tends to draw heavier judicial treatment under Singapore's penal framework.
India's Expenditure Finance Committee has cleared a Rs 1.25 lakh crore outlay for India Semiconductor Mission 2.0, up 64 percent from ISM 1.0's Rs 76,000 crore. The proposal now goes to the Cabinet, as two chip plants begin commercial output and a third, CG Semi, is set to open July 4, 2026.
The Supreme Court blocked Trump from firing Federal Reserve board member Lisa Cook, preserving the Fed's independence from presidential removal power. A separate ruling the same day gave Trump broader authority to dismiss leaders of other independent federal agencies.
The US Supreme Court has blocked President Trump's attempt to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, who faced unproven mortgage fraud allegations. The ruling preserves Fed independence for now and keeps a politically charged removal case alive in the courts.
The US Supreme Court, splitting along ideological lines, has allowed the Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status for Haitian and Syrian immigrants.
