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Death

Lifestyle
TAKING HEART

3 entities tie-up to bring comfort to the bereaved

It is reported that Knight, who is widowed without children, died while returning from Australia on a Scoot flight.
Singapore
OBITUARY

Former star prosecutor and CAD director Glenn Knight dies at age 80

Is cellular degeneration inevitable? Dr Ramakrishnan notes that some species, such as jellyfish, respond to injury or stress by rejuvenating themselves.
Lifestyle
LIFE & CULTURE

What strategies actually work to fight dying?

Over the past decade, the number of limousine hearses based on luxury cars has increased and it’s no longer an unusual sight.
Opinion & Features
BRUNCH

Last rides and last rites: The rise of the limousine hearse

Being prepared, financially and emotionally, means having difficult conversations even if one feels way too young to have them
Wealth

Widowed before 40 and coping with the financial consequences

Wahaha chairman Zong Qinghou in a cafe in Beijing, China in 2006. His wealth began with a US$22,000 family loan before growing into billions of dollars.
Companies & Markets

Zong Qinghou, Chinese beverage mogul who bested Danone, dies aged 79

Around 30,000 households are without electricity in the Ishikawa region, and 89,800 homes there and in two neighbouring regions had no water.
International

Japan quake death toll rises to 94 with 222 missing

This aerial photo shows damaged and destroyed homes along a street in Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture on Jan 2, 2024, a day after a major 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck the Noto region in Ishikawa prefecture.
International

Japan quake toll hits 48 as rescuers race to find survivors

Wolfgang Schaeuble at the German lower house of Parliament in Oct 24, 2017. He previously pulled the strings of Germany’s policy response to the eurozone crisis, securing support on the right of their conservative bloc for three Greek bailouts.
International

Wolfgang Schaeuble, veteran of German politics, dies at 81

Zhang Zewei, founder of AI firm Super Brain which specialises in digital replicas of the dead, creates a demonstration video using artificial intelligence on his laptop in Jiangyin, China's eastern Jiangsu province, Nov 8, 2023.
International

Chinese mourners use AI to digitally resurrect the dead

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