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HOUSING & SOCIAL MOBILITY Given that HDB flats - which house 78 per cent of the Singapore population - remain affordable to most Singaporeans, what is the significance of having some of the most expensive private residential real…

When Dr. Benjamin Han, a geriatrician and addiction medicine specialist, meets new patients at the School of Medicine at the University of California, San Diego, he talks with them about the usual health issues that older adults face:…

British actor Julian Sands spoke about the experience of seeing human remains while mountain climbing in an interview which has been published just days after his death was confirmed.Human remains were found last week in the…

The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) is to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to take part in its competitions from 2024, paving the way for their appearance at the Olympic Games in Paris, officials confirmed on…

Aussie UFC superstar Alex Volkanovski wants to fight Conor McGregor - but only after climbing up a division to lightweightVolkanovski and McGregor trade shots on social mediaAussie calls for fight at lightweight with…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size A Vancouver doctor has died while trying to climb Mount Everest. The UBC Department of Anesthesiology released a…

Two Nepali Sherpas are taking one-upmanship to an extreme on top of the world.Pasang Dawa Sherpa and Kami Rita Sherpa, decorated mountain guides and friends, have been scaling Mount Everest in rapid succession in recent days in pursuit of…

Last Updated: May 17, 2023, 10:25 ISTNepal's mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa poses for a picture during an interview with AFP at the Everest base camp in the Mount Everest region of Solukhumbu district. (AFP)A guide for more than two decades,…

Climbing instructor Coralia Sevilla says she would have loved a facility like the new colourful climbing wall at the Centre for Newcomers when she was a kid with immigrant parents."It takes me back to when I was a kid and that first…

"Many of the companies now guiding on the south side of Everest are taking climbers who have not yet developed the experience necessary to safely navigate the difficulties,” said Adrian Ballinger of US-based Alpenglow Expeditions, who has…