GENEVA (AFP) – The United Nations appealed for almost US$200 million (S$268 million) in extra funding for life-saving aid in Afghanistan after the Taliban’s takeover sparked a host of new issues. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Ocha) said the extra sum meant a total of US$606 million in aid was now needed […]
FILE PHOTO: U.S. one dollar banknotes are seen in front of displayed stock graph in this illustration taken February 8, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/IllustrationLONDON (Reuters) – The dollar held near a one-month low on Tuesday as softer Treasury yields and upbeat Chinese economic data boosted sentiment, with the euro and the Canadian dollar retracing most of […]
SINGAPORE – New and existing buildings will now have to hit higher sustainability standards to be certified green, with the reduction of embodied carbon in developments as one of the criteria emphasised. The changes to the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) Green Mark scheme come as Singapore pushes towards its target to become a low-carbon […]
SYDNEY (AFP) – An Australian mother said Tuesday (Sept 7) she felt “blessed” after her three-year-old son with autism was found alive, scooping muddy water from a creek in dense outback terrain after a three-day hunt that gripped the country. Police sent a helicopter with thermal imaging equipment but failed to spot the little boy […]
SINGAPORE – The Online Citizen (TOC) has repeatedly failed to declare all its funding sources for last year despite reminders and extensions, and it has been asked to explain its non-compliance, the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) said on Tuesday (Sept 7). TOC has informed IMDA that it does not intend to comply with its […]
TOKYO (BLOOMBERG) – Japan is bolstering its autonomous driving ambitions with a new project to be formally introduced Wednesday (Sept 8) to expand the use of self-driving vehicles in more than 40 locations around the country by 2025. The “Road to the L4” project aims to popularise advanced mobility services including Level 4 autonomous driving, […]
SEOUL (REUTERS) – South Korea has test-fired a ballistic missile (SLBM) from a submarine, Yonhap news agency reported on Tuesday (Sept 7), becoming the first country without nuclear weapons to develop such a capability. A new Dosan Ahn Chang-ho submarine successfully carried out the underwater ejection tests last week, after similar tests were conducted from […]
HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG) – China announced an expansion of the Qianhai economic cooperation zone in Shenzhen on the same day as a visit of Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam to the border city. The Qianhai zone, which was opened in 2010, will increase in area by around eight times, to around 120 sq km, […]
SINGAPORE – When five-year-old Agil plays with his pre-school classmates, he does not treat them differently despite how they might interact or behave. His father Muhammad Izhar Abdul Rahman attributes this to Agil’s experience attending Ilham Child Care since he was 18 months old. There have always been children with special needs in his class, […]
SINGAPORE – From next Monday (Sept 13), all migrant workers living in dormitories here will need to test themselves for Covid-19 regularly using antigen rapid test (ART) kits. This is in line with a broader push to encourage more people to carry out self-testing, and could signal the long-awaited lifting of movement curbs that have […]