Education Minister Lawrence Wong will be taking over the Finance Minister portfolio from Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat as part of a Cabinet reshuffle involving...
A sharp surge in the number of COVID-19 cases in India over the past few weeks has prompted the creation of a petition on Change.org urging the...
by Glenda Kwek India is battling a record-breaking rise in COVID-19 infections that has overwhelmed hospitals and led to severe bed and oxygen shortages. A key...
by Katie Forster/Natsuko Fukue Three months before it hosts the Olympics — the biggest international event since the pandemic began — Japan has fully vaccinated less...
Medical doctor Lim Boon Hee wrote in Straits Times Forum today criticising the Ministry of Health (MOH) for making mistakes in relying only on viral load...
by Haeril Halim Indonesia has sentenced scores of prisoners to death over Zoom and other video apps during the pandemic in what critics say is an...
This year, NTUC will be conferring the Distinguished Service Award to Senior Minister of State Chee Hong Tat at its May Day Awards. The Distinguished Service...
Given the global supply chain disruption and the overreliance of the world on China as a manufacturing base, it is about time that Singapore brings manufacturing...
The statements made by Lee Kuan Yew’s lawyer, Kwa Kim Li to the executors of his estate regarding the late statesman’s will were false and misleading,...
by Andrew Marszal The Oscars on Sunday will mirror the movie industry they honor: transformed by the pandemic, forced to experiment with new venues and formats,...
Singapore prison authorities should cease withholding letters addressed to death row inmates without giving “clear justification” as to why such a decision must be made, said...
Japan’s government is to declare virus states of emergencies in Tokyo and three other regions on Friday, exactly three months before the Olympic opening ceremony, as...
All long-term pass holders and short term visitors who have been in India within the last two weeks will not be allowed entry or transit through...
Singapore and Hong Kong have postponed a planned Thursday announcement on an air-travel bubble, of which the cancellation was said to be initiated by the Singapore...
A couple of months ago, Minister for Education and Co-Chair of the Multi-Agency Taskforce for Covid-19 Lawrence Wong (Wong) said that the Government was considering whether additional measures...