2015-05-29 Singapore Health

Channel News Asia   

Speed 'the number one killer' in urban areas: Road safety expert   
Channel News Asia
TODAY reports: Road designers and policy makers should think of what can be done to make human errors on the road less fatal, says Ms Veronique Feypell, the International Transport Forum's (ITF) expert on road safety. By Joy Fang, TODAY; POSTED: 29 ...

2015-05-29 Singapore Science

Slate Magazine   

The moment an erupting Japanese volcano blew its top (+video)   
TVNZ
A volcano erupted on a small island in southern Japan on today, and authorities ordered residents to evacuate the island. Mount Shindake erupted in spectacular fashion, spewing towering black-grey clouds into the sky. The Japan Meteorological Agency ...

2015-05-29 Singapore Entertainment

Channel News Asia   

Huang Xiaoming, Angelababy tie the knot   
Channel News Asia
BEIJING: Actor Huang Xiaoming and model-actress Angelababy have officially sealed the deal. Huang posted a photo of their marriage certificates on his Weibo micro blog on Wednesday (May 27). "I am willing to spend my life with you!," said Angelababy in ...

2015-05-29 Singapore Sports

AsiaOne   

Angeline's on a brave journey   
AsiaOne
While most of her teammates on the national tennis team picked up the sport at the age of five or six, she started "late" - at 12 years of age. What followed was an intense period of tennis, both in terms of training and playing abroad in countries like the United ...

2015-05-29 Singapore Technology

Channel News Asia   

Legal liability issues 'preventing mass adoption of self-driving cars'   
Channel News Asia
TODAY reports: "Until now we still don't have an answer to this: Who is responsible for driving the (self-driving) car, the driver or the assistance?” Legal questions arise over the mass adoption of autonomous vehicles. By Joy Fang, TODAY; POSTED: 29 May ...

2015-05-29 Singapore Business

AsiaOne   

Five mega childcare centres by end-2016 to meet demand   
AsiaOne
FIVE jumbo childcare centres will be ready by the end of next year in areas with high demand for childcare services. The centres will be built on undeveloped state land in Punggol, Sengkang, Jurong West, Woodlands and Yishun. These areas have higher ...

2015-05-29 Singapore World

CBC.ca   

Putin signs law banning publication of peacetime military casualties   
CBC.ca
President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to make losses of Russian troops in peacetime a state secret. The decree published on the official government website and signed by Putin on Thursday makes it a crime to publish information about peacetime ...

2015-05-29 Singapore Southeast Asia

Malaysiakini (subscription)   

Pak Lah didn't splurge but still quit early, Najib told   
Malaysiakini (subscription)
Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad today poured cold water on Najib Abdul Razak's insistence that he is democratically elected and will therefore serve his full term as prime minister. Mahathir pointed out that Najib's predecessor Abdullah Ahmad ...

2015-05-29 Singapore Singapore

The Straits Times   

Jover Chew and Mobile Air staff charged over cheating cases at Sim Lim Square   
The Straits Times
Jover Chew (centre), arriving at the State Courts in a police van on Friday, on May 29, 2015. -- ST PHOTO: SEAH KWANG PENG. By Amir Hussain. SINGAPORE - Jover Chew, the owner of now-defunct Mobile Air, and four other men were charged in court on ...