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3-hour transit in S’pore turns into 3 days of anxiety for passenger stranded after Auckland flood
Some 9,000 Air New Zealand passengers were stranded overseas when their flights back to Auckland were cancelled.
PayPal to cut 2,000 jobs in push to trim costs
PayPal is the latest in a list of Big Tech firms to be hit by the economic slowdown.
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Home away from home: Singapore couple builds house in Japan for less than the cost of an HDB flat
They loved their holiday destination so much, they bought land and built a house from scratch.
February 1 2023
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Viral video puts spotlight on issues faced by breastfeeding mums in China
China had just 2,600 nursing rooms in 2019, when 14.6 million babies were born that year.
Mahathir, Muhyiddin sued over termination of high-speed rail project with S’pore
Plaintiff seeks to compel defendants to pay RM1 million in damages and compensation to every Malaysian citizen.
Thailand faces tougher competition for high-tech foreign investments as election jitters mount
Foreign direct investment has yet to recover to levels seen before the military seized power in 2014.
In southern Johor’s east coast, a new economic region emerges from isolation
It is being spurred by a large oil and gas project, a rejuvenated Desaru and mega-residential projects.
Climate Change
Fight climate change without slowing growth: UAE’s COP28 chief
France urges delegates to get behind Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber and focus on “concrete decisions” at COP28.
$1.4 trillion invested in clean power – matching fossil fuels for first time
Nearly half of all global energy transition investments – US$546 billion – were in China.
Climate change could usher in a new era of trade wars
Policies aimed at speeding the green energy transition risk putting foreign countries and companies at a disadvantage.
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