What Happened? China has sought for decades to restrict the practice of Islam and maintain an iron grip in Xinjiang, a region where many Uighur muslims call home. They are forced into detention camps by the Chinese police and spend their days in indoctrination…
What is 996? The CEO of Alibaba, Jack Ma, has recently endorsed the ‘996’ working practice on his Weibo account. ‘996’ refers to working from 9am to 9pm for six days. This means that the worker spends 12 hours at work daily and a…
The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress On 11 April, the unmanned Israeli moon lander Beresheet (Hebrew for “in the Beginning”, as written in biblical texts) made an unsuccessful descent onto the lunar surface. This was attributed to a chain of technical issues, such as…
What Happened? On 11 April, by a decision of seven to two, the South Korean Constitutional Court ruled that the abortion ban must be eased or repealed by parliament by 2020. Since 1953, South Korean women who got abortions could face up to a…
What Happened? It was supposed to be just another night out. However, as the morning of 14 April dawned upon the city of Melbourne, a security guard is dead and three men are fighting for their lives after a drive-by shooting outside a popular…
What Happened? On 11 April, the WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange was arrested at Ecuador’s embassy in London, bringing his seven-year stint there to a dramatic end. Video footage showed a heavily bearded Assange shouting and resisting as he was hauled away by several officers…
The sky’s the limit On 11 Apr, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) rolled out what it calls the Sky Aerial Response Command (Sky ARC), a fleet of vehicles capable of carrying high-tech drones to support police activities across the island. It is part of…
Netanya-who? Benny Gantz conceded defeat to his electoral rival Benjamin Netanyahu over the hotly contested Knesset (Israel’s unicameral legislature) on 11 April. This came after more than 99% of the votes were counted and indicated that Netanyahu’s Likud party won 65 out of the…
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) made history by capturing the first ever image of a black hole. It was described by scientists as “a monster” due to it being one of the heaviest known black holes. Located 500 million trillion kilometres away in a…
Singapore hit the record books again Well, quite unexpectedly. In a joint operation staged by Singapore Customs and the National Parks Board (NParks), 12.9 tonnes (12,900 kg) of pangolin scales were seized at Pasir Panjang Export Inspection Station last Wednesday (3 Apr). The Vietnam-bound…
