Singapore will introduce a mandatory charge for plastic bags at large supermarkets from 3 July this year, in a bid to reduce food waste and packaging...
NEW DELHI, INDIA — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Thursday for the G20 to bridge differences over Ukraine, telling the opening of a meeting in...
SINGAPORE — Manpower Minister Tan See Leng said starting 1 September this year, companies seeking to hire foreigners on an Employment Pass (EP) in Singapore will...
HANOI, VIETNAM — Vietnam’s rubber stamp National Assembly voted in a new president on Thursday, who immediately pledged to crack down on corruption following the dramatic...
It was reported that Indranee Rajah, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office, told Parliament last Friday (24 Feb 2023) that Singapore’s resident total fertility rate hit...
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES — Chasing Microsoft, global tech giants have rolled out announcements on how they will implement ChatGPT-like artificial intelligence into their world leading platforms...
SINGAPORE — Netizen YT Ong has shared her harrowing experience with Lock+Store, a storage facility in Singapore, on her Facebook page. She rented a storage unit from...
Singapore’s first-ever Olympic champion Joseph Schooling, who beat Michael Phelps at the 100m butterfly in 2016, said Wednesday he will skip the upcoming Southeast Asian Games...
BEIJING, CHINA — Foreign media in China endured strict COVID controls, widespread harassment and constant surveillance in 2022, a press group said Wednesday. Nearly half of...
PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA — Cambodian health authorities have said there was no human-to-human transmission of bird flu in the case of a father and daughter who...
YANGON, MYANMAR — An Indian state-owned arms manufacturer has shipped artillery barrels to military-ruled Myanmar, an activist group said Wednesday, warning they could be used by...
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES — COVID-19 vaccine maker Novavax raised doubts Tuesday about its ability to continue its business, announcing plans to cut spending after struggles in...
Visitors and residents may feel spooked by the new HDB project in Tampines, with red tiles and red paint that make people uneasy when the corridor...
UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES — Earthquakes, floods, storms — the world is not adequately prepared to face increasing disasters, said a report published Tuesday calling for...
On February 28, Workers’ Party MP for Hougang SMC, Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong, raised a parliamentary question to the Minister for Health, Ong Ye Kung,...