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OECD-backed group calls for global pact to solve water crisis

Singapore Reuters Countries need a new international pact to fix a mounting water crisis that could cut economic growth by at least eight per cent and put half the world’s food supplies at risk by 2050, an OECD-backed commission said on Thursday. Climate change, destructive land use and chronic mismanagement has put the global water […]

Thousands watch Singapore’s last horse race, after 181 years

Singapore Reuters After a more than 180-year history, horse racing in Singapore has come to an end. The city-state’s Singapore Turf Club held its final horse race in front of a 10,000-strong crowd on Saturday 5th October, before it hands back the 120-hectare racecourse to the government for redevelopment in 2027. Spectators watch as horses […]

‘Not easy’: Pope Francis leaves for Rome after 12-day Asia trip

Aboard the papal flight Reuters Pope Francis left Singapore for Rome on Friday, after a demanding trip across South-East Asia and Oceania in which he urged action on climate change, pressed for interfaith dialogue, and reinforced the Catholic Church’s presence in a region where it is a small minority. The Singapore Airlines flight carrying the […]

Pope Francis lands in Singapore; interfaith dialogue, climate on agenda

Singapore Reuters Pope Francis arrived in Singapore on Wednesday afternoon from East Timor, where he is expected to focus on interfaith dialogue and reinforce the Catholic Church’s presence in a region where it is a small minority. The pope is on the final leg of an ambitious 12-day journey across South-East Asia and Oceania, the […]

Francis will be only the second pope to visit Singapore, one of the wealthiest nations

Singapore AP When Pope Francis arrives Wednesday in Asia’s financial powerhouse Singapore for the last leg of a four-nation tour, he is expected to bring his message of unity and hope to one of the world’s richest nations. The 11-day trip, which earlier took him to Indonesia,Papua New Guinea and East Timor, is the longest for the 87-year-old […]

Worldwide protests held over Indian trainee medic’s rape and death

Stockholm, Sweden Reuters Thousands of diaspora Indians were protesting in more than 130 cities across 25 countries on Sunday, organisers said, to demand justice after last month’s rape and murder of a trainee doctor at a hospital in the city of Kolkata. The protests started in large and small groups across Japan, Australia, Taiwan and […]

Pope Francis arrives in Indonesia to begin ambitious Asia-Pacific tour

Updated: 7:25am, 4th September (AEST) Jakarta, Indonesia Reuters Dozens of excited Indonesians waved on Tuesday as a motorcade carried Pope Francis through the capital as he began the first leg of an ambitious Asia-Pacific tour expected to urge global action on climate change as part of his longest trip yet. The 87-year-old pontiff, who will […]