SINGAPORE – Climate change, record-high temperatures and deadly heatwaves are making air-conditioning a necessity rather than a luxury in many places around the world. But…
TOKYO – So cool this Su Bingtian is. So fast this teacher runs in the semi-finals. So crazy it is to feel, at least for…
SINGAPORE – Eager buyers converged at the lorry, loaded with durians in large 50kg baskets, as soon as it stopped in front of Mr Michael Siow’s…
TOKYO – Quah siblings Ting Wen and Zheng Wen may be veterans of two Olympics each but the Tokyo Games are nothing like what they…
SINGAPORE – The travel sector remains in survival mode with business at rock bottom, staff morale in the basement and leisure jaunts showing no signs…
This is a story of collaboration, trust and cakes made of carrots. It is a tale of art, technique and hairstyles. In truth this might…
SINGAPORE – When Ms Joyce Seah left her job at an oil and gas multinational corporation (MNC) last July, she was afraid she would not…
SINGAPORE – Unlike many hawkers who have been badly hit by the dine-in ban, Mr Jason Huang did not experience a drop in the number…
SINGAPORE – Despite being on four food delivery platforms, Mr Tan Hock Soon receives only two to three online orders each day. Since Covid-19 hit…
SINGAPORE – Residents in Singapore are securing higher academic qualifications, especially university degrees. More can read and write in multiple languages, and bigger numbers are…
SINGAPORE – Smaller households – in terms of fewer members – are on the rise. More are staying in condominiums; although for private properties overall,…
SINGAPORE – Visitors to certain Housing Board blocks in Yio Chu Kang will be greeted by paintings of creatures like the Merlion and sports icons…
SINGAPORE – For over a year, Madam N tried to get her teenage daughter to stop smoking, stealing and playing truant. She even transferred her…
SINGAPORE – It was slim pickings for gardener Lim Goh Heng when he joined the landscape maintenance sector in 2010 but his prospects have blossomed…
SINGAPORE – Ms Logampikai Sadacharam, 63, a volunteer coordinator at Brahm Centre’s community befriending programme, visited Madam K almost 20 times within a month. But…
SINGAPORE – At the height of e-scooters’ popularity less than two years ago, retailer Mobot could sell up to a thousand of them each month.…
SINGAPORE – Amid the spike in Covid-19 cases, two families with members who are front-line workers are planning to keep their Hari Raya Aidilfitri celebrations…
SINGAPORE – Since February, Mr Joseph Goh has not had a good night’s sleep. Noise from the construction work right outside his apartment frequently startles…
SINGAPORE – Before the pandemic hit migrant worker dormitories hard last year, Indian construction foreman Mathiyalagan Kathikeyan used to share a room with 11 other…
SINGAPORE – When lawyer Leslie Tham, 48, needed to go for an urgent medical procedure last year, his agent told him he needed to get…