With the help of a mobile cart named “Smarty,” researchers are trying to tackle the challenge of urban heat through a program that the government says could be a model for other countries.
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Pelosi Is Expected to Go to Taiwan, Biden Administration Officials Say
The House speaker arrived in Singapore on Monday. The prospect of a visit by the speaker to Taiwan has jangled nerves in both Beijing and Washington.
Why Pelosi’s Taiwan Visit Is Raising U.S.-China Tensions
Beijing has vigorously protested Ms. Pelosi’s trip, warning of unspecified consequences for the United States.
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Also, Shanghai residents express anger and Singapore executes an intellectually disabled man.
Singapore Executes Drug Smuggler Despite Concerns Over Mental Disability
Defense lawyers had argued that the Malaysian man should not be executed because he was not fully capable of understanding his actions and had been coerced.
Singapore to Ease Some Covid Restrictions
The prime minister said that the change represented a “major step,” but that the country would “stop short of a complete opening up.”
Singapore’s Latest Ruling on Gay Sex Is ‘Cold Comfort,’ Activists Say
Plaintiffs had hoped the Court of Appeal would overturn the colonial-era law. Instead, the top court said it was not “an architect of social policy” and that any change was up to Parliament.
Covid Cases Spike in Asia After Lunar New Year Celebrations
A spike in cases across Asia has followed this month’s holiday.
Omicron Surge in Asia Restricts Travel for Lunar New Year
The Omicron variant has dampened the plans of tens of millions of people across several Asian countries to travel for the holiday.
Singapore charges a man accused of lending out his vaccination record, and other international news.
A 65-year-old used the records of a 37-year-old to pretend he had been fully vaccinated, court indictments said.