The Fight Over the Time Bomb The resurgence of measles over the last few years in many Western societies has been alarming. In 2016, 5,273 cases of measles were reported, but that number ballooned to 83,540 cases in 2018, with eight European countries reporting…
MON: INDIA DISPOSING OF DISPOSABLE PLASTICS At a UN climate meet, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for the world to follow in India’s footsteps in phasing out disposable plastics. India is set to ban six single-use plastic products, which includes plastic bags, cups,…
In Preparation August was marked by numerous typhoons, from Typhoon Lekima that hit the Philippines to Typhoon Lingling in South Korea. As September rolled in, meteorological centres were kept on high alert as Typhoon Faxai developed and headed towards Japan. Experts had accurately predicted…
Who is Jonathan Chan? Not from table tennis or swimming, but he is a Singaporean diver who has qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. This week, 22-year-old Jonathan Chan qualified for the Olympics after winning the 8th Asian Diving Cup in Kuala Lumpur. To…
Ice Melting Across the Globe The world continues to feel the damaging effects of global warming as Iceland has recently held a funeral for Ok, the first Icelandic glacier to lose its glacial status. In Greenland, the record for the amount of ice melted…
7 Nations Sign Rainforest Pact As the Amazon forest fires rage on, Presidents and representatives from seven South American countries met in Columbia to discuss joint measures to protect the Amazon River Basin. Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru and Suriname signed a pact…
Not a good start, Boris. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered a double whammy in Parliament last week. Parliament passed a bill preventing Johnson from forcing a no-deal Brexit and later rejected Johnson’s motion for an early general election on 14 October. The new…
MON: ‘OK’ HAND GESTURE MAKES CHINESE AUTHORITIES NERVOUS In a viral video, a Chinese girl being kidnapped uses a hand gesture resembling the “OK” signal as a call for help. Her 2 fingers are pressed together to look like the number “110”, the emergency…
How It Started The Oxley Road saga continues. PM Lee is suing the editor of The Online Citizen (TOC) for not complying with his demands to remove an article and Facebook post repeating “false allegations” against him. The article was titled “PM Lee’s wife,…
What happened? On Wednesday, Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam stated that she will formally raise the motion of withdrawing the Extradition Bill when the Legislative Council meets again. It is one of the five demands made during the ongoing protests. The other four…
