The Straits Times World News

Forum: Extend child protection standards beyond regulated settings

Forum: Make flu testing and treatment more accessible

Autism lasts a lifetime. Can support stay the course?

When school ends at 18, so does much of the structured assistance that people with autism and their families have relied on for years.

The US-led recidivism in geopolitics – where is this going?

The pillars that supported that global growth are being weakened, even systematically dismantled, by new geopolitical headwinds.

Singapore football and the belief you cannot buy

Forum: Optimise land use for eldercare facility

The Pledge’s journey: From #nofuture to #whichfuture

Singapore has come a long way since students first recited the National Pledge. Now, different challenges loom.

Forum: More awareness needed for home owners to conduct property transactions independently

Forum: The SingaBrigade showed us what Singaporean pride sounds like

America’s insurgent far-left is not as naive as you think

The left-leaning Democrats are commanding attention well beyond the socialist left.

Forum: Circle Line wayfinding continues to be refined

Wealthy nations fear AI, but Singapore embraces it: Here’s why

Many wealthy countries fear AI. Why does Singapore buck the trend?

Forum: Stop treating retirement as a single cliff-edge date

Balancing stakes in en bloc deals: Should we raise or lower the bar?

The lessons yielded around building consensus will matter far more when VERS arrives.

Forum: Look beyond what we can see when it comes to a child’s well-being

Forum: Give caregivers a fair chance to return to work

Forum: Provide workers with proper rest areas so they don’t rely on public parks

The world’s biggest fast-food chain is moving into pubs

Why China’s Mixue Bingcheng is serving up beer.

Here’s how one country may have solved a violent uprising

The real victory over an insurgency comes when the gunman decides he would rather be a politician.