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A | Washington, Oct 16 (UNI) US President Joe Biden says British Prime Minister Liz Truss’s controversial tax-cutting program was a mistake.

"I wasn’t the only one that thought it was a mistake," Biden told reporters on Saturday when asked about Truss’s plan. "I disagreed with the policy, but that’s up to Great Britain to make that judgment, not me," the US president added.

Asked whether he was concerned about the strength of the US dollar, Biden said he was not concerned.

"Our economy is strong as hell - the internals of it. Inflation is worldwide. It’s worse off everywhere else than it is in the United States," Biden said, adding that "the problem is the lack of economic growth and sound policy in other countries, not so much ours."

On Friday, Kwasi Kwarteng resigned as the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer after reports leaked that he had been fired by Truss over a controversial tax cuts plan for big corporations, which triggered a negative reaction from both markets and the general public.

Kwarteng, who was relieved of his post barely three weeks after his appointment, is now replaced by Jeremy Hunt.

According to The Guardian, on Monday, senior Conservative parliament members will hold a meeting, convened by leading supporters of Rishi Sunak, discussing the prime minister’s future, after Hunt dramatically tore up her economic package. The newspaper said on Saturday that some British parliament members are threatening to publicly call on Truss to stand down over her failed tax-cutting plan.

Last week, Truss promised to reduce public debt amid a flurry of criticism over the government's new plan to support the economy, which includes large-scale tax cuts. After the plan's announcement, the yield on five-year UK government bonds rose to its highest level since 2008, at 4.6%, which meant a decrease in demand for debt securities. Consequently, sterling fell to an all-time low of $1.054 per pound.

UNI/SPUTNIK GNK。新加坡中央禁毒局于8月23日宣布，该局在全岛范围内进行了为期12天的禁毒行动，成功收缴了年内最大规模的海洛因。行动期间，一名67岁男子因携带9.5千克海洛因被捕，警方还查获了多种毒品及大量现金。据估算，这些毒品总价值高达140万新元。1. 案件概述新加坡中央禁毒局于8月23日宣布，在历时12天的全岛范围禁毒行动中，成功收缴了今年迄今为止最大规模的海洛因，总重量达到显著数量。二零二四年八月十四日，一名67岁男子被检获毒品，包括9.5公斤海洛因及2.6公斤冰毒。来源：CNA行动的高潮出现在8月14日，一名67岁的新加坡男子因携带9.5千克海洛因被捕。警方在随后的搜查中，还发现了包括2.6千克冰毒、4，182片艾瑞敏-5、171克甲基苯甲胺、18克摇头丸、5瓶美沙酮以及超过25，000新元现金在内的多种毒品和非法财物。

B | 据新加坡国家银行估算，这些毒品的总价值高达140万新元。此次禁毒行动覆盖了多个地区，自8月12日启动以来，CNB共逮捕了113名涉嫌毒品犯罪的嫌疑人。除了上述提到的海洛因和冰毒外，还检获了约620克大麻等其他毒品，总价值约154万新元。2. 青少年涉毒应当引起重视值得注意的是，在被捕的嫌疑人中，年龄最小的竟是一名15岁的新加坡男孩。他因涉嫌吸毒于8月19日被捕，当时被发现携带“少量”冰毒。

C | 随后，另一名同样涉嫌贩毒的15岁新加坡男孩也在调查中落网。两名少年均为在校学生，这一情况引起了社会各界的广泛关注。来源：CNA中央禁毒局执法主任助理副专员萨赫利利马特对此表示：“这次行动再次提醒我们，不能忽视青少年吸毒问题的严重性。我们必须持续加强对青少年的毒品预防教育，让他们充分了解毒品的危害和后果。