Singapore’s latest General Household Survey, released on 30 June, confirmed that married couples living with children now constitute less than half of all households in the country — a first. Alongside this, more young residents are remaining single and family…
In 2020, Khatija Aslam walked out of a job interview convinced she had performed well. She had been headhunted, she had relevant experience, and she had been candid from the outset about returning from maternity leave with two children under…
Washington is closing a loophole — and the implications extend well beyond American borders. On Monday, 20 July, President Donald Trump signed an executive order designed to substantially restrict defence contractors’ ability to source critical minerals and other sensitive materials…
The groundwork for Monday’s joint statement had been laid over months of high-level engagement. Since last year, Beijing and Bangkok had maintained a steady rhythm of diplomatic contact, steadily expanding the scope of what both governments were willing to put…
A Director’s Brand as Commercial Infrastructure Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of The Odyssey grossed US$264.1 million (S$341.2 million) in worldwide ticket sales during its opening weekend, with US$124.5 million of that figure coming from North America alone, Universal Pictures confirmed on…
Why are people suddenly so alarmed about smart glasses? Smart glasses with embedded cameras are not a new invention. Google Glass generated the same unease when it debuted in 2012, and the debate has simmered ever since. What has changed…
What exactly is happening to your data? At this moment, your phone number, home address, email, employment history, and family connections are packaged into commercial profiles and sold to the highest bidder. This is not a hypothetical future risk —…
In the underground stations of Chengdu’s metro system, sections of platform have been cordoned off — not for construction, not for safety drills, but for commuters to lie down and breathe. The photographs circulating on Xiaohongshu tell a quiet story:…
Trust, once broken, demands a hard response. That was the principle District Judge John Ng invoked on Thursday as he sentenced Wang Junjie, a 43-year-old Singaporean corporate service provider, to 32 weeks’ jail for conspiring with convicted money launderer Su…
The numbers are striking. Singapore’s non-oil domestic exports climbed 20.7 per cent year on year in June 2025, and behind that headline figure lies a story that is both impressive and structurally narrow — one where a single sector is…
