Punjab: Many takers for conjugal visit rooms in India jails
2022-10-21
Punjab is the first Indian state to let prisoners meet their spouses privately – and it’s a hit.Continue Reading
What to expect when Iran nuclear talks finally fail
2022-10-21
Back in 2015, the RAND Corporation think tank laid out the pluses and minuses of reaching a deal to curtail Iran’s quest to arm itself with nuclear weapons. Here are the opposing arguments RAND set out then: Failure to reach or approve a deal would likely produce one or more of the following: an expanded […]Continue Reading
China Covid: The politics driving the hellish lockdowns
2022-10-20
Parts of Beijing are now being locked down as China’s Communist Party holds a historic Congress.Continue Reading
US government funding killer Covid research, again
2022-10-20
Just in case you thought Covid wasn’t bad or dangerous enough, Boston University is working to increase its lethality. In its latest defense of gain of function research, the university claims it is not that dangerous. Oh, really? The work is summarized in the research paper: The recently identified, globally predominant SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant (BA.1) is […]Continue Reading
Did your parents skip the sex talk with you? Experts’ tips when your child asks: ‘Where do babies come from?’
2022-10-20
More than half of sexually active young adults in Singapore have the wrong ideas about conception and sexually transmitted infections. Find out what age-appropriate tips the experts have when the subject matter is brought up.Continue Reading
Parties push harder for charter shift
2022-10-20
Some political parties and movements have vowed to push harder for either an amendment or rewrite of the 2017 constitution, saying only a fair charter will bring about a free and just election.Continue Reading
Commentary: How will loopholes in anti-hopping law affect Malaysian politics?
2022-10-20
Malaysia’s new anti-hopping law took effect on Oct 5, five days before it was announced that the country’s parliament would be dissolved. The law seeks to respect the mandate of voters, but it is not without faults, says a researcher.Continue Reading
Commentary: Xi Jinping needs a way out of zero-COVID before it undermines him
2022-10-20
Chinese President Xi Jinping cannot justify his unprecedented power if he makes mistakes, which backing down from zero-COVID will look like. But the reality is that China cannot keep this up indefinitely at the expense of its economy, says Robert E Kelly.Continue Reading
Cambodia’s missing artefacts: Team to call on Asian Civilisations Museum in Singapore
2022-10-20
The delegation is eyeing museums in Asia as part of a quest to inspect more than 2,000 lost treasures they say belong to Cambodia.Continue Reading
Love your floss buns? Here’s why you should eat them in moderation
2022-10-20
At the foot of your HDB block, in a mall, at a bus interchange — we can find breakfast buns almost anywhere. But are they healthy? The programme Talking Point gets the skinny on five popular buns.Continue Reading