SINGAPORE: Transport operator SMRT has filed a police report after a boy allegedly blocked an MRT platform door at Jurong East station, delaying the train on Tuesday (Feb 28). At about 5pm, a commuter on the east-bound station platform “deliberately prevented a platform screen door from closing”, SMRT Trains president LamContinue Reading
KUALA LUMPUR: Jailed former prime minister Najib Razak was acquitted of an audit tampering charge, a judge said Friday (Mar 3), but will continue to serve his 12-year prison term from another case. High Court judge Mohamed Zaini Mazlan said state prosecutors failed to provide sufficient evidence to prove theirContinue Reading
SINGAPORE: Following a record-breaking end to the month, the rainy weather in Singapore is expected to persist, with temperatures dropping to the low twenties. The Meteorological Service Singapore on Friday (Mar 3) forecast “periods of showers, heavy at times” to take place between Friday and Saturday, with another monsoon surge expected to affectContinue Reading
While mass pro-democracy protests have scaled down across Thailand, the crackdown on child political activists continues. Now, a legal rights group says the juvenile justice system is violating the rights of minors
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The Everything Everywhere All At Once actress’ mum, Janet Yeoh, has always had a passion for the theatrical – and treats her like she was six years old.Continue Reading
US-China political tensions are on a new edge after two US House committees proposed more than a dozen bills that call for supporting Taiwan and sanctioning China. Among the bills: The Chinese foreign ministry has so far not commented on the bills individually but complained that US lawmakers held a hearing specifically to smear China. […]Continue Reading
The Election Commission (EC) may be asked to rule on whether the involvement of the Progressive Movement’s core figures in the Move Forward Party (MFP)’s campaign constitutes a violation of election campaign rules.Continue Reading
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WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken did not meet China’s foreign minister on the sidelines of the G20 meeting in India as the two sides had already had extended talks in Munich last month, the US State Department spokesperson said on Thursday (Mar 2). Speaking at a regular briefing, NedContinue Reading
TERRORISM, SELF-RADICALISATION A THREAT At the G20 meeting, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan also touched on other transboundary issues threatening Singapore’s security, such as illegal drugs and terrorism. “Some of you may be aware that Singapore has one of the strictest laws, the harshest penalties for illegal drugs. Drugs are a nationalContinue Reading