A Polish writer faces a possible prison sentence for insulting President Andrzej Duda by calling him a “moron” over comments the latter made about US President...
Two members of Myanmar’s ruling junta and two military units join the list of those placed under US sanctions following the deadly response in the Southeast...
As of Tuesday noon (23 Mar), the Ministry of Health (MOH) has preliminarily confirmed an additional 13 cases of COVID-19 infection in Singapore. This brings the...
A US government agency Tuesday raised concerns that AstraZeneca may have included out-of-date drug data in information provided during US trials for its COVID-19 vaccine. A...
The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider an appeal by Facebook that would have derailed a $15 billion (S$21,1 billion) lawsuit over whether it...
A huge blaze that ripped through a sprawling Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh has forced at least 50,000 people to flee and left seven people feared...
Authorities warned the flooding disaster on Australia’s east coast is “far from over” as thousands more residents were put on evacuation alert Tuesday and volunteers rescued...
Last Friday (18 Mar), the Workers’ Party (WP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Sengkang GRC Jamus Lim spoke about the India-Singapore Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA)...
In an article published by the Straits Times on Sunday (‘8 money problems that worry S’poreans most‘, 21 Mar), it was found that many Singaporeans are...
The European Union and the United States slapped sanctions Monday on top police and military commanders linked to last month’s coup in Myanmar, as pro-democracy demonstrators...
Children who are 10 and younger produce more antibodies in response to coronavirus infection than adolescents and adults, a study showed Monday. The authors of the...
The right of Muslim women in uniformed professions to wear the tudung at work is one that is enshrined in the Singapore Constitution, and those who...
Reuters reported last Sat (20 Mar) that a hospital worker in the city of Xian in Shaanxi province, fell sick with COVID-19 despite having been vaccinated...
A year on from the pandemic and migrant workers living in dormitories are still not allowed to leave their rooms except to use the toilets. In...
There should be space for “open” and “respectful” conversations without the fear of being “cyberbullied”, said Minister of State for Manpower Gan Siow Huang last week...