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Artist's impression of a therapeutic garden at Chong Boon Heights in Ang Mo Kio, with sensory planting and spaces for contemplative activities. (PHOTO: HDB/A D Lab Pte Ltd)
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A recent study by scientists from Singapore and the United Kingdom have found evidence that high temperatures impact human hormone levels and their endocrine system. Examples include incidences of diabetes in pregnant women and sperm issues in men.
Have you ever wondered what it's like to stay in arguably Singapore's more iconic hotel? With 1,850 rooms, 55 floors, and an Instagram-famous 500-foot rooftop infinity pool, Marina Bay Sands is a dizzying playground.
And over in Australia, employees now have a "right to disconnect" if their bosses try to contact them after hours.
Singapore scientists explain temperature link to diabetes in pregnant women, sperm issues in men
Little child girl kissing belly of a pregnant woman in the garden. (PHOTO: Getty)
A recent study by scientists from Singapore and the United Kingdom have found evidence that high temperatures impact human hormone levels and their endocrine system.
The recent review, covering studies since the 1940s, indicates that heat impacts hormone production and function, and sperm count in men, and increased the risk of gestational diabetes and thyroid disorders in pregnant women.
“Basically we know the impacts, but the ‘why’ and ‘how’ are lacking,” said Associate Professor Jason Le of the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, in an article published on Sunday (25 August) in Singapore's Straits Times.
HDB to launch Silver Upgrading Programme in Ang Mo Kio before Bukit Merah, Queenstown, and Toa Payoh
Artist's impression of a therapeutic garden at Chong Boon Heights in Ang Mo Kio, with sensory planting and spaces for contemplative activities. (PHOTO: HDB/A D Lab Pte Ltd)
The SUP involves developing and implementing senior-centric features to "help seniors age-in-place more comfortably by upgrading existing HDB precincts with higher densities of seniors", HDB said.
"Senior-friendly enhancements under the SUP will be tailored for each precinct. They could include new active ageing facilities like therapeutic gardens and fitness trails, barrier-free access, rest areas along pathways, as well as dementia-friendly elements to aid in navigation," HDB added. "In addition, 3-Generation playgrounds, combining play areas for children and fitness equipment for adults and seniors, could be introduced to promote inter-generational interaction."
The regional news outlet said it spoke to eight private-hire drivers in Singapore – all of those who use Grab or Gojek claimed that fares are now lower and their incomes have fallen.
Grab and Gojek reportedly did not reply to queries by CNA.
Australia 'right to disconnect' rule comes into effect
If you'd like to ignore your boss' attempts to contact you after hours, you can – if you're working in Australia.
A "right to disconnect" rule has come into effect in Australia, allowing employees who feel forced to take calls, or read messages from their employers, after they finish their day’s work to ignore their bosses. Under the new law, they need not fear punishment by their bosses.
More than 20 countries, mainly in Europe and Latin America, have similar rules.
The law does not ban employers from contacting workers after hours. Instead, it gives staff the right not to reply unless their refusal is deemed unreasonable.
Here's what it's like to stay in one of Singapore's most iconic hotels, Marina Bay Sands
The Marina Bay Sands hotel. (PHOTO: REUTERS/Edgar Su)
With 1,850 rooms, 55 floors, and an Instagram-famous 500-foot rooftop infinity pool, Marina Bay Sands is a dizzying playground.
Whether it looks like a boat, three decks of cards, or is simply an ingenious design by architect Moshe Safdie, the building has become synonymous with the Singapore skyline since it opened in 2010 — and now, it’s recently undergone a billion-dollar renovation, majorly upgrading more than 1,000 rooms in Towers 1 and 2. (Tower 3’s transformation is coming).
In incident on Friday morning (23 August), a 48-year-old female tourist from Kuppam in Andhra Pradesh, India, was walking in front of Malayan Mansion along Jalan Masjid India before she fell into a sinkhole that had opened up beneath her.
Rescue efforts have gone into the fourth day with still no trace of the victim besides a pair of sandals.
Seventy-three lives were lost in road accidents from January to June 2024, up from 71 fatalities in the same period last year, the Straits Times reported on Sunday (25 August), citing data from the traffic police.
About 40 per cent of pedestrian fatalities were those aged 65 and above.
Road fatalities caused by speeding and drink driving has also been trending upwards in the past three years; from six cases in the first half of 2022 to 25 cases in the first six months of 2024.
Mid-year traffic situation in Singapore 2024. (INFOGRAPHICS: SPF)
Convicted Singapore oil tycoon's mansion sold at nearly $4 million discount
Founder of collapsed oil trading firm Hin Leong Trading Pte Ltd, Lim Oon Kuin, better known as O.K. Lim, arrives at the State Courts in Singapore on 30 April, 2021. (PHOTO: REUTERS/Edgar Su)
The Good Class Bungalow (GCB), co-owned by Lim Oon Kuin, founder of collapsed oil firm Hin Leong Trading, is being purchased for $39.2 million, according to a property filing seen by Bloomberg News. It was originally put up for sale at $43 million.
The buyers are Hiew Wen Ji and Hiew Wen Li, according to the filing, the report said. The two are children of Hiew Yoon Khong, The Business Times reported earlier. Yoon Khong is the chief executive officer of Mapletree Investments.
A bridge collapsed and a bus was swept away by flooding in Vietnam on Monday, raising the death toll in the Southeast Asian country to at least 64 from a typhoon and subsequent heavy rains that also damaged factories in export-focused northern industrial hubs, state media reported. Nine people died on Saturday after Typhoon Yagi made landfall in Vietnam before weakening into a tropical depression. The rest died in the floods and landslides that followed on Sunday and Monday, state media VN Express reported.
Thousands of passengers flying to and from the UK have had their flights cancelled after a combination of bad weather and air-traffic control staff shortages
Raging wildfires in California and Nevada are forcing the mandatory evacuations of thousands of homes as forecasters warn of a few more days of record-breaking heat for parts of the West.
Vietnamese authorities rescued residents from floodwaters on Monday, September 9, as the remnants of Typhoon Yagi brought heavy rain to the nation’s north.Footage released by the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security shows two rescuers carrying children through chest-high floodwaters in Bac Gian province.At least 21 people were killed and 229 others injured after Typhoon Yagi made landfall in northern Vietnam, local media reported.The typhoon made landfall in the northern coastal provinces of Quang Ninh and Hai Phong on Saturday before moving toward Hanoi, according to Vietnam
After several days in which Calgarians were consistently using more than 500 million litres of water, Saturday saw a reduction of nine million litres from the day before, bringing the total down to 496 million litres. In the city's regular update on the water situation Sunday afternoon, Calgary's director of climate and environment, Carolyn Bowen, said this level of demand puts the city in the "yellow zone," which indicates a strained water plant system while the main feeder pipe is out of servi
A State of Emergency was declared in San Bernadino County on Sunday, September 8, as crews battled a wildfire that had grown to more than 20,000 acres in size.According to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CalFire), multiple evacuation orders were in place as the Line Fire reached 20,553 acres.More than 1,800 personnel were battling the wildfire, which was at zero per cent contained as of Sunday night.This footage, filmed by Amir AghaKouchak, shows the blaze burning in Highland, California, lighting up the night sky. Credit: Amir AghaKouchak via Storyful
Residents living on the largest area of natural vegetation on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, 30 miles south of downtown Los Angeles, used to call the coastal ground movement slowly shifting beneath their feet the best thing that ever happened to them.
LA PAZ (Reuters) -Bolivia declared a national emergency due to raging forest fires the country's defense ministry announced on Saturday. In a press conference, defense minister Edmundo Novillo said the national emergency would allow the country to quickly coordinate international support. "This will allow us to have more agile and effective support from friendly countries and from international cooperation," Novillo said.
