Highlighting recent media reports on an Institute of Technical Education (ITE) graduate who was admitted to medical school and another who became a lawyer, Education Minister Ong Ye Kung said he was confident that many more such students will do well on academic and professional tracks. Yet he also recognised that most ITE students are […]
SINGAPORE – Firefighters forced their way into a burning Bukit Batok Housing Board (HDB) flat in the early hours of Thursday (July 18) to rescue a man and a woman trapped in the smoke-logged unit . In a Facebook post, the Singapore Civil Defence Force said that it was alerted to the fire on the […]
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s exports fell for a seventh straight month in June, pressured by Sino-U.S. trade frictions, slowing China growth and rising trade protectionism, as manufacturers’ business confidence hit a three-year low. Exports have been a drag on the world’s third-largest economy, weighing on factory output and threatening to undermine capital expenditure. Exports in […]
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Wednesday his government will announce an economic stimulus package this week to revive flagging growth, confirming earlier media reports, in an effort to mark the first 200 days of his administration. Earlier on Wednesday, newspaper Valor Economico reported Economy Minister Paulo Guedes as saying the government […]
At least 23 teenagers in the southern Indian state of Telangana have killed themselves since their school-leaving exam results were announced in April. BBC Telugu’s Deepthi Bathini explains why the results have become controversial. Thota Vennela enjoyed cooking, watching comedy shows and eating street food. Her older brother, Venkatesh (19), had recently taught her to […]
(Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Wednesday that his administration will announce an economic stimulus package this week to revive flagging growth, confirming earlier media reports. Earlier on Wednesday, newspaper Valor Economico reported Economy Minister Paulo Guedes as saying the government will free up 63 billion reais ($16.8 billion), comprising 42 billion reais […]
Users of prosthetic limbs could soon be able to feel sensation on them, thanks to an “electronic skin” (e-skin) invented by researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS). The artificial nervous system can detect touch more than 1,000 times faster than the human equivalent and is the first e-skin in the world to do […]
(Reuters) – Packers Plus Energy Services, a company built on the North American shale oil boom, is turning to the Middle East to weather a new round of spending cuts by producers amid warnings of a looming oil glut. Oil production has outpaced demand by 900,000 barrels per day (bpd) this year, according to the […]
FRANKFURT/LONDON (Reuters) – Japan’s Takeda Pharmaceutical Co (4502.T) has reached out to prospective bidders for a portfolio of drugs for sale in western Europe as it seeks to trim its debt following the $59 billion purchase of Shire, sources close to the matter told Reuters. Takeda is hoping to fetch around 1.5 billion euros ($1.68 […]
NEW DELHI (WASHINGTON POST) – A former navy officer from India on death row in Pakistan on espionage charges got a reprieve from the International Court of Justice, which directed Pakistan to review the conviction and sentence. The verdict in the case ongoing in The Hague since 2017 could further strain relations between the two […]