A Vietnamese environmental activist was beaten in prison for refusing to confess his crimes, his wife told AFP Friday in the one-party communist state notorious for...
The death of an Indonesian activist leading a lawsuit to block a Chinese-funded hydroelectric dam has raised “numerous alarm bells” and should be investigated, Human Rights Watch...
by Martin Abbugao / Catherine Lai British inventor James Dyson has dropped out of the race to produce electric cars in the face of stiff competition...
South Korea’s Army said Friday it will cut its force by 100,000 in the next three years in the face of a shrinking population. Seoul, a...
As Super Typhoon Hagibis is expected to hit Japan on Saturday (12 October), close to 10 flights between Singapore and Japan have been rescheduled, and two...
Starting early next year, secondary schools in Malaysia can expect to do away with Science and Arts/Commerce streaming, according to a report by leading Chinese-language Malaysian...
One of Singapore’s biggest and longest running foreign film festivals is set to return with its 23rd edition. This year’s German Film Festival (GFF) will be...
The High Court today (11 Oct) found Workers’ Party (WP) Aljunied GRC Members of Parliament (MPs) Pritam Singh, Sylvia Lim and Low Thia Khiang liable for...
In a shocking statement released on Thursday evening (10 October), British technology company Dyson announced that it has decided to kill its project to build electric...
Almost 800 animal parts including a huge stash of hornbill “ivory”, pangolin scales and deer’s antlers, have been seized in a raid on Borneo island, officials...
