What happened? Last Saturday, 30 March 2019, the CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, published an op-ed in the Washington Post. In his op-ed, he called for new global regulations governing the Internet and recommended overarching rules for online content and data. Zuckerberg is suggesting…
Taps in Africa are running dry. Cities and towns in several African nations, including Mozambique, Zimbabwe and the Ivory Coast have been plagued by water shortages in recent months. The current water shortage is primarily due to a global supply squeeze attributed to drought,…
What happened? Perhaps one of the most neglected effects of the trade war between the US and China is its effects on Hong Kong. Once revered as a part of the “Asian miracle”, Hong Kong is expected to slow further this year due to…
What happened? Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in a shock move, has fired former Canadian Ambassador to China, John McCallum. This follows controversial comments he made regarding the extradition case involving a senior executive from the Chinese telecom giant, Huawei. Ms Meng, the Chief…
Throughout the history of Singapore and even until today, our political scene has always been dominated by the Lee Family. In Goh Chok Tong’s new book, Tall Order: The Goh Chok Tong Story, our second-generation prime minister tries to find his own voice and…
More than 70 business leaders have signed a letter to the Sunday Times calling for a public vote on the UK’s Brexit deal. The letter stressed that they are facing “either a blindfold (to pretend that the referendum didn’t happen) or a destructure hard…
What happened? Workers’ Party (WP) representatives have been left financially depleted amidst the trial for the alleged breach of fiduciary duties and “improper” payments of more than S$33 million, mostly to FM Solutions and Service (FMSS). Mr Low, Ms Lim and Mr Singh on…
It has finally begun. Friday, October the 5th, marked the start of the highly anticipated high-profile trial against three Workers’ Party (WP) MPs who are being sued by the Aljunied-Hougang Town Council (AHTC) over $33.7 million in payments made from Jul 11 2011 to…
What happened? Fallen trees, torn roads and 42 landslides – the Philippine archipelago was hit with what the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) labels the strongest tropical cyclone the world has faced so far, this year. Typhoon Mangkhut started at Baggo, at around 0:14 (local…
