Listen to This Article Audio Recording by Audm To hear more audio stories from publishers like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android. One day in February 2019, Nazeer Shah carried his 1-year-old daughter, Eman, into a medical clinic. The doctor there, Imran Arbani, was immediately alarmed: …
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Facebook-owned WhatsApp is changing its terms of service to force users to share personal data including phone numbers and locations with its parent company, Facebook. It is also reported that if you do not agree to the new terms of service by February 8, you would risk losing access to …
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This year, the Covid-19 pandemic has wrecked havoc on the lives of individuals and the global economy as well. In the first half of 2020, a total of 11,350 people faced retrenchment in Singapore. From Singapore Airlines to GoBear, large firms and even startups have laid off staff. The crisis …
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“There’s pain, and then there’s stepping on a Lego in the middle of the night,” my father often repeated with a laugh when his grandkids visited. They took over his living room, dining table, bedroom floors and bedside tables with messes of plastic blocks haphazardly assembled to resemble something magical …
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