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Daily Cuts - S1E190: Sri Lanka gets a $2.9 billion bailout from IMF

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The International Monetary Fund has approved a close to $3 billion bailout for Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe's office said the decision will allow the country to access up to $7 billion in funding overall. CNA938’s Arnold Gay and Yasmin Jonkers speak with Steve Hanke, Professor of Applied Economics at Johns Hopkins University to find out more. He also served on Reagan's Council of Economic Advisers and is one of the world's leading experts on hyperinflation.

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Daily Cuts - S1E300: Why vaccines are key to population health

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Melanie Oliveiro speak with Dr Derek Li, a Senior Family Physician at Raffles Medical, about how vaccines support population health and whether there may still be vaccine hesistancy here.

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Daily Cuts - S1E299: Are the green efforts of fast food chains working out?

There are so many ways to lead greener lives today - from reworking old clothes to using reusable cups for your morning coffee. Fast food chains in Singapore have been trying to be more sustainable too. CNA938’s Arnold Gay and Justine Moss speak with Dr Michael Schaper who is 2022 visiting fellow at ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute. He shared his thoughts on how well fast food chains here are doing in their drive to go green.

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Daily Cuts - S1E298: Between Beijing and Washington: The Philippines' balancing act

China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang has wrapped up his trip to the Philippines, with the two countries agreeing to establish more lines of communication to manage issues in the South China Sea. What does Qin Gang's visit mean for Beijing-Manila relations? What is President Marcos Jr's calculus as he navigates between the US and China? To find out more, CNA938’s Arnold Gay and Justine Moss speak with Chester Cabalza, President and Founder of the International Development and Security Cooperation.

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Daily Cuts - S1E297: World Immunisation Week kicks off amid worrying signals of vaccine hesitancy

This week is World Immunisation Week, but it's kicking off amid worrying signals of vaccine hesitancy. According to UNICEF (the United Nations Children's Fund), people around the globe lost confidence in the importance of routine childhood vaccines between 2019 and 2021. CNA938’s Arnold Gay and Justine Moss speak with Dr Kelvin Goh, Chief Medical Officer at Northeast Medical Group to get his views, and to have a refresher on the jabs we take in Singapore.

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Daily Cuts - S1E296: Don’t throw away your disposable chopsticks!

If you’re a chopstick user, don’t throw those disposable pair just yet because we’ve found a way to recycle them into sustainable products as Evelyn Hew, Managing Director of ChopValue and General Manager Justin Lee tell CNA’s Stanley Leong and Tiffany Ang. 

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