The Straits Times - January 14, 2023
The Straits Times - January 14, 2023
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January 14, 2023
2022 was second busiest year for Singapore's port
Country still world's largest transshipment port, even as global container trade slowed
2 mins
Difficult choices to be made in long-term planning: Desmond Lee
Tackling Singapore's buoyant property market during the Covid-19 pandemic required circumspection and care, amid a perfect storm of conditions which led to prices in both Housing Board and private resale markets going up significantly.
2 mins
China's Covid-19 peak will last 2 to 3 months: Expert
Epidemiologist says infections will surge in rural areas with poor medical resources
3 mins
The painful impact of scams: Suicide and self-harm
Victims can sink into depression over life savings lost
3 mins
Zahid takes aim at rivals for Umno's top post as polls loom
He hints he's open to challenge amid debate on no-contest motion for top two posts
3 mins
Ukraine denies Russia's claim that it has captured Soledar in the east
Kyiv and West say Moscow has sacrificed forces in pointless fight for wasteland
3 mins
Past eight years hottest since records began, UN confirms
Climate change made unprecedented natural disasters in 2022 more deadly
3 mins
Jakarta's palm oil export curbs set to hit supplies
Global veg oil supplies already undercut by lower output in S-E Asia, Latin America
2 mins
Asia's appetite for Russian crude oil remains robust despite curbs
Indian refiners purchased record volumes of crude oil from Russia in December, even as Western powers rolled out a price cap aimed at further restricting the Kremlin's revenues and shrinking its war chest for funding its war against Ukraine.
4 mins
Google launches cloud computing programme for 1,000 ITE students
To help meet local demand for cloud computing expertise, tech giant Google has partnered the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) to launch a year-long training programme for 1,000 students.
2 mins
World economy walks tightrope between recession and soft landing
WASHINGTON - The world economy is beginning the new year on a more optimistic note, although that is no guarantee 2023 will end that way.
3 mins
Fed on track for smaller rate hikes after cool US inflation data
NEW YORK - The Federal Reserve is on track to downshift to smaller interest rate increases following a further cooling in United States inflation, though it is likely to keep hiking until price pressures show more definitive signs of slowing.
2 mins
'I didn't steal funds... I didn't stash billions away': FTX founder
NEW YORK - Sam Bankman-Fried said he did not steal money and blamed the collapse of his now-bankrupt FTX exchange on a broad crash in cryptocurrency markets in a highly unusual blog post on Thursday, a month after his arrest on fraud charges.
2 mins
SLINGERS BACK IN SWING
Locals step up to overturn 9-point deficit to stop rot and end Heat streak
2 mins
WOMEN'S TRIO WIN THIRD GOLD FOR SINGAPORE
Communication pays off as Tan, New and Ng seal best showing yet in Asian meet
2 mins
BE BRAVE AND BELIEVE: TEN HAG
United buoyed by 'huge progress' as they seek revenge for thrashing by city rivals
2 mins
Potter calls for unity as Blues' misery mounts
LONDON Manager Graham Potter pleaded with his Chelsea players to \"stay together\", after a shock 2-1 Premier League defeat at Fulham that saw Blues forward Joao Felix sent off on his debut before a decisive blunder from Kepa Arrizabalaga.
1 min
In feudal China, Donnie Yen's hero fights to save himself from getting cancelled
Cancel culture can come for anyone, even fantasy sword fighters.
2 mins
An unshakeable love of the Mazda MX-5
After Mr Roy Tan got his driving licence in 2017, the first car he drove was a third-generation Mazda MX-5 hard-top roadster owned by his mother.
3 mins
Lisa Marie Presley was only child of Elvis
LOS ANGELES - Lisa Marie Presley, an American musician and the only child of rock 'n' roll legend Elvis Presley, died on Thursday after being rushed to a Los Angeles hospital. She was 54.
2 mins
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