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CNA938 Rewind - La Dolce Vita! Enjoying what the Italian Film Festival 2025 has to offer

CNA938 Rewind

In ‘Destination Anywhere’, Melanie Oliveiro finds out where film fans can go to enjoy the rich selection of movies to be screened at the Italian Film Festival 2025. His Excellency Dante Brandi, the Ambassador of Italy to Singapore, will highlight some of the films – from the opener ‘Diamonds’ by Ferzan Özpetek hailed as Italy’s love letter to women, to the closing film ‘Arsa’ an experimental audiovisual experience by the artist duo MASBEDO. The Italian Film Festival 2025 will run from 7 to 22 June at The Projector Cineleisure.

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CNA938 Rewind - Holy smoke: Who will be the next pope?

Cardinals will be voting for a new leader in the largest papal conclave in history, following the death of Pope Francis in April. To be pope, a candidate must secure a two-thirds majority or 89 votes. Susan Ng and Hairianto Diman look at the process of the conclave and the front runners with Professor Jonathan Tan, Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan Professor of Catholic Studies, Case Western Reserve University.

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CNA938 Rewind - Israel vows to escalate war with new plan to ‘conquer’ Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the population of Gaza will be displaced to the south after his security cabinet approved an expanded military operation in the enclave that a minister described as a plan to “conquer” the territory. How much of a setback will this be to any sort of ceasefire? Susan Ng and Hairianto Diman speak with Dr Simon Frankel Pratt, Senior Lecturer, Political Science, The University of Melbourne, to find out.

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CNA938 Rewind - Delistings accelerate on SGX – Impact on the Singapore Exchange, companies involved

Four Singapore Exchange (SGX) companies announced privatisation offers recently, taking the number of companies that have received such offers in 2025 to at least 11. Susan Ng and Hairianto Diman find out more about the reasons behind this development, and the impact on the SGX and the companies involved. For that, they speak with Alvin Chow, Assistant Director, Investment Advisory, iFAST Global Markets and Co-Founder, Dr Wealth.

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CNA938 Rewind - #TalkBack: How rampant is the problem of silent directors in Singapore?

The High Court is setting out a stiffer sentencing framework for silent directors paid not to exercise oversight over companies they incorporate here. Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin discuss more with Associate Professor Kelvin Law, College of Business, Nanyang Business School.

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CNA938 Rewind - Billions to be made with green opportunities: SEA Green Economy Report 2025

A new report suggests Singapore and its neighbouring countries could reap up to $155 billion in GDP growth by harnessing opportunities in the green economy. Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin find out more from Yukiko Tsukamoto, Partner, Bain & Company. She’s also one of the report’s co-authors.

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