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T HE IMAGE Tamaki Yuichiro wants to convey is of upward mobility. His campaign poster shows him grinning against a vivid ...
The Straits Times has played an outsized role in shaping the Singapore food landscape. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...
It was February 25, 1942, two and a half months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, and the U.S. Navy had given the island’s ...
At a recent gathering of corporate leaders and US government officials hosted by the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz ...
Once a magical place for learning, universities have become a space of conflict, of tension, a space to be derided and ridiculed ...
A viral LinkedIn post contrasting life in 1970 with 2025 has sparked a nationwide debate on whether India’s middle-class journey is easier or harder today. Now, 80-plus former IAS officer ...
Japan’s biggest banks are considering evacuating employees and their families from financial hubs in the Middle East, just days after US airstrikes on Iran increased risks in the region.
A Delhi-based entrepreneur's LinkedIn post comparing the life of a middle-class Indian man in 1970 to that in 2025 has sparked a debate online.
The professional's post contrasts the secure life of a 1970s Indian middle-class with the chaotic existence of 2025, where debts and competition dominate. A Delhi-based professional’s LinkedIn ...
Middle-class households earn between two-thirds and twice the local median income, according to Pew Research Center's definition. Nationally, the middle class spans incomes from $51,813 to $155,438.
Japan has made a huge push for its citizens to recycle, which is another reason for the small sizes of trash cans.
The 1970s weren’t easy on the middle class. Inflation was high, wages fell behind, and the cost of living kept climbing. Sound familiar? Here are seven middle-class money habits from that era ...