by Remi Banet with Youssef Karwashan in Aleppo SANLIURFA, TURKEY -- A massive rescue effort in Turkey and Syria battled frigid weather in a race against time Tuesday to find survivors under buildings flattened by an earthquake that killed more than 5,000 people. Tremors that inflicted more suffering on a...

Speech delivered by Ms Hazel Poa, Non-constituency Member of Parliament  from Progress Singapore Party on 6 February 2023 for the debate on dual parliamentary motion on public housing We are all familiar with the low total fertility rate (TFR) in Singapore.  As Minister Indranee shared with us on 4 Oct...

Speech delivered by Associate Professor Jamus Lim, Workers' Party Member of Parliament for Seng Kang GRC on 7 February 2023 for the debate on dual parliamentary motion on public housing Mr Speaker, as we do our rounds with our constituents during our house visits, we would undoubtedly have met those...

by Augustine Low Minister Josephine Teo said yesterday that the inflated circulation data scandal of SPH Media Trust (SMT) would not affect the government’s commitment to fund SMT up to $900 million over five years. She stressed that circulation numbers were not a key consideration in funding requirements—the focus was...

SINGAPORE — Minister for Manpower Tan See Leng has informed that a commemorative coin will be introduced by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) later this year as a reminder of the late Mr Lee Kuan Year's values and vision. The respective agencies will announce more details in due course....

SINGAPORE —  Manpower Minister Dr Tan See Leng has shared that 15 companies were found with serious Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) lapses following serious or fatal workplace incidents in their workplace since the start of the 6-month Heightened Safety Period (HSP) in September 2022. These companies were debarred from...

by Glenda Kwek MUMBAI, INDIA -- Shares in the flagship firm of troubled Indian conglomerate Adani rocketed as much as 20 per cent Tuesday, making up some of the huge slump suffered since last month. The group owned by tycoon Gautam Adani lost around $120 billion in value after claims...

BEIJING, CHINA -- Chinese search engine giant Baidu on Tuesday said it was developing an AI-powered chatbot, as tech giants rush to match the success of ChatGPT, a hugely popular language app that has sparked a gold rush in artificial intelligence technology. ChatGPT, created by San Francisco company OpenAI, has...