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Indonesia's next leader faces challenges
Oped, Collins Chong Yew Keat, Published on 29/02/2024
» Prabowo Subianto's electoral victory is expected, especially since he named Gibran Rakabuming, President Joko Widodo's eldest son, as his running mate. The "Jokowi effect" is firmly driving an upward momentum of support.
Financing childhood growth
News, Joel E Cohen & John E Rogers, Published on 18/07/2023
» In 2020, chronic undernutrition stunted the growth of nearly a quarter of the world's children under five years old. Being too short for one's age, as a result of chronic undernutrition, can cause irreversible physical and cognitive damage and increases the risk of dying from common infections.
Dissolved in toxic oceans: how an ancient extinction happened
Lucas Joel of the New York Times, Published on 04/02/2022
» NEW YORK: About 200 million years ago, the rocks that became the Palisades cliffs just across the Hudson River from New York formed during volcanic activity that helped rip apart the ancient supercontinent Pangea.
Singapore greens the investment landscape
Oped, Joel Chong, Published on 20/01/2022
» 'Overall, it's a good thing to have," said Khoo De Wan. He was speaking of Singapore's Environmental, Social and Governance standards, or ESG, which listed companies in the nation must abide by. The local resident and investor added, "It may help to bring in more business, but by itself it's not enough to make a company an investable company. That's my thinking."
A Cash-Strapped Corner of China Finds a Financial Tonic--Hard Liquor
Business, Chong Koh Ping, Published on 10/08/2021
» China's biggest liquor company, a favorite of international investors, has become a financial lifeline for the underdeveloped southern region where it is based.
My optimism comes from my personal history
Sports, Joel Dahmen, Published on 28/05/2021
» When I wasn't playing great at the start of this year, I kind of weirdly enjoyed it. As strange as it sounds, I haven't struggled with golf for a long time. It's been pretty easy for me on the PGA Tour over the last three or four years, as I've been pretty consistent over that time.
NYSE to Delist Chinese Telecom Carriers After Rejecting Appeals
Business, Chong Koh Ping & Alexander Osipovich, Published on 10/05/2021
» China's big three telecom carriers lost their appeals against being kicked off the New York Stock Exchange, which moved to delist them to comply with an investment ban introduced by former President Donald Trump.
MH370 report is a much needed 'wake-up call'
News, Alan Chong & Jun Yan Chang, Published on 27/08/2018
» The release of the MH370 "Safety Investigation Report" at the end of July marked the culmination of a four-year fruitless search for the missing airliner. The search began as if looking for a needle in the haystack that is the South China Sea, before Malaysia dramatically revealed that it was the wrong haystack. The search finally ended in the Southern Indian Ocean, to which the term "haystack" does not even begin to describe.