Netizens urge Govt to offer support to single mother seeking to raise S$3.1...
A 32-year-old Singaporean woman is seeking to raise S$3.1 million for the treatment of her one-year-old son suffering from spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) before her son’s second birthday. It was...
View ArticleReform Party chief Kenneth Jeyaretnam slams ST reporter for “poor...
There is no internal rift or implosion within the Reform Party, says party secretary-general Kenneth Jeyaretnam in a blog post on his website early on Tuesday morning (5 January). Referring to an...
View ArticleChina’s citizen journalist Zhang Zhan protests silently in jail
Zhang Zhan’s footage of bedridden patients lining a hospital corridor in Wuhan gave a rare, unvarnished glimpse from China’s coronavirus ground zero in the first months of the pandemic. The video was...
View ArticleYoungest American to go into space is also a cancer survivor
By the end of the year, Hayley Arceneaux will be the youngest American in space and one of the first tourists to enter orbit unaccompanied by professional astronauts. It is a feat made all the more...
View Article‘I’ve aged 30 years’: long COVID patients battle acute symptoms
by Anne-Sophie Thill Difficulty breathing, concentrating and even walking: five months after being diagnosed with COVID-19, Violaine Cousineau continues to suffer severe symptoms that prevent her from...
View ArticleBeijing-born Chloe Zhao is second woman to win best director Oscar
by Andrew Marszal Chloe Zhao, the Beijing-born filmmaker whose indie movies chronicle life in the US heartland, on Sunday became only the second woman ever to win best director in the Oscars’ 93-year...
View ArticleAustria’s newest citizens reclaim birthright stolen by the Nazis
Even if they rarely speak German and some have never set foot on Austrian soil, nearly 76 years after the Holocaust, descendants of those forced out of Austria by the Nazis are reclaiming the...
View ArticleThe Malaysian schoolgirl using TikTok to challenge school abuse
Malaysian teenager Ain Husniza Saiful Nizam’s unexpected rise from anonymous pupil to national leader against school harassment began with a teacher allegedly joking about rape. When the 17-year-old...
View ArticleRemembering Tan Jing Quee on the 10th anniversary of his passing
by Hong Lysa I received a mail from Teo Soh Lung on behalf of Function 8, noting that it is the 10th anniversary of Tan Jing Quee’s passing. A piece to remember him for the benefit of younger...
View ArticleChinese monk who saved 8,000 strays is dog’s best friend
by Peter Stebbings and Jessica Yang His bald head glistening with sweat, Zhi Xiang peers into the eyes of a stray dog whose coat has become matted in heavy rain and says soothingly: “Let me cut your...
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