What happened? Minister for Law and Home Affairs, K Shanmugam paid a visit on the 2nd of October to The T Project Shelter, a safe haven for homeless transgender individuals in Singapore. The shelter was started in 2014 and is the first and only…
SAUDI, WORLD OIL SUPPLY UNDER ATTACK
What Happened? Yemen’s Houthi rebels allegedly attacked two major oil plants in Khurai and Abqaiq in the wee hours of the morning on 14 September. The move wiped out more than half the oil output of the Saudi Kingdom, and caught the Kingdom’s army…
THE GREAT WALL OF HONG KONG
What Happened? In a pro-democracy campaign now called the “Hong Kong Way”, thousands of Hong Kong protestors formed a human chain stretching more than 40 kilometres around Hong Kong’s public spaces, last Friday. The pro-democracy protestors encircled public spaces across the nation – hands…
G-7 MINISTERS LEAVE WITH THE BARE MINIMUM
What happened? Foreign dignitaries from the Group of Seven nations met in western France, in a meeting marred by limited consensus. Yet, this is a success in comparison to previous G7 meetings blighted by disquiet and even quarrels. The meeting occurred with the notable…
FRANCE WITHDRAWS AMBASSADOR TO ITALY AS DIPLOMATIC ROW WORSENS
What happened? In a stunning act signalling the deterioration of relations last seen at the end of World War 2, France shockingly and rather abruptly withdrew its ambassador to Italy. The act comes hot off the heels of Italy’s Deputy PM’s shocking meeting with…
BIBI’S HUSBAND CALLS ON WESTERN POWERS FOR ASYLUM
Following Pakistan’s acquittal of Asia Bibi’s blasphemy conviction, her husband Ashiq Masih has come forward to claim he is in great danger. Bibi was accused of blasphemy after a heated religious argument led to her being on death row. Following the historic ruling, the…
“SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE” CAUSES ALARM IN THE NEWSROOM
Last Tuesday, a “suspicious package” was received by The Straits Times at its News Centre in Toa Payoh. Inside was a letter addressed to “The Straights Times” containing several pages of incoherent text which was sent from an overseas source. Three employees reported feeling…
MINORITY UIGHURS FACE EPISTEMICIDE UNDER CHINA’S COMMUNIST PARTY
The Chinese Government has made inroads into legalising re-education camps for Chinese Muslims accused of “religious extremism”. Rights groups estimate more than 2 million Uighurs were forced into “political camps for indoctrination” where detainees are made to swear loyalty to President Xi Jinping and…
SAF 3RD WARRANT OFFICER DIES IN BRUNEI
3rd Warrant Officer Muhammad Sadikin Bin Hasban, an SAF serviceman, died on duty in Brunei last Tuesday morning. 3WO Sadikin was carrying out his supervisory role at a helicopter evacuation site when he was hit by a falling tree branch. MINDEF issued a statement…
NTUC COPS KOPITIAM
NTUC Enterprise is set to acquire food court stalwart Kopitiam Investment and its subsidiaries by the end of the year, the two parties announced in a joint press release on Friday, September 21. This will bring Kopitiam’s 80 outlets islandwide under the ownership of…