SINGAPORE – Families with disabled children who are attending special student care centres will get more fee subsidies, and more will qualify for help as the income criterion is expanded. With the extra help, most families will, on average, pay between 30 and 80 per cent less in fees. For example, a family with a total household […]
Experts believe striking a deal before Boris Johnson’s December 31 deadline is far more likely than people think amid claims Brussels when it suggests there is not enough time to reach accord. A former UK trade official told politico.eu: “On the trade side, the points of convergence are remarkably similar.” He said both sides agree […]
The government is set to send in the Navy to protect UK waters from European fishing vessels after Brexit . Fishing minster George Eustice said the Royal Navy boasts three extra vessels, the Home Office will provide a further four and the government can call in help from the private sector. He insisted the UK […]
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday sought Secret Service protection for Democratic presidential candidates, after Joe Biden’s wife and a senior staffer had to protect the former vice president from protesters during a victory speech. Biden’s victory speech in Los Angeles was briefly interrupted on Super Tuesday when a pair of protesters leapt […]
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren is “talking to her team to assess the path forward,” a campaign aide said on Wednesday, after the U.S. senator from Massachusetts saw disappointing results across the board on Tuesday. Warren did not finish in the top two in any of the 14 states that voted […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A resurgent Joe Biden rode a wave of momentum to win at least eight states on Super Tuesday and Bernie Sanders was leading in the biggest race in California, setting up a one-on-one battle for the Democratic presidential nomination. In a surprisingly strong showing, Biden rolled to victories across the South, Midwest […]
Emergency laws to widen statutory sick pay will be rushed in to help people with coronavirus, Boris Johnson announced today. The Prime Minister revealed the £94.25-a-week payment will soon be available from day one of sickness or self-isolation – not after four days of sickness as it is now. But Jeremy Corbyn slammed the changes […]
The Labour Party has been informed of "bullying and harassment" claims against Priti Patel, Jeremy Corbyn's spokesman said today. The party heaped pressure on the beleaguered Home Secretary by revealing an unknown number of staff had come forward to complain about her – as well as a second ex-minister. A spokesman for Jeremy Corbyn said: […]
SINGAPORE – With Asia projected to become the world’s fourth largest economy by 2030, Asean will become a bigger part of humanities subjects in secondary schools and junior colleges over the next three years. Education Minister Ong Ye Kung announced on Wednesday (March 4) that content on Asean will be featured more explicitly and prominently […]
SINGAPORE – First, there was Newater, then there was Newsand, a promising new construction material culled from incineration waste. Now, Singapore wants to create Newoil, by perfecting a process to give discarded plastic new life in the form of pyrolysis oil – a potential replacement for the fossil fuel petroleum. To harness this new source […]