3+ day, 18+ hour ago  (1545+ words) Ayaan, the baby orang utan who was conceived through artificial insemination and delivered via caesarean section, with his mother Chomel at the Singapore Zoo. Published'May 21, 2026, 11: 00 AM Updated'May 21, 2026, 02: 50 PM SINGAPORE - On paper, it was the perfect match. Charlie, a 48-year-old resident…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago  (642+ words) Expectations, ambushed by reality. Reflections on 18 years of raising children. New parents underestimate the power of society in shaping how they bring up their children, says the writer. Published'May 17, 2026, 06: 27 PM It feels as if they were born only half an…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (750+ words) Published'May 15, 2026, 11: 23 AM Updated'May 15, 2026, 03: 06 PM SINGAPORE " Local actress Rebecca Lim has welcomed her second child, a girl weighing 3. 6kg, adding to her growing family with Singaporean husband Matthew Webster. The 39-year-old star gave birth last week at Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital after…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (675+ words) Officials in France are pointing the finger at baguettes, croissants, breakfast cereals, biscuits, rice and potatoes for excessive cadmium levels in nearly half of the French population. Published'May 13, 2026, 11: 18 PM PARIS - France is mulling how to prevent people from ingesting too…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (1356+ words) Prominent Republicans including White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt (left) and US Vice-President J. D. Vance - seen here with his family - have been doing their bit for the country's birth rates. Published'May 11, 2026, 07: 15 PM Updated'May 11, 2026, 11: 03 PM PHILADELPHIA -'Baby Viviana was the first to…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (1635+ words) As founder of Baby Planner SG, Ms Teng Yi Ling teaches new and expectant parents how to care for their babies. Published'May 09, 2026, 10: 15 AM SINGAPORE " As founder of Baby Planner SG, Ms Teng Yi Ling helps couples who feel as lost…...

4+ week, 16+ hour ago  (567+ words) DPM Gan Kim Yong (centre), flanked by Ms Hazlina Abdul Halim, MP for East Coast GRC (right), taking over feeding duties from a mother in a light-hearted moment during a walkabout at Fengshan Hawker Centre on April 26, 2026. Published'Apr 26, 2026, 04: 30 PM Updated'Apr…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (632+ words) Ms Josephine Foong, 41, with her husband, Mr Winston Yip, 42, and their twin daughters, Anya (left) and Annette. Published'Apr 20, 2026, 05: 00 AM Updated'Apr 20, 2026, 09: 53 AM Singapore - After about 14 years of trying for a child, with seven cycles of in-vitro fertilisation (IVF), five miscarriages and…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (295+ words) Fertility rate among younger women below 30 has seen rapid declines in recent years. Published'Apr 09, 2026, 11: 13 PM The US fertility rate hit a record low in 2025, extending a nearly two-decade decline as fewer women had children and many delayed starting families, provisional…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (761+ words) At least 600 deliveries a year have to occur for a hospital to remain open in Czech Republic. Published'Apr 02, 2026, 11: 12 PM PRACHATICE, Czech Republic " Ms Barbora Fidlerova had her birth plan all laid out " but in 2025, her local maternity hospital closed, forcing…...