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  • Protesters marching in the rain on Aug 25

After night of clashes, thousands march off from HK stadium in another day of protests

A group of demonstrators are seen building barricades on the streets using dismantled roadside fences, bamboo poles, water-filled barriers, traffic cones and dustbins
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  • A dugong, named Jamil, had gas building up in his stomach and intestines after his digestive system failed. Despite a team of five veterinarians racing to keep the 27kg orphaned calf alive, he went into shock and died after an operation to remove sea
  • Above: Rescued dugong Mariam exposing her pink belly and relaxing in the arms of a carer. Left: Pieces of plastic that were found in the intestinal tract of Mariam. The dugong died on Aug 17 at the Trang province marine park. PHOTOS: DEPARTMENT OF MA
  • A dugong, named Jamil, had gas building up in his stomach and intestines after his digestive system failed. Despite a team of five veterinarians racing to keep the 27kg orphaned calf alive, he went into shock and died after an operation to remove sea

Orphaned dugongs become conservation icons in Thailand

  • The Singapore economy no longer competes on wages, says the writer, adding that the country now has to compete on superior productivity, innovation and organisation - things that cannot be fixed by any quick measure, and certainly not by the Governme

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Age-old issue of racism resurfaces in multiracial Singapore

  • At Deliveroo Food Market at Alice@Mediapolis, a customer orders her food using the tablets provided (above) while a Deliveroo staff collects an order from a restaurant’s kitchen.

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  • Left: Waste-picker Suparah of Sumengko village in Gresik, East Java, showing trash from a nearby paper factory. She earns about 50,000 rupiah (S$4.90) a day sorting garbage provided by her neighbour. Right: Yanti, a resident of Bangun village in Mojo

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  • The Casteless Collective (above) uses music to criticise India's caste system, drawing on members' own experiences and those of their ancestors. One member, Dharani (left), is seen here singing about the eviction of around 40,000 families - including

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