The recent spike in COVID-19 community cases has forced Singapore to be “effectively back” in Phase Two, but co-chair of Multi-Ministry Taskforce Lawrence Wong stressed that...
A Hong Kong journalist who was prosecuted over investigating an attack on democracy supporters by government loyalists won a prestigious press prize on Thursday, even after...
India saw record new jumps in COVID-19 cases and deaths on Thursday, dashing tentative hopes that the catastrophic recent surge was easing. Health ministry numbers showed...
New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard is poised to become the first transgender athlete to compete at the Olympic Games, a move that will reignite debate over...
At a webinar conference on Tues (4 May), Ravi Menon, the Managing Director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), told his audience that Singapore will...
Workers should not be held responsible for the climate crisis — instead, it is “the elites” who failed to take “ethical considerations” in their “relentless search...
Jailed Hong Kong dissident Joshua Wong was handed an additional 10-month sentence on Thursday after he pleaded guilty to taking part in an “unlawful” protest last...
In the wake of declining revenue from advertising, Singapore Press Holdings Limited (SPH) will be transferring its media business to a non-profit entity. The company said...
The largest real-world study yet of the Pfizer/BioNTec vaccine on Thursday confirmed that the jab provided more than 95 per cent protection against COVID-19, but found...
The COVID-19 task force is looking into the factors that might have led to the COVID-19 cluster at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH), said Associate Professor...
The latest variant of COVID-19 originating from India has been detected in Singapore, which is also believed to spark the country’s largest active cluster at Tan...
by Shaun Tandon The Group of Seven wealthy democracies on Wednesday wrapped up their first in-person meeting in more than two years, accusing China of human...
US biotech firm Moderna on Wednesday announced initial data from a small clinical trial that showed its booster shots improved people’s immune responses against key coronavirus...
by Bhuvan Bagga India, gripped by one of the most deadly coronavirus surges seen by any country, will have to be ready for new waves and...
Facebook’s independent oversight board on Wednesday upheld the platform’s ban on former US president Donald Trump but called for a further review of the case within...