Former Singapore president Halimah Yacob criticised Standard Chartered CEO Bill Winters for describing workers as “lower-value human capital” amid AI-driven job cuts, calling the remarks demeaning...
Amnesty International has accused Indonesian authorities, including elements of the military and accounts linked to President Prabowo Subianto's Gerindra Party, of running coordinated online campaigns that...
A 35-year-old woman was found dead inside a guest room at a five-star hotel along Scotts Road in the early hours of Monday, 18 May 2026
Israeli naval forces intercepted the last vessels of the Global Sumud Flotilla on Tuesday, detaining hundreds of activists from over 40 nations who had set sail...
US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he had been "an hour away" from ordering fresh strikes against Iran, warning that a new attack could come...
Bảo Ngọc Ashley, the only Vietnamese citizen aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla, was detained after Israeli forces boarded her vessel in international waters on 18 May...
Hong Kong activist Chow Hang-tung told a court she “totally embraced” actions prosecutors labelled crimes as closing arguments continued in a landmark national security trial linked...
Singapore's Transport Safety Investigation Bureau has released its final report into Flight SQ321, finding that the aircraft's weather radar gave no warning before severe turbulence on...
Singapore’s Communicable Diseases Agency confirmed one active tuberculosis case after completing a large-scale screening exercise in Bedok involving more than 3,500 people. Follow-up tests and free...
Singapore hawker advocate KF Seetoh has questioned whether Prime Minister Lawrence Wong fully understands the pressures facing hawkers, warning that policies and operating conditions are undermining...
A Singapore district court has acquitted a man of failing to provide a blood specimen for a drink-driving investigation, ruling that the doctor in charge of...
Two American men were arrested in Japan after allegedly entering a monkey enclosure at Ichikawa City Zoo in Chiba Prefecture, disrupting operations and alarming animals housed...
A Human Rights Watch report released on 18 May 2026 documents the May 2024 massacre of Rohingya Muslims at Hoyyar Siri in Myanmar's Rakhine State, in...
Malaysia has issued a notice of demand against a Norwegian manufacturer after Oslo revoked an export licence for the Naval Strike Missile system, with Kuala Lumpur...
Indonesian nasi padang chain Sederhana is set to enter Singapore, taking over the former Warong Nasi Pariaman premises in Kampong Glam. The new outlet at 738...
A tourist from the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu was killed after being trapped beneath an elephant during a clash between two trained tuskers at...
Senior executives at Nvidia and Uber have disclosed that AI compute costs are outpacing human payroll, casting doubt on the financial logic of rapid AI adoption...
A Singapore GP has been suspended for 13 months after failing to refer a patient with a severe diabetic foot infection to a hospital or specialist...
Oregon's utility regulator has approved rules requiring data centres to fund their share of electricity grid expansion, ending years of cost-shifting onto residential and small business...
Snow City will close on 30 September 2026 after 26 years, with Science Centre Singapore citing changing visitor interests and evolving attractions trends. The attraction will...
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