Covid-19 made pets more popular than ever – now luxury residences from New York to Singapore are offering pet concierges, grooming services, mud rooms and dog parks Peta Tomlinson The heated outdoor dog run at rental property 555TEN in Hudson Yards, New York City. Photo: Extell Development.
Covid-19 lockdowns have brought with them a worldwide upsurge in pet adoptions as people finally found time to care for a furry family member - and enjoy the stress-relieving benefits animals can bring.
This has been a global phenomenon: in New York, demand for dogs was totally unprecedented , according to non-profit Foster Dogs. In Australia, the RSPCA s phones have been running off the hook . And in the United Kingdom, according to one survey, nearly half of all Britons who already own a pet went and got at least one more.
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What’s next for Ivanka Trump? Reality TV, a fancy Florida home with husband Jared Kushner and even a 2024 presidential bid if dad Donald Trump doesn’t run? Leah Simpson Ivanka Trump at the 2020 Republican National Convention in Washington. With her father soon to leave the White House, what’s next for her? Photo: AP Photo
Ivanka Trump has spent the last four years as adviser to the US president, focusing on the education and economic empowerment of women and families, as well as job creation and economic growth through developing the workforce, skills training and entrepreneurship.
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Yoshihide Suga has to explain record defence budget SCMP Editorial Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga sits in the cockpit of a F-4EJ jet fighter as he reviews the Japan Air Self-Defence Force at the Air Self-Defence Force’s Iruma base in Sayama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, 28 November 2020. Photo: EPA-EFE
Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe set his country on a dangerous course with an offensive military policy towards China and North Korea. His successor, Yoshihide Suga, should have reviewed the legacy and swept aside efforts to undermine the pacifist constitution.
Instead, his government yesterday approved another record defence budget, the ninth consecutive annual rise in spending. The measures envisaged are likely to spur a regional arms race, sending a message to Beijing that it has an aggressive neighbour.
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Malaysia has a new ambassador from Beijing. How will he handle their South China Sea dispute? Tashny Sukumaran in Kuala Lumpur Ouyang Yujing, China s new ambassador to Malaysia, arrives at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport. Photo: China Embassy of PRC in Malaysia
The extensive maritime affairs experience of China s new ambassador to Malaysia has attracted the attention of analysts, who say Ouyang Yujing s appointment could mean more authoritative decisions over the countries South China Sea dispute.
The former director general of the Department of Boundary and Ocean Affairs of China s foreign affairs ministry, Ouyang, 55, was described by Beijing watchers as a seasoned and capable official.