BEIJING (REUTERS) – A plan in China to get boys to do more sports as a way of making them more manly has reopened a debate between those who urge more diversity and those backing a more masculine society. The education ministry has said it aims to increase the number of physical education teachers and […]
SINGAPORE – Younger people are falling prey to terrorist ideology compared to those picked up during the Jemaah Islamiah (JI) sweep from 2001, a trend which required changes to the rehabilitation programmes here. For youth cases, the Internal Security Department (ISD) said additional attention is paid to address the non-ideological factors that led to their […]
SEOUL (REUTERS) – South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in called on Wednesday (Feb 3) for seamless preparations for coronavirus vaccinations, as a refrigerated van drove in convoy with several military and police escort cars in a drill at the capital’s airport. Despite initial success in taming earlier outbreaks, South Korea is grappling with its third and […]
KUALA LUMPUR – More sectors of Malaysia’s economy will be reopened during the Movement Control Order (MCO) extension that begins on Friday (Feb 5), industry and government sources told The Straits Times. This comes despite rising coronavirus infections and the government’s insistence of stricter protocols during the new two-week period of movement curbs. “We are […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and the head of the International Monetary Fund agreed on Tuesday on the need for multilateral solutions to address debt vulnerabilities and other issues facing the global economy, the Treasury Department said. FILE PHOTO: Janet Yellen, U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee to be treasury secretary, speaks as […]
FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Minister of State for Business, Energy and Clean Growth Kwasi Kwarteng arrives at Downing Street in London, Britain February 11, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKayLONDON (Reuters) – Britain wants to establish a more flexible system of subsidy rules than those in place when it was a member of the European Union, business minister Kwasi […]
SINGAPORE – An average of 112 rioting and serious hurt cases have been linked to secret societies in Singapore each year for the past five years and cases involving the use of weapons such as parangs and knuckle dusters have declined over the same period. There was one case involving weapons last year, down from […]
SINGAPORE – A Bill restricting the use of personal contact tracing data in criminal investigations to only serious crimes, such as murder and terrorism, was passed in Parliament on Tuesday (Feb 2), with government assurances of safeguards to protect people’s data. This comes after a public outcry when it was revealed last month that the […]
SINGAPORE – Singapore Airlines (SIA) has been ranked 34th in a list of 50 most admired companies by American business magazine Fortune. It is the only South-east Asian company in the World’s Most Admired Companies list, and one of only three Asian businesses. It ranked behind Japanese carmaker Toyota Motor (No. 31) and ahead of South […]
SINGAPORE – A team from the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has developed a portable device that can create 3D images of the skin within minutes, which will enhance the diagnosis and treatment of skin conditions and injuries. The 3D mapping measures the thickness, length and depth of skin ridges, which is useful in assessing the […]