BANGALORE – Five Indian states have proposed new laws on forced religious conversions around marriage, fuelling the ‘love jihad’ conspiracy theory which claims that Muslim men are carrying out an organised campaign to convert women to Islam. On Oct 31, Mr Yogi Adityanath, the Hindu cleric who is chief minister of India’s most populous state, […]
FILE PHOTO: A woman walks past a “Help wanted” sign at a retail store in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, November 2, 2017. REUTERS/Chris WattieOTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada added a lower-than-expected 83,600 jobs in October as coronavirus-related shutdowns started to bite, and the unemployment rate dipped to 8.9%, Statistics Canada data indicated on Friday. Analysts in a […]
Green Pulse Ep 36: Looking under the sea for a nature-based solution 16:44 mins Synopsis: The Straits Times analyses the beat of the changing environment, from biodiversity conservation to climate change. In this episode, ST’s environment correspondent Audrey Tan and climate change editor David Fogarty host Dr Siti Maryam, a marine ecologist at the environmental […]
SINGAPORE – After being in maritime for about 15 years, Mr Loo Fang Jing, 40, jumped ship, so to speak, to the semiconductor manufacturing industry. Now a learning and development trainee at semiconductor manufacturer Globalfoundries, he is worlds away from his previous career as a sailor and then as a technical trainer in a marine […]
SINGAPORE – The Education Ministry has released a range of secondary school entry scores for pupils taking the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) under the new scoring system in 2021. The indicative cut off scores, based on last year’s Primary 6 data, will help guide pupils in their school choices and indicate which schools are […]
TOKYO (BLOOMBERG) – Friction between the United States and China means Washington will need Japan more than before, regardless of who wins the presidential election, according to a foreign policy adviser to Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga. “US relations with Japan and East Asian policies are likely to become relatively more important” as China becomes more […]
SINGAPORE – Three people who were part of the group involved in the raid which resulted in a police officer firing his revolver at a suspect were charged on Friday (Nov 6). Prakash Mathivanan, the suspect who was shot by an officer, was charged by a field magistrate as he is currently still warded in […]
FILE PHOTO: A sign for Wall Street is seen with a giant American flag in the background across from the New York Stock Exchange November 5, 2012. REUTERS/Chip East NEW YORK (Reuters) – Investors are growing less worried about huge gyrations in U.S. stocks now that Election Day has passed. The Cboe Volatility Index .VIX, […]
SINGAPORE – As Genting Cruise Lines prepares to launch Singapore’s first pandemic cruise to nowhere on Friday night (Nov 6), the company signalled confidence that this will be a safe voyage on its World Dream mega-ship for the first 1,400 passengers. Mr Michael Goh, head of international sales at Genting Cruise Lines and president of […]
The politics of Myanmar were once cast as a simple morality tale: an imprisoned lady with flowers in her hair battling a clutch of generals who massacred and imprisoned pro-democracy activists. Recent events have muddied that narrative. As the country heads into a general election on Sunday, the vote will serve not only as an […]