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1 day ago | straitstimes.com | Melinda Wenner Moyer

I hear a persistent ringing in my ears that drives me nuts and makes it hard for me to sleep. How can I make it go away? Tinnitus is the experience of hearing phantom noises, typically in the form of ringing, buzzing or roaring sounds. It is a common and usually harmless condition. According to a 2024 analysis, about 11 per cent of American adults experience tinnitus, and 41 per cent of them hear noises constantly rather than intermittently.

1 day ago | straitstimes.com | Alan Blinder |Vimal Patel

Harvard University struck a respectful but firm tone in a letter to the Trump administration on May 12, arguing that the university and the administration shared the same goals, though they differed in their approaches. It was latest move in an extraordinary back-and-forth between the school and the federal government in recent weeks. The letter from Harvard President Alan M. Garber was sent a week after the Trump administration said it would stop giving Harvard any research grants.

2 days ago | straitstimes.com | Jonathan Eyal

US President Donald Trump is not a man who does things in half measures. So, as he embarks on his tour of the Middle East this week, the President is vowing to squeeze the cash-rich monarchies of the Gulf: “They are going to be spending a lot of money on American companies for buying military equipment and a lot of other things.” And, as one would expect from Mr Trump, no visit is complete without tossing a diplomatic hand grenade.

2 days ago | straitstimes.com | Selina Lum

SINGAPORE – A woman who had lived under her parents’ roof for 27 years was evicted by her elderly mother in 2021. Madam Rita Kishinchand Bhojwani, 62, then sued her mother Maya Kishinchand, 91, claiming that the eviction was unlawful because it breached her right to stay in the apartment rent-free for the rest of her life. She also sued the family company, HVS Properties, which owns the condominium unit at The Seafront on Meyer, as well as a director of the company.

2 days ago | straitstimes.com | Christine Tan

SINGAPORE – Three foreign nationals allegedly involved in three cases of housebreaking and theft in Bukit Timah were hauled to court on May 12. From one house alone, they purportedly stole jewellery, luxury watches and cash worth about $684,800 in total. Spanish-Colombian national Hernando Giraldo Franco, 60; Mexican national Hector Danial Garcia Iglesias, 51; and Mexican-Colombian national Mateo Andres Garces Murillo, 48, each face one charge of housebreaking.