2014-11-01 Singapore Health

Baby bump: 5% rise in number of babies born this year  Channel News Asia
Sociologist Paulin Straughan attributed the increase to the enhanced Baby Bonus Scheme in 2013. The cash gift was increased to S$6,000, and working fathers were given a week of paid paternity leave. PHOTOS; VIDEOS. (AFP/Philippe Huguen). Enlarge ...

2014-11-01 Singapore Science

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Pilot killed as Branson test spaceship crashes in desert  Herald Scotland
A PILOT has died and another was seriously injured after a suborbital passenger spaceship belonging to billionaire Sir Richard Branson's space tourism venture crashed during a test flight. A PILOT has died and another was seriously injured after a suborbital ...

2014-11-01 Singapore Entertainment

  AsiaOne   

S'porean photographs Gwyneth Paltrow at MBS  AsiaOne
It was the most challenging commercial shoot that local photographer Nicky Loh had ever done. And it involved one of Hollywood's biggest stars — Gwyneth Paltrow. Mr Loh, 32, was the man behind the lens for the photo shoot that saw Paltrow flying in from ...

2014-11-01 Singapore Sports

  AsiaOne   

Football: Two of Malaysia's games at Jalan Besar  AsiaOne
Almost a thousand people took part in a mass football dribbling event on the pitch of Jalan Besar Stadium on 3 May 2014, to commemorate RHB Bank Singapore's 10th anniversary of partnership with Football Association of Singapore's (FAS) and the ...

2014-11-01 Singapore Technology

  Times of India   

Politician wants Tim Cook barred from entering Russia  Times of India
Hours after Apple CEO Tim Cook publicly addressed his sexuality for the first time, a St Petersburg politician has called for him to be banned from Russia. According to a translation by Buzzfeed, anti-LGBT campaigner Vitaly Milonov, a member of the ...

2014-11-01 Singapore Business

  TODAYonline   

Another 800 temporary flats for young families waiting for housing  TODAYonline
A block of flats in Bedok South that is under the PPHS. Photo: Channel NewsAsia. mail · print. View all comments. Tweet. By. Laura Elizabeth Philomin. -. lauraphilomin@mediacorp.com.sg -. Published: 10:13 AM, November 1, 2014. SINGAPORE — More flats ...

2014-11-01 Singapore World

  USA TODAY   

Burkina Faso presidential guard's second in command says he has assumed ...  The Straits Times
OUAGADOUGOU (AFP) - The second in command of Burkina Faso's presidential guard, Colonel Isaac Zida, said on Saturday he has assumed power as head of state during the transition period, saying a similar claim by the army chief is "obsolete".
Lieutenant Colonel Zida says taking power in Burkina Faso   Reuters
Protests Force Out Burkina Faso's President, Soldiers Vie For Power   NDTV
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British travellers warned they could be target of revenge terror attacks  The Guardian
The Foreign Office is warning that air strikes on Isis forces, as in the Syrian border town of Kobani, may mean that Britons travelling around the world will be targeted. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images. Press Association. Friday 31 October 2014 16.03 ...

2014-11-01 Singapore Southeast Asia

  New York Daily News   

Airline sued over missing flight  Herald Scotland
TWO Malaysian teenage boys are suing Malaysia Airlines and the government over the loss of their father eight months after Flight 370 carrying him disappeared. TWO Malaysian teenage boys are suing Malaysia Airlines and the government over the loss of ...

2014-11-01 Singapore Singapore

  The Straits Times   

UN Rights Office Denounces Singapore Court Ruling Against Same-Sex Relations  RTT News
The United Nations human rights office on Friday expressed regret over a recent Singapore Supreme Court ruling to uphold a law criminalizing consensual same-sex relations between adult men, calling the directive a "missed opportunity" to strike down the ...