The results of the global Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) rankings for 2018 have been released, and Singapore has slipped to second place in all three categories measured—reading, mathematics…
Poland's Auschwitz Memorial called Amazon out on Twitter, alerting the e-commerce company that certain sellers were displaying Christmas ornaments featuring images from concentration camps, which they deemed to be "disturbing…
New South Wales (NSW), Australia just installed high definition detection cameras throughout the entire state to detect drivers using mobile phones while driving. On Sunday (Dec 1), Australian authorities launched the…
The list of the world's 50 best restaurants for 2019 was just recently revealed, and Singapore's French fine dining restaurant Odette won the honors of being 18th on the global…
Toshiba Corp.'s latest technology has put them at the forefront of the fight against cancer—they have developed a device that is able to detect 13 types of cancer from a…
South Korean stars Jung Joon-young and Choi Jong-hoon have been sentenced by a South Korean court to a jail sentence of six and five years in prison, respectively, for sexually assaulting…
Airport delays are some of the most stressful hiccups to deal with when you're travelling. A delayed flight—especially a connecting flight—can throw a wrench in your plans and ruin everything.…
No one is exempt from military service, not even K-pop stars from hit boy band BTS. The boys were informed by the defence ministry of South Korea that mandatory service…
With gene editing now presenting such low risks that it can be used in human embryos, genetically-modified babies aren't just the tales of science fiction. According to a newly published…
Singapore's two leading universities—National University of Singapore (NUS) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU)—have done the country proud, after making it as the top two universities in Asia on the latest Quacquarelli…