New research suggests sleep disruption may lead to long-term health problems. In the event that prevention is better than treatment, then benchmarks available for neighbourhood noise levels are a step in the appropriate direction, say NUS researchers Fan Yi and Wang Jiaxuan.Continue Reading
The South Oriental nation was already grappling with high prices, low foreign reserves and high financial debt levels.Continue Reading
SINGAPORE: A fibre service outage upon Sunday (Sep 18) has affected high speed services in areas of Bedok, NetLink Trust said in a statement. The outage may disrupt the Internet connection of approximately 700 end-users, the organization said. NetLink Trust builds, owns and operates Singapore’s passive dietary fibre networkContinue Reading
What had been suspected for some time has now come out into the open: China has “concerns” about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. While this is hardly a big surprise, the source and venue of this admission is. Few would have expected Vladimir Putin himself to make such a statement – and perhaps even less so […]
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Heatwaves hit China, European countries and the US, causing lakes and rivers to run dry. Is this year the particular driest ever?Continue Reading
SINGAPORE: The decision on whether to give Joseph Schooling and Amanda Lim their prize money for their performance at recent sporting competitions has not been finalised, said the Singapore National Olympic Council. It will be put on hold pending the outcome of SNOC’s findings, said a spokesperson in response to CNA’s queriesContinue Reading
The Financial Services Industry Transformation Map 2025, as it is called, also aims to grow the sector simply by an average 4 to 5 per cent per annum between 2021 plus 2025.Continue Reading
SINGAPORE: Sixty-eight athletes who won medals during the SEA Games and Commonwealth Games were awarded up to S$860,000 for their achievements at an event on Wednesday (Sep 14), the Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) said in a news release. However, CNA understands that the prize money for Singapore swimmer JosephContinue Reading
Environmental concerns and sustainability dominate the discussion around ESG — however , as Nneka Chike-Obi, head of APAC ESG analysis at Sustainable Fitch points out, investors cannot afford to ignore social aspects such as the impact on community relationsContinue Reading
LONDON: Attempts to tackle HELPS, tuberculosis and wechselfieber began to recover a year ago after being hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, but the world is still not on track to defeat these killer diseases, according to a written report. In its 2021 report, released on Monday (SepContinue Reading