Fire leaves 200 homeless in Kudat
2022-10-10
KOTA KINABALU: Over 200 people lost their homes when a fire razed some 20 semi-concrete houses in Kudat district. Read full storyContinue Reading
Commentary: Conversations with a 69-year-old man showed me the despair among elderly who self-harm
2022-10-10
The topic of self-harm among the elderly needs to be looked at more closely as Singapore’s population ages, says CNA’s Lauren Ong.Continue Reading
Gas leak at PJ fast food outlet causes three to pass out
2022-10-10
PETALING JAYA: Three people lost consciousness following a gas leak at a fast food outlet in Pandan Jaya. Read full storyContinue Reading
Singtel's second unit faces cyber attack weeks after Optus data breach
2022-10-10
SINGAPORE Telecommunications Ltd said on Monday its unit Dialog faced a cyber attack that potentially affected 1,000 current and former employees and fewer than 20 clients, weeks after a massive data breach at another Australian unit – Optus. Read full storyContinue Reading
Defiant Taiwan’s identity is moving away from China
2022-10-10
More people than ever say they are “Taiwanese” and not “Chinese” – and Beijing is not happy about it.Continue Reading
SBS transit driver dies after bus crashes into tree outside Hougang depot
2022-10-10
SINGAPORE: A 54-year-old bus driver was found dead on Sunday (Oct 9) morning after crashing into a tree outside Hougang depot. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) and the Singapore Police Force (SPF) were alerted to a road traffic accident at around 2.40am on Sunday at 4 Defu Avenue 1. Continue Reading
Musk on China-Taiwan: Beijing praise and Taipei criticism over comments
2022-10-10
Tesla chief executive Elon Musk said Taiwan should become a special administrative zone of China.Continue Reading
Student fined S$5,000 for flying drone in NTU to take photos of girlfriend
2022-10-10
SINGAPORE: A student who flew a drone at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) to take photos of his girlfriend and her friend was fined S$5,000 by a court on Monday (Oct 10) for flouting drone regulations. Xu Zi Zhou, 25, pleaded guilty to one count of operating an unmanned aircraftContinue Reading
Weekly dengue cases fall by 70% as NEA closes almost all clusters since start of 2022
2022-10-10
In February this year, Singapore experienced early signs of a dengue outbreak with more than 200 weekly cases reported. In response, the launch of a National Dengue Prevention Campaign was brought forward and new dengue alert banners put up in areas with persistently high Aedes aegypti mosquito population, said NEA inContinue Reading
Tech companies tapping artificial intelligence to treat and predict mental health disorders
2022-10-10
Among the solutions is an app that uses information like user-reported moods and usage patterns to recommend programmes. On Mental Health Day, CNA looks at what is being done in this space. Continue Reading