BANGKOK: Thailand faces more hardship from unseasonable floods that have killed 40 people in its south, with more rain expected in the major rubber-producing and tourist region in coming days, a top disaster agency official
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Singapore’s forgotten age of innovation
SINGAPORE: Long before there was Changi Airport, aviation legend Amelia Earhart described stopping over at “an aviation miracle of the east” – a “magnificent new $9-million airport, the peer of any in the world”. The
Read moreMyanmar sends envoy to Bangladesh as Rohingya crisis deepens
YANGON/DHAKA: A special envoy of Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi will begin top-level talks in Bangladesh on Wednesday (Jan 11), as the United Nations said the Rohingya crisis prompted 65,000 people to flee Myanmar
Read moreBusinessman ordered to pay $2m in casino losses
Amount is believed to be highest single sum owed that MBS got back in court last year K.C. Vijayan Senior Law Correspondent A premium casino player who once won US$2 million (S$2.9 million) at a
Read moreRaffles Country Club to make way for KL-Singapore High-Speed Rail
SINGAPORE: The 143-hectare Raffles Country Club site in Tuas will be acquired by authorities to make way for the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High-Speed Rail project. The club announced the move on its website on Wednesday (Jan
Read moreSurgical forceps removed from Vietnamese man after 18 years
HANOI: Doctors in Vietnam have removed surgical forceps from a man who unknowingly carried them inside his body for 18 years, national television VTV reported. Ma Van Nhat, 54, said the forceps had probably been
Read morePrivate home prices fell 3% in 2016: URA
SINGAPORE: Private home prices fell by 3 per cent for the whole of 2016, according to flash estimates from the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) on Tuesday (Jan 3). This is the smallest price drop in
Read moreSingapore’s economy grows 1.8% in Q4; 2016 GDP at 1.8%
SINGAPORE: The Singapore economy expanded at a faster-than-expected 1.8 per cent on a year-on-year basis in the final three months of 2016, according to advance estimates released by the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI)
Read more2016 hottest year on record in Singapore, 2017 maybe hotter still
SINGAPORE: This year is set to be the hottest year in Singapore since records started in 1929, said the Meteorological Service on Friday (Dec 30). In a media advisory, the Met Service said the mean
Read moreSecurity measures stepped up for 2017 countdown celebrations
SINGAPORE: With thousands of revellers expected to ring in the New Year in town this coming weekend, event organisers and government agencies have increased security measures in light of recent overseas terror-related incidents over the festive
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