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Not enough users of the hacked infidelity website share their stories; more on the UK’s housing crisis; and a philology of funnies

In today’s newsletter: Unicef’s Tess Ingram explains the challenge of getting water, food and medicines to the millions in need

The world has made remarkable progress in all walks of life, especially science, economy and technology, thanks to...

Lee Kuan Yew and Singapore’s other founders “were skillful in seizing their inheritance of geography and history and deploying it effectively.”

Mar 12, 2022 // In his new book "Lion City: Singapore and the Invention of Modern Asia," Jeevan Vasagar makes an Anthony Bourdain-like effort to convey the soul of Singapore to the reader. While he falls short of that goal, it's still a worthwhile read, says Joshua Huminski.

Singapore is good at solving economic problems, but its political stagnation is stopping it from dealing with social problems