Travel

Aug 8, 2024

Old Chang Kee among 7 Singapore firms named in Forbes Asia Best Under A Billion list

FAST-FOOD chain Old Chang Kee is one of seven local firms included in Forbes Asia’s new Best Under A Billion list.


Aug 7, 2024

‘Star Wars’ star Daisy Ridley diagnosed with Graves’ disease

BRITISH actor Daisy Ridley was diagnosed last year with Graves’ disease, an autoimmune disorder affecting the thyroid, she revealed in a recent...


Aug 7, 2024

Health experts urge Olympics to cut ties with Coca-Cola

TWO health experts on Wednesday (Aug 7) urged Olympic organisers to cut ties with Coca-Cola, saying the current big money sponsorship deal...


Aug 7, 2024

Small businesses flying the Singapore flag 

MANY local companies have established themselves overseas, and it is a source of pride to see Singapore brands on foreign soil.


Aug 7, 2024

Museum where blind get to feel the world’s wonders

WITH their fingertips, Marina and Jose Pedro pored over a small-scale model of Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia church in an exhibition which allows...


Aug 7, 2024

The tiny Chinese restaurant that unwittingly became an Olympic hot spot

AS Tang Zhongqiu knows, there often comes a time in an Asian person’s trip to France when one grows weary of the...


Aug 7, 2024

Can you heal Olympic heartbreak with belated medals?

Reallocations are often bittersweet, sometimes arriving years after the athletes have retired from competition and remade their lives permanently


Aug 6, 2024

Disney raises streaming prices up to 25%, adds new channels

WALT Disney is raising the prices of its streaming services, with the lowest-cost offering, Disney+ with advertising, climbing 25 per cent to...


Aug 6, 2024

Olympics: China’s anti-doping agency accuses US counterpart of double standards

CHINA’S anti-doping agency (CHINADA) accused its American counterpart on Tuesday (Aug 6) of ‘hypocritical double standards’ in response to the positive tests...


Aug 6, 2024

Chill-seeking: Japan’s haunted house summer tradition

HALLOWEEN may not be for months, but it is already peak haunted-house season in Japan, where seeking a bone-chilling fright is a...