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Helpless in a hospital chair, she gained strength by trusting others and letting go

Caregivers sometimes have no choice but to trust others, pray and let go, says the writer.

Repairwomen in China smash stereotypes with power tools

Instructors Wu Shuang (second from right) and Wang Risun (left) giving an electricity course to a group of women at the Mulan Build workshop in Hangzhou, China, on June 28.

‘Holding back is evil’: Gen-Zers revive Japan’s corporate machismo

An employee leads staff in a morning chant of work targets during a daily meeting, part of routine corporate practices aimed at boosting productivity, in Tokyo on June 1.

Job hunters are using AI to cheat in interviews, and failing at the office

Almost half of applicants say they are using AI for help at some point in the job search process, according to Gartner data from the end of 2025, up from about 40 per cent in 2024.

Supportive workplaces key to fathers taking full paternity leave, as uptake in Singapore rises

38-year-old Imdadulla Syed Shahid, a father, took nearly two months off work to be there for his wife and newborn daughter when she was born in January.

Our modern crisis of attention may have a very old solution

We need to relearn how to sit still with our own thoughts.

The secret to good questions

Questions are crucial in every organisation. They sharpen thinking and extract information when things go wrong.

An ‘AI-resilient’ job doesn’t mean AI-free, say workers who use tech to complement physical work

Healthcare assistant Radiana Ahmad (right) tending to an elderly patient at his home in Clementi. Despite working in an AI-resilient sector, she feels pressure to keep up with the technology.

OpenAI unveils long-awaited ‘super app’ as rivalry with Anthropic intensifies

ChatGPT Work will roll out on July 9 on web and mobile, beginning with Pro, Enterprise and Edu users, and will expand to Plus and Business users over the next few days.

Forum: True professionalism is more about substance and character than one’s trouser length

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