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Birthday double for Poon, IJC spot next up

Matthew Poon crowned his 31st birthday celebrations in perfect style, with a Sha Tin double capped by Green N White's brilliant victory in the HK$2.84 million (S$484,000) Class 2 Panasonic Cup Handicap run over 1,400m on Nov 9.

A preventive approach can help protect our places of worship

I was deeply shocked by the incident at St Joseph's Church, where Reverend Christopher Lee was attacked (Man attacked priest with folding knife during communion; police found 5 weapons in his possession, Nov 10).

Singapore's lifelong learning scene is ripe for transformation

Bold strategies can be taken to better engage workers and employers across the board and it goes beyond funding.

Climate action must include healthcare for the most vulnerable

Disease and extreme weather compounding difficulties in delivering aid to millions.

Why it's often luck, not talent, that takes us to the top

No one likes to admit it – but life's lottery has a big role to play in success.

The political cost of inflation: A lesson from the US election

Higher prices for basic foodstuff like eggs tend to linger in voters' minds. The Biden-Harris administration is not the only government to be punished for it at election time.

Trump and the unravelling of the US-led order

As Biden's 'latticework' frays, what would replace it is still unclear, in part because of the different views within the Trump camp.

Hong Kong's tiny homes are a housing horror; thanks to creative landlords

Even with city's new plan to regulate subpar flats, landlords are simply not motivated to improve their properties' squalid conditions.

Booking Holdings plans job cuts as part of reorganisation

Booking Holdings is planning organisational changes and job cuts as part of a raft of measures aimed at freeing up resources and improving its operating expenses budget.

SIA profit falls 59% in Q2 as capacity outpaces travel demand

Airline hit by rising costs; expects pressure from increasing competition to continue

Trump win sends financial markets into overdrive

Rally driven by hopes that deregulation will boost corporate activity and earnings

DBS eyes Malaysian bank stakes in expansion push, say sources

The Republic's biggest lender, DBS Bank, is exploring expanding into Malaysia with potential acquisitions of stakes in banks in its South-east Asian neighbour, including in one of Malaysia's smallest banks by assets, two sources said.

Inside the federal workforce that fears Trump's war on bureaucracy

The tremors from Donald Trump's decisive electoral victory have hit every corner of Washington. But their maximum intensity is felt by the capital's federal workforce, which comprises tens of thousands of mostly anonymous employees not so fondly referred to by Trump as \"the deep state\".

How brands can avoid becoming victims of own fame

Businesses should prioritise branding efforts to avoid 'genericide', say experts

Study suggests bird flu can be transmitted by migratory birds

Assumption that poultry poses main risk has to shift, says researcher

Navigating the UN biodiversity summit COP16 as an ecology student

For an ecology student like myself, conservation work involves wandering the forest with a hypothesis, collecting data and running experiments.

S'pore, Aussie troops in joint military exercise

They will conduct assaults in jungle terrain and urban setting in Exercise Trident

New nanoparticle can diagnose, treat plaque in arteries: Study

Developed by NUS researchers, it may hold key to preventing cardiovascular diseases

2 Little India eateries suspended, fined after hygiene lapse

Two Little India eateries have been barred from operating for two weeks over hygiene lapses, said the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) on Nov 8.

Centre for mental health, active ageing opens in Toa Payoh

Ms Serene Low, 58, often felt at a loss caring for her 84-year-old mother who was diagnosed with dementia in 2020.

Quail chicks found in bin were reportedly from local farm

Birds, none of which survived, were found outside Singapore's only licensed quail farm in Lim Chu Kang

Orchard Road Christmas lights herald festive season

As night fell on Orchard Road, the country's shopping belt once again transformed into a festive wonderland with its yearly display of Christmas lights.

Egypt razes historic cemetery to make way for development

Twenty years after burying him, Egyptian architect Ahmed el-Meligui was forced to exhume his grandfather's remains from a historic Cairo cemetery that is being partially razed to accommodate the growing mega-city.

Fate of nuclear power in quake-prone Japan faces more uncertainty

Recent disasters stir deep fears over safety as nation grapples with growing energy demands, emissions reduction

Complaint over tiger paraded at US football game

US animal rights group Peta has filed a complaint with the Louisiana state authorities after a caged Bengal tiger was wheeled onto an American football field before a collegiate game, the group said on Nov 9.

Kyiv facing increasing difficulties in war: General

Ukraine's top military commander Oleksandr Syrskyi said on Nov. 9 that Ukraine faced increasing difficulties in its fight against Moscow's invasion, as Russian forces advance and North Korean troops prepare to join the Kremlin's campaign.

Reeking mud sparks health fears in Spain

The sea of mud and stagnant water submerging Spanish towns more than 10 days after the country's worst floods in decades has sparked a sickening stench and health fears.

Ukraine attacks Moscow with 34 drones

Biggest strike on the Russian capital forces flights to be diverted from 3 major airports

Balinese hope construction freeze can tame tourism

But President Prabowo has raised doubts that he wants to curb island's development

S. Korean court upholds sentence for mother who killed babies

South Korea's Supreme Court has upheld an eight-year prison term for a woman who killed her two newborns and hid their bodies in her refrigerator.