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Daily Cuts - Tech layoffs 2025: Why companies like Meta, Microsoft and Amazon are cutting jobs

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The tech industry is undergoing another round of job cuts in 2025, with leading companies reducing their workforce to streamline operations and focus on strategic goals. This follows a trend of mass layoffs that began in 2022, with job losses continuing through 2023 and 2024. Andrea Heng and Elakeyaa Selvaraji speak with Florie Mae Salazar, Senior Manager, Tech & Transformation Division at Robert Walters Malaysia, for more.

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Daily Cuts - What’s eating Singapore’s restaurant industry?

Rocked by a string of high-profile closures, Singapore's F&B sector faces an unappetisingly tough economic environment. Is it all bleak for the sector, or are there opportunities to adapt to changing times? Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman find out from Keith Chua, Vice President, Restaurant Association of Singapore

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Daily Cuts - How President Trump could alter the course of the Ukraine war

US President Donald Trump ventures into Ukraine diplomacy saying negotiations to end the three-year old war will begin soon, after he held separate calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy. How will it all play out in the coming weeks? Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman speak with Klaus Larres, Distinguished Professor of History and International Affairs at UNC-Chapel Hill. He’s also a Global Fellow at the Wilson Center in Washington, DC

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Daily Cuts - Singapore commits to new emissions targets, on track to reaching net zero by 2050

Singapore has committed to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions to between 45 million and 50 million tonnes (Mt) by 2035, down from around 60Mt in 2030. This new climate target for 2035 puts Singapore on track to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, with the planned decline in emissions on a linear trajectory. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman take a look at the setbacks that Singapore has encountered so far and the challenges ahead in achieving its climate goals with

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Daily Cuts - Survival tips for F&B joints in Singapore

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Susan Ng speak with former journalist-turned-restaurant industry observer and brand strategist Debbie Yong, about what F&B outlets here should do to ensure survival.

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Daily Cuts - Let's give leftover festive food a second lease of life...

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Susan Ng speak with Arthur Chin, Executive Director, Food Bank and Florence Tay, Co-Founder of Unpackt, about what some businesses are doing to prevent unsold festive snacks from going to waste.

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