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HONG KONG (REUTERS) – Typhoon Merbok spared Hong Kong any major damage as it pounded the financial hub with heavy rain and strong winds before moving further inland on Tuesday (June 13) towards southern China.
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SINGAPORE: This year’s National Day Parade (NDP), which will be held at the Marina Bay Floating Platform, will pay special tribute to national servicemen as Singapore celebrates 50 years of National Service. At a media
Read moreBANGKOK: As part of the trust-building measure, the Thai government and Mara Patani has agreed to set up a district-size “safety zone” before the end of the year. No district has been named so far.
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In 2014, Mr Chen (not his real name) got a divorce and also lost his flat, which he gave up to his former wife. The next year, auxiliary police officers found Mr Chen, then 59,
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SINGAPORE – A stretch of the North-South Line (NSL) was hit by delays due to a signalling system fault on Monday (June 12) morning. Operator SMRT tweeted about the fault at 9.10am and warned commuters
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After three years, the suspected kingpin behind the smuggling of wildlife parts out of Africa has been arrested near the Kenya-Uganda border recently. The international operation started in Singapore. In March 2014, the authorities here
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SINGAPORE – The Braddell Flyover officially opened on Sunday morning – more than four years and two delays after construction first started. Motorists who frequent the route hope that the new flyover will ease the
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SINGAPORE: Thirteen suspects, aged between 16 and 49, have been arrested for their alleged involvement in gang-related activities, the police said in a media release on Saturday (Jun 10). Police said that on Jun 4,
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About 10 fans waited outside the private terminal at Changi Airport on Saturday – some of them had camped out for seven hours – hoping to catch a glimpse of their favourite players as
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Unlike the streetwalkers openly prowling red-light districts, these women operate under a shroud of secrecy and discretion – yet are a ubiquitous presence online. SINGAPORE: Her website, with its own personal domain name, is particularly
Read moreKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will begin imposing its tourism tax from July and not August as reported earlier, according to Tourism and Culture Minister Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz on Thursday (Jun 8). An earlier announcement on
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SINGAPORE: A 41-year-old man was sentenced to three weeks’ jail on Thursday (Jun 8) for attempting to bribe his way through his driving test. Yang Qiang, a Chinese national, tried to give S$200 to his driving
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His ruse caused a loss of $1.3m for Marina Bay Sands casino The mastermind behind Singapore’s largest counterfeit casino chip scam had breezed through Marina Bay Sands (MBS) with $1,000 chips that looked so real,
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SINGAPORE – Resale volume for Housing Board flats went up by 8.1 per cent in May, property data portal SRX said in a flash report on Thursday (June 8). According to resale data it compiled,
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Islamic State group claimed responsibility. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Tuesday police were treating a deadly siege in the southern city of Melbourne as an “act of terrorism” after a claim by the
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Vietnam’s agriculture ministry announced in late May that the country was free of the H5N1 virus after weeks of no new cases. It’s not yet seven in the morning, but the slaughterhouses at the back
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Brit commits suicide, jumping from seventh floor of Bangkok hotel restaurant A 67 year old British man has committed suicide after ordering a final drink from the bar of a Sukhumvit hotel restaurant before jumping from
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Insiders are unable to push for a wider visa program to include more nationalities. The government has decided to extend its visa-waiver scheme for visitors from five European countries by another year, effectively rejecting the
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CHONGQING, China: Five suspended levels and cars going in all directions – a new highway interchange is driving motorists to tears, as they find themselves lost in a concrete maze resembling a plate of spaghetti.
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SINGAPORE – A stretch of Keppel Road has been closed after a trailer overturned on Wednesday (June 7) morning. The Land Transport Authority said in a tweet at 10.40am that Keppel Road was closed after
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