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Film star Cate Blanchett backs drive to end plight of 10m stateless
Published on 08/10/2019
» LONDON: Film star Cate Blanchett called on Monday for the world to end the "devastating" plight of millions of people with no nationality -- including almost half a million in Thailand --amid warnings that rising xenophobia is stymieing efforts to meet a 2024 deadline for eradicating statelessness.
Singapore taps into water innovation
Published on 07/06/2019
» SINGAPORE: Every day after his morning run, Adam Reutens-Tan washes under a half-full camping shower hooked on the ceiling of his bathroom.
Miss Universe's first transgender contestant revels in being role model
Published on 12/12/2018
» Like many other contestants at the Miss Universe beauty pageant, Angela Ponce grew up watching the glitzy spectacle on television, dreaming of representing her country one day.
Long road ahead for SE Asian drivers revving up to go electric
Published on 01/10/2018
» KUALA LUMPUR: When Benjamin Jacob stops his new scooter at traffic lights in Malaysia's capital, fellow drivers sometimes flash their lights or honk their horns at him, though he has done nothing wrong.
As Bangkok cleans up, street vendors resist
Published on 06/08/2018
» BANGKOK: Vendors in one of Bangkok's biggest tourist hotspots have vowed to fight regulations preventing them from hawking their wares on the street, arguing that their livelihoods and the city's unique character are at stake.
Kung Fu nuns strike back at rising sex attacks on women
Published on 26/08/2017
» LADAKH, INDIA - As dawn breaks, the sun edges over the expansive jagged mountains of Ladakh - a remote Buddhist ex-kingdom in the Indian Himalayas bordering Tibet - to reveal a world where time appears to have stood still.
Thais in demand at Indian sex-massage parlours
Published on 09/08/2017
» MUMBAI -- The booming spa and massage parlour business in India has led to increasing demand for women from Thailand, many of whom are being duped and trafficked into slavery in the country's sex industry, police, diplomats and activists said on Wednesday.
Sex robots: anti-sex-trafficking aid, or just perverted?
Published on 20/07/2017
» BARCELONA -- In the hilly outskirts of sunny Barcelona, Spanish scientist Sergi Santos looks proudly over what appears to be five busty women in tiny shorts and tank tops perched around his living room.
Singapore comes under pressure over genital mutilation of babies
Published on 13/10/2016
» LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Medical clinics in Singapore are carrying out female genital cutting on babies, according to people with first-hand experience of the procedure, despite growing global condemnation of the practice which world leaders have pledged to eradicate.
Global warming to cost $2 trillion in lost productivity
Published on 20/07/2016
» JAKARTA - Rising temperatures caused by climate change may cost the world economy over $2 trillion in lost productivity by 2030 as hot weather makes it unbearable to work in some parts of the world, according to UN research published on Tuesday.