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Asia’s most cycling-friendly cities

From Singapore to Osaka, Tamara Hinson picks the best destinations to explore on two wheels

The Independent UK

Singapore retreat from retail crypto opens way for rivals

SINGAPORE: Asia may be heading for a reordering of sorts in cryptocurrency markets, with Hong Kong moving to legalize retail trading of digital tokens just as Singapore looks to impose fresh restrictions on consumers.

Bangkok Post

Want To Trade Bitcoin, Ethereum And Dogecoin? You Might Have To Take A Test To Trade In This Country

Singapore may soon require retail investors to pass an assessment and refrain from using leverage or credit while trading in cryptocurrencies.

Benzinga

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Hong Kong-based professional services firms ramp up in Singapore

HONG KONG: Professional services companies are expanding their presence in Singapore as they seek to gain a bigger share of the growing Southeast Asian market, with some eyeing the medical tourism sector.

Bangkok Post

Thailand to rely on coal for power longer amid record gas prices

SINGAPORE: Thailand expects to burn coal for power for longer after it extended the lifespans of some plants to cope with record high natural gas prices, the assistant secretary general of its Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) said on Wednesday.

Bangkok Post

Commentary: The key to unlocking the mysteries of COVID-19 is understanding immunity

Among the many medical puzzles about COVID-19 that continue to confound experts: Why does one spouse contract COVID-19 while in many cases the other does not? Why does the African continent have far fewer COVID-19 cases and deaths per capita than the other continents? Why does Singapore have more COVID-19…

Chicago Tribune

Singapore seeks to boost regional electricity imports by 2035

SINGAPORE: Singapore will import more electricity from the region and is on track to reach its import targets of up to 4 gigawatts (GW) of electricity by 2035, a minister said on Wednesday.

Bangkok Post

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If Singapore Wants to Debate the Death Penalty, Talk To Us — Not Richard Branson.

If the Singapore government really prioritized the well-being of people in Singapore, they wouldn’t be wasting time and money trying to get Richard Branson over for a “debate.”

The News Lens

China’s wealthy activate escape plans as Xi Jinping extends rule

Rich citizens fearing high taxes and personal safety move capital out of country and arrange residences overseas

Financial Times

TAT optimistic on arrivals from Singapore

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is expecting to attract at least 500,000 visitors from Singapore this year as flights on this route have almost returned to normal.

Bangkok Post

Architect Moshe Safdie: ‘I was antagonistic to postmodernism – and I paid a price’

From his 60s utopian housing development to infinity pools in the sky, the Israeli-Canadian architect has always designed larger-than-life buildings. Now 84, he has written a memoir about the obsessional energy that still fuels his career

The Guardian - UK

Have Liz Truss’s 44 days in office destroyed 40 years of free market philosophy?

Economists soon saw through Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng’s plans for billions of unfunded tax cuts to benefit the rich

The Guardian - UK

Singapore invites billionaire Branson to death penalty debate

Singapore invited British billionaire Richard Branson to a live televised debate with Home Affairs and Law Minister K Shanmugam on the city-state’s drug policy and death penalty in response to a blog post by the businessman on the subject.

Bangkok Post

Slippery, hungry, sometimes angry: Singapore struggles with ‘unparalleled’ otter boom

Numbers have doubled, with occasional attacks on humans and fish ponds prompting relocation efforts

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Nottingham Post

New 'nightmare' Covid variant causes cases to double in some areas

Experts stress it does not cause more serious illness

ABC News

Singapore has among the world's best education systems, so what can Australia learn from it?

Disruptions from COVID-19 and the recent Victorian floods have some experts calling for changes in Australian schools. They say Singapore's flexible education system could be a model to better prepare students to engage in quality learning during times of crisis.

Newsroom.co.nz

The future of protein is bugs, biotech, vege burgers – and beef

Experts say we have to “rethink proteins” if we are going to slash agricultural emissions and still feed the world. But what does that mean?

Edinburgh Live

New Covid strain dubbed 'nightmare variant' as it doubles cases in days

The new mutant strain nicknamed the 'nightmare variant' is resistant to immunity has spread across several countries so far including a number in the US, Asia and Europe

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Tsunoda: I need to iron out mistakes to lead AlphaTauri F1 team

Yuki Tsunoda says he needs to “definitely reduce” mistakes like his crash in Singapore and previous spate of penalties to lead AlphaTauri in Formula 1 next year.

Reuters

Singapore seeks to amend constitution to protect its definition of marriage

Singapore's government filed bills in parliament on Thursday seeking to decriminalise sex between men, and to amend the constitution to prevent court challenges to laws and policies concerning marriage.

Daily Record

Covid strain dubbed 'Nightmare Variant' doubled cases in days by 'beating immunity'

An infectious disease expert has said XBB is one of a 'slew' of fast-spreading variants.

Bangkok Post

Singapore to repeal ban on gay male sex

SINGAPORE: Singapore has introduced legislation that will repeal the existing legal ban on sex between men, and a constitutional amendment to protect the current definition of marriage as between a man and a woman.

Wales Online

New Covid strain dubbed Nightmare Variant doubles cases in a day

The variant formally known as XBB has been detected in more than 17 countries so far

Bangkok Post

Aliyah preps super-luxury projects

The Singaporean Lee brothers, former major shareholders of Raimon Land, are continuing in the Thai property business by launching six super-luxury single detached houses priced from 218 million baht on Phatthanakan Soi 32.

Daily Mirror

Fast-spreading Covid subvariant sweeps through Asia in 'new class' of Omicron

A new subvariant of the coronavirus that is feared to be more immune-evasive and faster spreading than current strains has swept across parts of Asia, fuelling surges in cases

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