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Singapore’s former transport minister Iswaran slapped with eight new charges related to alleged bribery, corruption
SINGAPORE, March 25 — Former transport minister S Iswaran was today handed eight new charges for allegedly obtaining a range of valuable items from the managing director of a company involved in construction works on Tanah Merah MRT station. Iswaran
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Indian singer-composer AR Rahman slammed after women allege mass molestation at his Chennai concert
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 13 — Hundreds of women were left traumatised after being groped at a recent concert of Indian Oscar-winning singer-composer AR Rahman. Tickets to his Marakkuma Nenjam concert at Adityaram Palace held two days in Chennai were oversold
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President-elect Tharman ‘surprised’ by margin of win, believes ‘fair number’ of non-PAP supporters voted for him
SINGAPORE — Surprised by his margin of victory in Friday’s Presidential Election, Tharman Shanmugaratnam said on Saturday that the landslide win meant he had secured votes from a “fair number” of electors who would “normally not vote in favour of
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Vietnam on financial grey list over weapons-proliferation risks
HANOI, June 24 — Vietnam was added to the watch list of the FATF international financial crime watchdog, which said the nation has nonetheless committed to proving it effectively prevents the financing of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
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Fences, grids put up at Singapore’s Zhenghua Nature Park
SINGAPORE, June 24 — Fences and structures known as cattle grids are being put up at Zhenghua Nature Park to reduce the incidence of wild boars entering public spaces, the National Parks Board (NParks) said today. This was after three
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Singapore in High risk of severe transboundary haze in 2023
SINGAPORE, June 22 — There is a high likelihood of severe haze occurring in South-east Asia this year, a Singapore think-tank reported, although the situation is unlikely to be as severe as in 2015, when the pollutant standards index (PSI)
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North Korea warns US against shooting down missile tests
SEOUL: North Korea said any move to shoot down one of its test missiles would be considered a declaration of war and blamed joint military exercise between the United States and South Korea for growing tensions, state media KCNA said
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Anwar on official visit to the Philippines on March 1-2
PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will undertake an official visit to the Philippines from March 1-2, his maiden visit to the Southeast Asian country after being sworn in as the 10th Prime Minister. According to a Foreign Ministry
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5.1-magnitude quake hits Xinjiang
BEIJING: A 5.1-magnitude earthquake jolted Wensu County of Aksu Prefecture in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region at 7:58 a.m on Monday, reported Xinhua. Aaccording to the China Earthquake Networks Centre (CENC), the epicentre, with a depth of 10 km,
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Analysis: After spy balloon incident, can China and the US talk again?
WASHINGTON: When U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken this month called off his trip to Beijing, he chose his words carefully. China’s launch of a spy balloon on a high-altitude journey over the United States was unacceptable and irresponsible, he
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