SINGAPORE – A plan by the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) to have an unmanned drone inspect the Southern Islands has taken flight. Since last week, a drone housed on Pulau Seringat has been making its rounds over islands linked to and near it, reducing the need for physical inspections of the islands and facilities by […]
SINGAPORE – The world’s largest trade pact will reduce tariffs and harmonise trade rules, and Singapore and the region stand to gain from it by being more deeply plugged into global supply chains. This is the conclusion drawn by the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s biannual macroeconomic review released on Wednesday (April 28), which said that […]
SINGAPORE – With two teenaged daughters who were always glued to their digital devices, Mr Mohamad Roslan Palil, 54, struggled daily to ensure they did their homework on time and got enough sleep. When he took part in a pilot programme by Touch Community Services, Mr Roslan learnt how to use digital platforms and cyber […]
SINGAPORE – With two teenaged daughters who were always glued to their digital devices, Mr Mohamad Roslan Palil, 54, struggled daily to ensure they did their homework on time and got enough sleep. When he took part in a pilot programme by Touch Community Services, Mr Roslan learnt how to use digital platforms and cyber […]
SINGAPORE – A woman allegedly punched her domestic helper’s eyes and struck them with objects such as clothes hangers, causing permanent damage to the victim’s sight. Ummi Kalsum Ali is also accused of pressing a heated iron on the maid’s forearm repeatedly, and slapping her on her face and ears. The 42-year-old was on Wednesday […]
TOKYO (BLOOMBERG) – Japan criticised China in an annual diplomatic report as a source of “strong” concern in terms of security for the region and the international community, a move that led Beijing to chastise its neighbour. The government used the wording for the first time in its so-called diplomatic Blue Book, according to the […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – A bipartisan group of US senators on Tuesday (April 27) urged the Biden administration to slap more sanctions on the military junta in Myanmar, including choking revenues to a state energy company, in response to its coup and violent crackdown on protesters. Senators Jeff Merkley, a Democrat, and Marco Rubio, a Republican, […]
DUBLIN (Reuters) -Ireland’s foreign minister said he firmly believes Britain and the European Union can solve outstanding issues around post-Brexit trade in Northern Ireland, particularly if a middle ground can be found on animal and animal product checks.FILE PHOTO: Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney in Berlin, Germany, December 11, 2020. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/Pool/File PhotoTrade barriers introduced […]
PARIS (AFP) – The UN’s cultural agency on Tuesday (April 27) awarded its annual press freedom prize to Philippine journalist Maria Ressa whose reporting has made her a target of her country’s judiciary and online hate campaigns. Ressa, a former Asia lead investigative reporter for US network CNN and head of domestic network ABS-CBN News, […]
SINGAPORE – While Covid-19 has accelerated the pace of digital transformation around the world, it has also heightened the risk of divisions between “the digital haves and have-nots,” said Minister for Communications and Information S. Iswaran on Tuesday (April 27). Singapore will continue to work closely with the member states of the United Nations (UN) […]