HDB resale transactions rise 10.7% in Q3
The median resale price for a 5-room flat in Queenstown was S$894,000.Continue Reading
Nokia makes decoupling point with India, China deals
Nokia has won important contracts in both India and China recently, demonstrating that “both-and” still works in the “either-or” world of decoupling from China. That may be a lesson for Sweden’s Ericcson, which has taken a different route. On October 17, Finland’s telecom infrastructure company announced that it had been selected by Reliance Jio Infocomm […]Continue Reading
PM heads to Laos for bridge opening
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha will visit Laos for a foundation-laying ceremony for the fifth Friendship Bridge with the kingdom on Friday.Continue Reading
Breast cancer update: AI to read mammograms, 3D nipple tattoos, promising drug combo, device to shrink tumours
New research, both in Singapore and globally, is giving breast cancer patients hope when it comes to fighting the disease. CNA Women gets the lowdown on advances in treatment and breast reconstruction.Continue Reading
‘I feel alive when I am on my BMX’: The 48-year-old ‘uncle’ who loves doing tricks
Tay Seng Tee can certainly teach you more than the wheelie if you’re up for it. Continue Reading
Sliding yen: What is happening to the Japanese currency?
The country’s central bank is expected to keep interest rates below zero even as the currency slides.Continue Reading
CNA Explains: How transmissible are the BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 COVID-19 variants and do vaccines still work on them?
What are these new Omicron subvariants and could they cause another COVID-19 wave in Singapore? Continue Reading
Commentary: China’s young ‘lie flat’ under social challenges
Those “lying flat” instead of having babies increase official worries about the fall in China’s birth rate, says this writer.Continue Reading
Commentary: Will Japan’s population shrink or swim?
Japan’s experience shows how difficult it is to reverse a shrinking population, especially when a country has a sizable population and a persistently low birth rate, says this academic.Continue Reading
Chuan under fire for delaying case
Parliament President Chuan Leekpai has been faulted for allegedly delaying the legal case in which he stands accused by former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra of defamation.Continue Reading