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Claims that two women accused of assassinating the North Korean leader’s half-brother in Kuala Lumpur rehearsed the hit in Phnom Penh have added another unwanted twist to Cambodia’s long history as a playground for the
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SYDNEY: Emergency services plan to evacuate thousands of people stranded on resort islands with water supplies running low in Australia’s tropical northeast on Thursday (Mar 30), two days after Cyclone Debbie tore through the region.
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SINGAPORE: The National University of Singapore will provide data science training to 2,000 public officers annually, under a new memorandum of intent (MOI) it signed with the Government Technology Agency of Singapore (GovTech) on Wednesday
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A Singaporean couple have been jailed for starving their domestic worker from the Philippines, in a case that has shocked the city-state. The woman lost 20kg (44 lbs) – about 40% of her body weight
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SINGAPORE: Supermarket chain NTUC FairPrice said on Wednesday (Mar 22) it plans to open six more supermarkets catering to budget-conscious shoppers. Called FairPrice Shop, the supermarkets stock a more affordable range of products. About half
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View of the freehold residential sites at Balmoral Road and Ewe Boon Road. Two adjoining freehold residential redevelopment sites within the Balmoral Road area have been put up for sale by public tender, revealed
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PATTAYA: — Police in Pattaya have interviewed the minivan driver who drove the two suspects in the murder of Tony Kenway to the resort from the Cambodian border Lert Laimeun, 48, said the two men – Miles
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SINGAPORE – Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday (March 19) called on Singaporeans to strengthen community bonds as a way to thwart the menace of terrorism. Should an attack happen here, the terrorists would
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SINGAPORE – It was 2.30am in the wee hours of Saturday (March 18) at St James Power Station, but the music had stopped at a few of its clubs. Police officers in vests stood by
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SINGAPORE – The sales suspensions on 12 coastal fish farms affected by an oil spill in January were fully lifted on Tuesday (March 14), the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) said in a statement on
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SINGAPORE – A 43-year-old woman who assaulted her live-in boyfriend and stomped him to death after a quarrel was on Thursday (March 16) sentenced to 5½ years’ jail for culpable homicide. Sukanya Praphuttha, a Thai
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WASHINGTON (AFP) – The United States and China are finalising plans for a summit between presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping at Mar-a-Lago this April, but diplomats are struggling to remove last-minute stumbling blocks. Officials
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Certain residential property measures related to the sellers’ stamp duty (SSD) as well as the total debt servicing ratio framework (TDSR) has been relaxed. However, there would still be no change to the
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Singapore’s move to raise the minimum legal age for smoking from 18 to 21 aims to reduce the chances of people picking up the habit at a young age, and falling into a lifelong addiction.
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SINGAPORE: To see or not to see? That is the question for William Shakespeare fans, as a 400-year-old copy of the Bard’s work makes its way to Singapore for the first time. This month, the
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SINGAPORE – A double-deck bus with three doors hit the road on Monday (March 13), as part of a trial by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) to evaluate the suitability of such a bus design
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SINGAPORE: A 25-year-old Singaporean man was on Monday (Mar 13) sentenced to 18 weeks’ jail for two counts of animal cruelty, after he caused the death of a cat in Tampines. Fajar Ashraf Fajar Ali was
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SINGAPORE: The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on Monday (Mar 13) issued a 10-year Prohibition Order (PO) against former Goldman Sachs director Tim Leissner for 1MDB-related breaches. The local financial regulator said in its press release
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SEOUL: South Korea’s highest court voted unanimously to confirm the impeachment of scandal-hit President Park Geun-hye on Friday (Mar 10). Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn was appointed acting president and will remain in that post until the election
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Over the years, taxpayers have had to subsidise more of the rising operating costs as public transport fares in Singapore have not kept up, according to Minister Khaw Boon Wan. SINGAPORE: While the Government will
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