Commentary Advertisement Commentary: COE debate should not be about putting cars within everyone’s reach 01/09/2026 Commentary: Welcome to the 'don’t ask, don’t tell' AI economy 01/09/2026 Commentary: What a cancer survivor’s wrongful dismissal case tells us about the employer-employee relationship 31/08/2026 Commentary: Shein’s IPO has only one winner 31/08/2026 Commentary: US$13 billion Hugging Face deal would crown Nvidia king of AI 30/08/2026 Commentary: The danger of newfound 'strategic stability' in US-China ties 29/08/2026 Commentary: Nepal‑Tibet disaster - when a crisis strikes before communities recover from the last one 29/08/2026 Advertisement Singapore Commentary: Twins suddenly made us a ‘large family’ - and taught me what gets harder as families grow New family support measures could make the decision to have more children feel less daunting, but the hardest thing for parents to stretch is always time, says father-of-three Malminderjit Singh. 28/08/2026 Commentary: NDR 2026 – why a higher BTO income ceiling isn’t just a housing policy adjustment 27/08/2026 Commentary: NDR 2026 – if Singapore can plan 50 years ahead for infrastructure, can it do the same for nature? 26/08/2026 Commentary: NDR 2026 - non-parents shouldn’t be default substitutes for parents on childcare leave 25/08/2026 Snap Insight: NDR 2026 - the real shift in family support goes beyond S$70,000 per child 25/08/2026 Malaysia Commentary: Has Malaysia exorcised the 1MDB ghost? The markets say yes but that’s only half the story A successful US$1.5 billion global sukuk is being read as proof that Malaysia has outrun the 1MDB scandal. But that is only half the story – and the less important half, writes CNA’s Leslie Lopez. 15/08/2026 Commentary: With PH’s Negeri Sembilan defeat, PM Anwar is running out of states and time 04/08/2026 Commentary: Why Johor Bahru should roll out congestion pricing when RTS opens 20/07/2026 Snap Insight: Johor state polls shatter turnout myth and hand PM Anwar his first real reckoning 13/07/2026 Commentary: Johor state polls bring PM Anwar’s national revenue-sharing dilemma into sharp focus 09/07/2026 China Commentary: China is betting on spreading AI faster than the US can contain it Commentary: This bad movie is a good guide to China’s stock market Commentary: China is smarter about subsidies than everybody else Commentary: China memory giant CXMT’s US$10 billion IPO is a flop Commentary: China’s building crash helps ease the Hormuz pain Commentary: Why the US is losing Chinese AI stars Advertisement Asia Commentary: Nepal’s ‘tsunami of dirt’ highlights rising risk of glacial floods Commentary: Trump’s ‘57 nukes’ assessment and the hollowing out of North Korean denuclearisation Commentary: Trump’s South Korea defence flip reminds Japan it has no Plan B Commentary: Is a map war brewing between India and China? Commentary: Should Asia be concerned that Washington dropped 'Indo' from the US Indo-Pacific Command? Commentary: Asia is rearming fast - but counting the wrong kind of military power Advertisement World Commentary: Meta, under duress, finally does the right thing for teens The US$18 billion settlement is tangible progress and proof that a well-constructed case can bring accountability to technology companies, says Dave Lee for Bloomberg Opinion. Commentary: How much sleep do you need? Forget the eight‑hour rule Commentary: Can you teach yourself to detect AI writing? Maybe Commentary: Canada said no to America. It will reverberate far beyond its borders Commentary: What retail investors need to know before jumping into Anthropic’s IPO Snap Insight Snap Insight: NDR 2026 - the real shift in family support goes beyond S$70,000 per child Snap Insight: Johor state polls shatter turnout myth and hand PM Anwar his first real reckoning Snap Insight: US, Iran back to square one with plenty of room for further escalation In Case You Missed It Commentary: It’s time to ask ourselves exactly how important football is to Singapore 24/08/2026 Commentary: Don’t settle for easy explanations after a pat on a child’s head turns into shoving incident 22/08/2026 Commentary: Workers shouldn’t have to figure out AI on their own 21/08/2026 Commentary: Why do unconventional career choices go viral in Singapore? 19/08/2026 Commentary: For Iran’s new leaders, peace is more dangerous than war 19/08/2026 Commentary: Sheikh Hasina’s homecoming pledge is a headache for New Delhi 19/08/2026 Commentary: What STI’s record run doesn’t say about the Singapore stock market 18/08/2026 Commentary: A new ‘NATO of the East’? Why the Mecca pact isn’t quite what it seems 18/08/2026 Commentary: Do university rankings still matter to parents and students? 17/08/2026 Commentary: Pandemic lockdowns never ended for some people 17/08/2026 Commentary: Japan needs deterrence and renewal - not managed decline 16/08/2026 Commentary: AI is changing how films are made, not what makes them worth watching 14/08/2026 View more Get bite-sized news via a newcards interface. Give it a try. Click here to return to FAST Tap here to return to FAST FAST
