SINGAPORE – An urban farm that aims to produce high yield greens without sacrificing any flavour by leveraging Internet of Things technology was officially launched on Thursday (Oct 22). Commonwealth Greens took root in Jurong in May. The forest-like farm consists of over 6,200 pillars, each of them 2.4m tall, that are reminiscent of foliage bursting from […]
Embattled Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said yesterday that he was prepared to repeal the state of serious emergency declared in Bangkok to lower political temperatures, but asked protesters who have been massing daily on the streets to work through Parliament. He made the comments in a pre-recorded address televised yesterday evening as thousands of […]
JAKARTA (REUTERS) – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Indonesia next week, his first trip to the country since its leadership rejected a United States proposal to host its spy planes. Mr Pompeo will address an Islamic youth group conference on religion and civilisation in Jakarta, Indonesia’s foreign minister Retno Marsudi said on […]
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SINGAPORE – A married former football player met a woman on online dating platform Tinder and the pair went clubbing with one of her friends in 2018. But the fun and merriment ended in horror and fear for the date’s friend when Mohammad Imran Sahib Mohamed Ibrahim Sahib, 38, took the two women home in […]
Good evening! Catch up on some of the main headlines on Thursday, Oct 22. S’pore’s 15-year-olds top OECD’s Pisa global competence test About 46 per cent of the Singapore students achieved the highest global competency proficiency levels. READ MORE HERE Waste management sector one step closer to progressive wage model NTUC recently sent a proposal […]
SINGAPORE – There were eight new coronavirus cases confirmed as at Thursday noon (Oct 22), taking Singapore’s total to 57,941. They included one case from a worker’s dormitory, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Thursday. There were also seven imported cases, who had been placed on stay-home notices when they arrived in Singapore. There […]
BEIJING (REUTERS) – China and the Vatican have decided to extend a deal on the appointment of Roman Catholic bishops in China by another two years, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Thursday (Oct 22). The Vatican’s accord with Beijing, signed two years ago, expired on Thursday. It gives the Pope the final say over […]
SEOUL (REUTERS) – South Korea’s finance minister, the architect of rules aimed at protecting tenants and slowing deposit increases, has himself been forced to look for a new home as landlords react to the rules by quickly replacing tenants so they can bump up deposits. Mr Hong Nam-ki is also faced with broadening his search […]
SEOUL (REUTERS) – Samsung leader Lee Jae-yong’s trial, in a case of suspected accounting fraud and stock price manipulation connected to a 2015 merger, began on Thursday (Oct 22) as a Seoul court held its first hearing. Lee and 10 other current and former Samsung executives were indicted by South Korean prosecutors last month over […]