Following Donald Trump’s threat of reigning terror on North Korea, South Korea President Moon Jae-In would rather take a different approach. South Korea will host the upcoming 2018 Winter Olympics in the city of PyeongChang, 30 years after hosting in Seoul. During the Olympics, President Jae-In hopes his ‘audacious’ plan will succeed, with hopes of bringing ‘peace and reconciliation’ to the… Read more »
In China and South-east Asia, thousands of animals from endangered species – bears, snakes, tigers – are kept in appalling conditions and butchered for their ‘exotic’ meat. There are now more tigers in farms than in the wild. Can this barbarism be stopped? The tiger paces back and forth in its cage, groaning mournfully. A second big cat sleeps soundly… Read more »
Title: More funding help for polytechnic, ITE students with special needs SINGAPORE – Polytechnic and Institute of Technical Education students with severe hearing, physical and visual disabilities can now receive up to $70,000 in support. This additional funding will be disbursed as part of a new high-needs category under the existing MOE Special Educational Needs (SEN) fund, which was launched… Read more »
Climate change has driven Australia to its warmest winter on record, a leading climate group has said. Data released this month showed average maximum temperatures in the winter months of June to August were nearly 2C above average. Climate change made the “exceptionally warm and dry” winter 60 times more likely, the Climate Council said in a report. The group… Read more »
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) – Hundreds of protesters demonstrated in Malaysia on Wednesday (Aug 30) in support of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim minority after renewed violence forced thousands to flee the country. Fresh fighting broke out in Rakhine state last week between security forces and Rohingya militants after the militants staged raids on police posts. The violence is still raging, and at… Read more »