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The great job challenge
Entrepreneur or employee – which one holds the key to South-east Asia’s growth at a time of rapid change? This is the second article of a four-part series, The Edges Of South-east Asia, that shines a light on the bright spots of creativity…
Keeping faith in final stretch of Covid-19 battle: PM Lee
Singapore has entered phase three and the economy is stabilising, but it is not time to let our guard down as we are not out of the woods yet, says Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in his New Year message on Jan 1
PM Lee said…
How Covid-19 will change travel in 2021
Tariro Mzezewa, Ceylan Yeginsu, Elaine Glusac and Sarah Firshein
The initial distribution of Covid-19 vaccines may not equal a swift return to mass travel, the writers say. And until the vaccines are widely distributed,…
The digital developing economy: South-east Asia in five objects
This is the first article of a four-part series, The Edges of South-east Asia, that shines a light on the bright spots of creativity and innovation in the region. A joint project of Deloitte, the Singapore Economic Development Board and the…
What will we take from this year?
Living through a pandemic has prompted many to pledge radical shifts in behaviour. Will these endure?
Henry Mance
Sports fans have already started to return to stadiums.
PublishedDec 25, 2020, 5:00 am SGT…
Why should we ever return to living, working so close together?
Because neither the US nor the world can do without cities.Farhad Manjoo
In New York (above) and other American cities, overcrowding within residences, caused by a lack of affordable housing, exacerbated the Covid-19…
SolarWinds breach: Cyber warfare confrontation looms after US hacking
The Russian-linked SolarWinds intrusions raise questions on how to deal with future attacks
Jonathan EyalGlobal Affairs Correspondent
There is no question that the US hacking is a reminder of Russia's enduring…
America’s dangerous distraction
A United States in ferment at home may fixate on China – but humanity demands detente
Nirmal GhoshUS Bureau Chief
The one issue that does appear to unite people across the political spectrum in the US is China.…
What is death? Lessons from a pandemic
Covid-19 is a personal and global disaster, but it is also a moment to look at the big picture of life, says a hospice physicianB.J. Miller
People lighting candles to commemorate the victims of the coronavirus pandemic at…
Moving AI ethics beyond guidelines
The recent row over a leading researcher’s departure from Google raises questions about the role and remit of AI ethics teams and the inadequacy of frameworks to deal with moral complexitiesLim Sun Sun and Jeffrey Chan Kok Hui for The…
We are seeing light at the end of the tunnel: PM Lee
In his televised address yesterday, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong spoke about the progress Singapore has made since the
first Covid-19 case was detected here, the brighter outlook offered by vaccines and what must be done to get over the…
Quantum mystery of Tokyo’s on-off Olympics
Covid-19 has turned the confounding paradox of a physicist’s cat into a Japanese conversational gambit – are the Games dead or alive?
Leo Lewis
Bystanders watch as giant Olympic rings are reinstalled at the waterfront area…
Shaking up China’s state-owned enterprises: Painful but necessary
A spate of defaults has rattled the debt market but there are good reasons not to bail out these troubled state-owned enterprises as Beijing presses ahead with economic reforms.
Benjamin Kang LimGlobal Affairs Correspondent…
The challenges that confront Singapore’s model of secularism
By opting to intervene to keep the peace in a multi-religious society, it has a complex job defusing threats on many fronts from within and abroad
Asad Latif
Sri Lankan soldiers inspecting the St Sebastian Church…
Populists and Trumpians: Down, but not out
By mislabelling the problem, mainstream politicians risk ignoring the real electoral challenges they face.
Jonathan EyalGlobal Affairs Correspondent
Supporters of US President Donald Trump in Doral, Florida, on…
How we miss the mundane joy of the real world
The festive season – like the rest of life – just isn’t the same through a screen.David Sax
A man dressed as Santa Claus speaks with a virtual visitor at the Santa Experience in the Mall of America in Bloomington,…
Vaccinating a nation: Can Biden manage America’s biggest health project?
The smooth functioning of the supply chain is vital if the US is to ensure trust in a mass immunisation programmeKiran Stacey
Workers getting information from people waiting in line at a Covid-19 testing site in Washington…
City of London wants to clean up the world
An international market in carbon offsets sounds promising but requires common standards. Fake forest fraud can be an issue too.Elisa Martinuzzi and Marcus Ashworth
Part of British PM Boris Johnson's blueprint…
Governments need to manage Covid-19 vaccine side effects well
It is not unusual for medications to induce mild adverse reactions, but the scale and speed of the exercise require higher than normal levels of effort to gain public acceptanceTherese Raphael
Having a robust system to log,…
Inside the hunt for a Covid-19 vaccine: How BioNTech made the breakthrough
The husband-and-wife team behind the German company are pioneers in a technology that could transform medicineJoe Miller
Dr Ozlem Tureci and her husband, Dr Ugur Sahin, founded BioNTech in the German city of Mainz 12 years…