KATHMANDU, Nepal — On Tuesday, Mount Everest grew by more than two feet. So agreed China and Nepal, two countries that share a treacherously mountainous border and increasingly warm relations. They announced that they had determined the exact height of the world’s tallest mountain, a subject to which the Nepalese government has attached increasing symbolic […]

SINGAPORE – The Pasir Ris residents have spoken, and most of those polled want the wildlife, especially the wild chickens, roaming in their neighbourhood to stay. Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean posted the results of the Survey on Wild Animals in Pasir Ris Estate on Tuesday (Dec 8), after a two-week online poll with 4,688 […]

SINGAPORE – The High Court has rejected an application by lawyer and Peoples Voice political party leader Lim Tean for the police to drop two investigations against him. Mr Lim had claimed the investigations were politically motivated and that the police and Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) had colluded against him. But on Tuesday (Dec 8), Justice […]

SINGAPORE – Senior staff nurse Peng Cheng Yu, 25, is so passionate about serving the homeless that some of them have become her friends whom she invited to her wedding. As one of Singapore General Hospital’s community nurses, Ms Peng serves many elderly residents from lower socio-economic backgrounds with complex or chronic medical conditions. She […]

SINGAPORE – Students here have taken the top spot in mathematics and science for the second consecutive edition of an international study. The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (Timss) takes place once every four years, and tests students at the grade four and grade eight levels. These are equivalent to Primary 4 and […]

BANGKOK (BLOOMBERG) – Thailand is stepping up border surveillance by deploying drones and ultraviolet cameras after dozens of new Covid-19 cases were found linked to a town in neighbouring Myanmar. At least 16 people who illegally crossed the borders and avoided the mandatory 14-day quarantine have tested positive for coronavirus since late November, with two […]

FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Health Secretary Matt Hancock speaks during a media briefing at Downing Street, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in London, Britain November 20, 2020. Trevor Adams/Pool via ReutersLONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is “straining every sinew” to get a Brexit deal that works for both sides but the EU […]

SINGAPORE- Mrs Nilushika Silva Jayaweera first came to Singapore in 2001 to work as a domestic helper. At the time, she could not have imagined creating products and having them sold here. Yet the intrepid Sri Lankan went on to found start-up Nilu Tea and a herbal beverage the company co-created was launched to commemorate […]

TOKYO (REUTERS) – Samples of an asteroid 480 million km from Earth arrived in Japan on Tuesday (Dec 8) to applause and smiles, the climax of a six-year odyssey by a space probe pursuing the origins of life. Named for the peregrine falcon, the Hayabusa2 blasted off for the asteroid Ryugu in December 2014, overcoming an […]

TOKYO (REUTERS) – Samples of an asteroid 480 million km from Earth arrived in Japan on Tuesday (Dec 8) to applause and smiles, the climax of a six-year odyssey by a space probe pursuing the origins of life. Named for the peregrine falcon, the Hayabusa2 blasted off for the asteroid Ryugu in December 2014, overcoming an […]