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Daily Cuts - S1E214: What does it take to be a diplomat?

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A new book titled ‘Beyond the Handshake: Singapore’s Foreign Service’ gives us a glimpse into what it’s like to be a diplomat. It contains a collection of reflections and experiences from 21 retired ambassadors and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) senior diplomats. CNA938’s Arnold Gay and Yasmin Jonkers speak with one of them, Ambassador A. Selverajah. He is Non-Resident Ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the African Union, and also a senior fellow at the MFA Diplomatic Academy.

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Daily Cuts - S1E240: Keeping watch on COVID-19 as more cases pop up

Caught COVID-19 recently? You're not alone. With the recent uptick in cases, CNA938's Arnold Gay and Yasmin Jonkers speak with Dr Leong Hoe Nam, an infectious disease specialist at Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital to find out more. 

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Daily Cuts - S1E239: Implications of the Tsai-McCarthy meeting

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen has met US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in California. Beijing has vowed a resolute response, calling the talks "acts of collusion". CNA938's Arnold Gay and Yasmin Jonkers speak with Kitsch Liao, Assistant Director, Global China Hub, Atlantic Council to find out more about the significance of the meeting and what could lie ahead.

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Daily Cuts - S1E238: Transforming work with AI

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Melanie Oliveiro speak with Kong Yu Ning, Co-Founder of Heicoders Academy, a tech education company, about Artificial Intelligence (A.I)'s continuing rise and impact on the future of work.

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Daily Cuts - S1E237: What's in the lead-up to Trump's criminal trial

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Melanie Oliveiro speak with Yale-NUS College's Dr Trisha Craig about what's next in the lead-up to the first-ever criminal trial of a former American president, following Donald Trump’s not guilty plea to 34 felony counts in a New York court.

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Daily Cuts - S1E236: Empowering Singapore's tourism growth

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Melanie Oliveiro speak with Keith Tan, Chief Executive of Singapore Tourism Board (STB), about its plans to attract more tourists. This, as over a million travellers visited Singapore in March -- a new high in monthly arrivals since the Covid-19 pandemic began.

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