Web Stories Monday, December 23

LET THE CHILDREN CHOOSE Now as a father, I see these lessons reoccur in repeat as my three children journey their way through our school system.  My eldest is in a school that has a strict stand on what constitutes healthy eating, with guidelines on food that can and should…

SINGAPORE: Singapore Post has fired three of its senior executives after a probe into a whistleblower’s report found “grossly negligent” behaviour in their handling of internal investigations.  As part of disciplinary proceedings, SingPost terminated the employment of its group chief executive officer (GCEO) Mr Vincent Phang, group chief financial officer (GCFO) Mr Vincent Yik and chief executive of the company’s international business unit (CEO-IBU) Mr Li Yu.  SingPost said in an SGX filing on Sunday…

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SINGAPORE: There are no reports of Singaporeans directly affected or injured in an attack on a Christmas market in Germany, Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said on Sunday (Dec 22) morning. MFA also advised Singaporeans in Germany to avoid crowded places. Five people, including a nine-year-old child, were killed after…

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis on Saturday (21 Dec) again condemned Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, a day after an Israeli government minister publicly denounced the pontiff for suggesting that the global community should study whether the military offensive there constitutes a genocide of the Palestinian people. Francis opened his annual Christmas…

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COPENHAGEN: Shares in Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk, maker of diabetes and weight-loss treatments Ozempic and Wegovy, plunged on Friday (Dec 20) after it announced disappointing results of a new drug study. The drugmaker said clinical trials had demonstrated that overweight subjects using the weight-loss drug Cagrisema had lost an average…

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