UFC Bantamweight fighter Bethe Correia (left) throwing a punch at Jessica Eye. (Photo: UFC) SINGAPORE: Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) have agreed on a US$1 billion (S$1.36
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Shell station armed robbery: 48-year-old man charged
The Shell petrol station at 219 Upper Bukit Timah Road where an armed robbery was reported. (Photo: Leong Wai Kit) SINGAPORE: A 48-year-old man was charged on Wednesday (Aug 2) for robbing a Shell petrol
Read moreFewer workplace fatalities in first half of 2017
Construction workers from Bangladesh and India attend a briefing before starting work at a construction site in Singapore March 24, 2016. (File photo: REUTERS/Edgar Su) SINGAPORE: Fewer workers died in workplace accidents in the first
Read moreMan wielding knife at large after fleeing Western Union with $2k
In the second armed robbery reported over two days, a man with a knife forced a Western Union employee to hand over more than $2,000 at its Ubi Avenue 1 branch yesterday morning. The suspect,
Read moreEx-MD jailed for smashing glass against man’s head
Frenchman Franck Louis Maurice Peltier pleaded guilty to causing hurt to a Briton at a pub in Amoy Street. A company managing director smashed a glass against a man’s head in a pub after the
Read moreSingapore to Johor Bahru MRT service to start by end-2024
Malaysia’s Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Abdul Rahman Dahlan with Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure Khaw Boon Wan, who is also Transport Minister, enjoying durian during a tea break at Afiniti Medini, after a site
Read moreHDB launches 5,291 flats, including 1,394 units under inaugural Re-Offer of Balance Flats exercise
Blocks of HDB housing flats around Whampoa area in the central part of Singapore. PHOTO: ST FILE SINGAPORE – There will be 5,291 flats for sale from Tuesday (Aug 1), the Housing and Development Board
Read moreNew scheme to allow Singapore, HK visitors to use automated gates at Bangkok airports
Visitors from Singapore and Hong Kong will be able to access the automated gates now reserved for Thai nationals at both of Bangkok’s airports by the end of this month or next month.PHOTO: WWW.SUVARNABHUMIAIRPORT.COM BANGKOK
Read moreUp to 80% of Thailand’s tsunami warning system needs maintenance
In this picture taken on Dec 4, 2014, a tsunami evacuation sign is displayed on a street near Patong beach in Phuket. (Photo: NICOLAS ASFOURI / AFP) BANGKOK: Up to 80 per cent of Thailand’s
Read moreTampines library to reopen with new features including cooking studio
The Singapore Collection features over 12,000 books by Singapore authors. (Photo: Rachelle Lee) SINGAPORE: A refreshed Tampines Regional Library is set to open its doors to the public at Our Tampines Hub on Aug 5.
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