SINGAPORE: What was to be a joyous celebration of his new job and the new year turned grim when a private-hire driver punched a coffee shop assistant after a night out at a karaoke lounge. The 38-year-old Vietnamese man fell backwards and hit his he...
Four years after starting her sourdough doughnut brand, Sourbombephbet, MasterChef Singapore’s season one runner-up, Genevieve Lee, 27, has embarked on yet another foodie venture. This time, she’s selling her rendition of shio pan – Japanese-style c...
Trouble has horns to hold but not tails. This Somali proverb, suggesting that disaster can be prevented but not easily controlled, feels very apt for East Africa right now. Trouble has certainly arrived. Thanks to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiop...
Ten years ago Monday, my sonepicwin, the journalist James Foley, was brutally murdered by ISIS in Syria. On the day my son was killed I felt almost more rage against our government than I did against his killers. Along with so many other Americans k...
A British court last month issued extraordinarily harsh prison sentences to five climate activists convicted of helping to plan a series of road blockades in London. One of the activists, Roger Hallam, 58, a co-founder of the direct action groups Ju...
In Bangladeshjili369, we are experts at erasing history. Ever since our young nation was born 53 years ago in a traumatic war of liberation from Pakistan, historical amnesia and censorship have afflicted Bangladeshis like a chronic illness. When a r...