Lens on Daily: Thursday, June 27, 2024 (Ep 54)
Armoured vehicles rammed the doors of Bolivia’s government palace yesterday in an apparent coup attempt; more than forty Indonesian agencies, including the ministry overseeing immigration, were impacted by a cyberattack on the country's data centres; a job portal dedicated to the food and beverage …
Lens on Daily: June, 26, 2024 (Ep 53)
In world news, police opened fire on demonstrators trying to storm Kenya's legislature overnight. In Asia, South Korea said North Korea was flying balloons likely carrying trash across the border for a second day. And in Singapore, households have started claiming $300 in CDC vouchers released yest…
Lens on Daily: Tuesday, June 25, 2024 (Ep 52)
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will plead guilty to a felony charge in a deal with the U S Justice Department that will allow him to walk free; police in Malaysia have detained eight people with suspected links to the Islamic State militant group; with the removal of oil from the sea and oil-soak…
Lens on Daily: Monday, June 24, 2024 (Ep 51)
In international news, Russian authorities said four people died and over a hundred were wounded in Ukrainian drone and missile attacks. In Saudi Arabia more than a thousand people died during Haj this year, due to extreme heat. And in Singapore, coral bleaching has worsened amid high sea-surface t…
The very real threat of rising sea levels: Lens on Singapore (Ep 10)
Within less than a decade, despite the repeated warnings of climate scientists, global warming has exceeded the 1.5-degree Celsius threshold committed to in the 2015 Paris Agreement. What is the impact of climate change on sea levels? Claressa Monteiro explores how this is affecting various parts o…
Lens on Daily: Friday, Jun 21, 2024 ( Ep 50)
Israel said it was establishing a new safe corridor to deliver aid, but days later, this “tactical pause” has brought little relief to desperate Palestinians; a months-long heat wave across swathes of India has killed more than 100 people and led to over 40,000 suspected cases of heat stroke; Singa…
Lens on Daily: Thursday, Jun 20, 2024 ( Ep 49)
Global fossil fuel consumption and energy emissions hit all-time highs in 2023, even as fossil fuels' share of the global energy mix decreased slightly; Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Oon signed an agreement that pledges mutual aid if either country faces 'aggress…
Lens on Daily: Wednesday, Jun 19, 2024 ( Ep 48)
A bulk carrier sank days after an attack by Houthis believed to have killed one mariner on board, the second such ship to be sunk in the rebel campaign; Thailand's Senate passed the final reading of a marriage equality law, paving the way for it to become the first country in South-east Asia to rec…
Lens on Daily: Tuesday, Jun 18, 2024 ( Ep 47)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dissolved the influential war Cabinet that has overseen the fighting in Gaza; Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked North Korea for supporting his actions in Ukraine and said their countries will cooperate closely; the dredging boat that hit a bunker ves…
Lens on Daily: Friday, Jun 14, 2024 ( Ep 46)
US President Joe Biden and Ukraine President Volodimir Zelensky have signed a 10-year bilateral security agreement; a military history buff in China picked up four discarded books at a recycling station that turned out to be confidential military documents. In Singapore, Pall Corporation, an advanc…