CNA Explains: What’s the Gini coefficient and what does it say about inequality in Singapore?
The gap between Singapore’s richest and poorest is at its smallest in more than two decades, according to the Gini coefficient.Read More
While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Feb 21
February 21, 2024 5:47 AM A selection of news stories that happened overnight, Feb 21, 2024. Read More
Protecting forest animals and making water from air: Frontier breakers use innovation to help save the planet
February 21, 2024 4:00 AM With their ground-breaking solutions, these 2023 Rolex Awards for Enterprise Laureates give flight to possibilities. Read More
EU summons Russian envoy, demands independent investigation into Navalny’s death
February 21, 2024 3:50 AM BRUSSELS – The European Union summoned Russia’s representative to the EU and called for an independent international investigation into the death of opposition leader Alexei…
DR Congo PM Lukonde tenders his resignation, presidency says
February 21, 2024 2:55 AM KINSHASA – Democratic Republic of Congo’s prime minister, Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde, resigned on Tuesday, triggering the dissolution of his government, the presidency said in a…
US military drone shot down near Yemen, US officials say
February 21, 2024 1:50 AM WASHINGTON – A U.S. military Mq-9 drone was shot down near Yemen by Iran-backed militants, two U.S. officials said on Tuesday, the second time such…
Palestinians describe terrifying and chaotic flight from Gaza hospital
February 21, 2024 12:55 AM RAFAH, Gaza Strip – Gunfire echoed around Palestinian medics, patients and displaced people during what they described as a terrifying and chaotic night evacuation from…
Body of London ‘corrosive substance’ attacker found in Thames, police believe
February 20, 2024 11:53 PM The body had the distinctive clothing the suspect was wearing at the time of the attack. Read More
Nigeria to release report into air strike that killed civilians this month
February 20, 2024 10:45 PM ABUJA – Nigeria’s defense chief General Christopher Musa said on Tuesday that reports into a military drone attack that killed at least 85 civilians in…
‘It stinks!’: Milan residents grapple with high pollution
February 20, 2024 9:25 PM MILAN – Pietro De Luca lives in Italy’s finance and fashion capital Milan but often thinks of moving to a cleaner city with his wife…