SINGAPORE – Housing Board resale flat prices rose for the 17th consecutive month, climbing at a faster pace of 1.3 per cent in November compared with October, according to flash data from real estate portals 99.co and SRX on Thursday (Dec 9). Last month’s resale prices had lodged the highest monthly growth since February this […]
DHAKA (THE DAILY STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – As Russian President Vladimir Putin wrapped up his six-hour visit to New Delhi on December 6, most commentaries on India-Russia relations invariably termed it as the continuation of decades of romance that first blossomed in the Cold War era-a global geo-political scenario that is very different from what […]
SINGAPORE – Nine Swedish multinational companies in Singapore, including pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca and clothing retailer H&M, have pledged to double their paid paternity leave benefits from two to four weeks starting next year. The #DoubleUp pledge is a step towards gender equality and creating a corporate culture that encourages fathers to be there for their […]
What do you want your golden years to look like? Do you want to pick up a hobby you’ve put on the back burner for many years? Or do you find joy in helping others? With early planning, you can be sure you’ll be able to pursue your passions during retirement – without worry. Ms […]
BEIJING – When the going gets rough, China’s toughest woman gets going. At the outset of the Covid-19 pandemic in January 2020, President Xi Jinping sent Vice-Premier Sun Chunlan to the epicentre of Wuhan, the provincial capital of Hubei in central China, to oversee the battle against the coronavirus. Please subscribe or log in to […]
Regional Round-up Ep 27: Sarawak’s state legislative election campaigns amid the Covid-19 Omicron variant 10:42 mins Synopsis: The Straits Times analyses South-east Asia’s top news developments in this weekly podcast. Dr Oh Ei Sun, Senior Fellow, Singapore Institute of International Affairs – standing in for The Straits Times’ regional correspondent Leslie Lopez who is on […]
SINGAPORE – The Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Muis) has released official guidance on tackling the problem of deviant Islamic teachings, and to remind the Muslim community here to be vigilant against individuals or groups who spread them. In the ruling released on Wednesday (Dec 8), its fatwa committee, a group of senior Islamic scholars […]
The German share price index DAX graph is pictured at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, December 7, 2021. REUTERS/Staff(Reuters) – European stocks inched higher on Wednesday after marking their strongest two-day gain in more than a year, with defensive stocks rising as investors weighed the effectiveness of existing vaccines against the Omicron coronavirus variant. […]
SINGAPORE – Low-income families who need some cash to pay the rent, medical bills or school fees can steer clear of illegal moneylenders and borrow from a community lending pilot programme from early next year. The social policy experiment, which does not give out financial aid nor microloans, is one of several projects to be […]
MELBOURNE (REUTERS) – Australian scientists and artists are looking to hold the world accountable for the earth’s future by creating an “indestructible” storage device to record humanity’s handling of the climate change crisis. Inspired by an aeroplane’s flight recorder, the Earth’s Black Box will be built next year on the remote west coast of Tasmania, an […]