Violence in Gaza has not let up, nearly two weeks after the Hamas surprise attack that tipped the uneasy coexistence between Israelis and Palestinians into outright conflict.
It’s hard to imagine the human catastrophe from the comfort and security of our home. Singapore is fortunate not to have such historical enmity but differences in any society can be exploited – “divide and conquer” is the oldest trick in the book, says the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy’s Terence Ho.
On a lighter note, were you left stranded by the DBS and Citi bank outages last weekend? Or did you have a S$10 bill stashed away in the back of your phone like some? Regulator MAS has ordered banks to conduct a thorough investigation. We, too, can be better prepared as users in this cashless society, says fintech COO Cherie Tseng.