2015-05-28 Singapore Health

ABC News   

Pentagon Sent Live Anthrax Samples to Labs in 9 States and 1 in South Korea   
ABC News
And we begin with that developing story tonight, the Pentagon acknowledging a major mistake. Sending live anthrax from a facility in Utah. They sent samples to nine states, one even sent overseas to South Korea. They thought that the samples, the spores, ...

2015-05-28 Singapore Science

Forbes   

Virginia Tech students to compete in robotics challenge - WSLS   
Gazette Herald
BLACKSBURG (WSLS 10) – Inside Virginia Tech's Goodwin Hall, engineering college students put the ultimate touches on a six-foot humanoid robotic they created as a part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Robotics Challenge.
Sunnyvale student wins robot video contest   Contra Costa Times
Human-robot Teams Compete June 5 at DARPA Finals   OfficialWire
How close are we to a 'Terminator' robot?   Rand Daily Mail

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io9   

The White House Supports A Proposed Ban On Editing The Human Germline   
io9
In the wake of news that scientists in China modified the DNA of human embryos, a number of scientists and bioethicists have called for a global moratorium on experiments that could alter the human germline. The White House has come out in support of ...

2015-05-28 Singapore Entertainment

Channel News Asia   

Music video for National Day theme song revealed   
Channel News Asia
The video of “Our Singapore” was directed by local film-maker Eric Khoo and features Dick Lee performing behind the piano. POSTED: 27 May 2015 23:42. VIDEOS; PHOTOS. Cannot Contact Server. Please upgrade your Flash Plugin. Please enable ...

2015-05-28 Singapore Sports

Channel News Asia   

SEA Games: Athletes, officials to be housed by sports, not countries   
Channel News Asia
The aim is to provide a platform for countries to interact with one another, says the Singapore SEA Games Organising Committee (SINGSOC). By Nadia Jansen Hassan; POSTED: 27 May 2015 14:17; UPDATED: 27 May 2015 23:28. VIDEOS; PHOTOS ...

2015-05-28 Singapore Technology

MLive.com   

With "attitude shift", Takata moves from denial to compromise in air bag crisis   
Reuters
BEIJING May 28 Japan's Takata Corp, which for months resisted U.S. regulators' demands to widen a recall over its potentially lethal air bags, has had an "attitude shift" and is in a mood to compromise to try to resolve the ballooning auto safety crisis, said a ...

2015-05-28 Singapore Business

Irish Times   

Singapore third in global competitiveness ranking, behind US and Hong Kong   
The Straits Times
Singapore stood third, behind Hong Kong and The United States, for the second year in a row in the annual world competitive ranking 2015, released by the IMD World Competitiveness Center on Thursday. -- ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI ...

2015-05-28 Singapore World

Reuters Canada   

World soccer rocked by US, Swiss arrests of officials for graft   
Reuters Canada
ZURICH/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The world's most popular sport was plunged into turmoil on Wednesday as seven senior soccer officials were arrested on U.S. corruption charges and faced extradition from Switzerland, whose authorities also announced a ...

2015-05-28 Singapore Southeast Asia

Malay Mail Online   

Now, Zahid says no sedition probe for Taman Medan cross protesters   
Malay Mail Online
Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi says the 40 people who protested against a church in Taman Medan are only being investigated for intrusion. ― File picKUALA LUMPUR, May 28 ― Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi confirmed today the group of people who ...

2015-05-28 Singapore Singapore

The Straits Times   

Singaporean teen aimed to join ISIS or launch attacks locally   
The Straits Times
A Singaporean post-secondary student who made plans to join the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and carry out attacks here has been detained under the Internal Security Act since last month. -- PHOTO: ST FILE. By Wong Siew Ying. A SINGAPOREAN ...