PARIS, FRANCE -- Google on Wednesday announced a slew of features powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI), but a mistake in an ad caused its share price to tank. The search engine giant is rushing into the space after the bot ChatGPT caught the imagination of web users around the world...

PUTRAJAYA, MALAYSIA —  Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said a White Paper on Pedra Branca (Pulau Batu Puteh) will be prepared and tabled in Parliament for further action. "This is because of the special task force's report protested the (government’s) decision not to appeal (the 2008 International Court of...

by Joseph Nathan It is understandable why so many Singaporeans and netizens remain outraged by the high-profile corruption practices at Keppel Offshore & Marine Limited (KOM) where all the six former senior executives involved were let off with just a stern warning. This even prompted a Senior Counsel to rightfully...

I refer to Jalan Besar GRC MP Denise Phua's remarks in Parliament that some households may need two years' salary to be the equivalent of the price of a S$140,000 HDB flat and Mountbatten SMC MP Lim Biow Chuan's remarks suggesting that the fact that people are queuing up at...

SINGAPORE — Mr Lee Hsien Yang (LHY) has said that it is impossible to fathom the decision by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) to issue stern warnings to six former senior management staff members of Keppel Offshore & Marine Limited (KOM) over a multi-million dollar bribery case due to...

INDIA — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday defended his record after criticism of his close association with tycoon Gautam Adani, whose business empire has been rocked by corporate fraud allegations. Investors wiped out around $120 billion in value from Adani Group after claims of accounting fraud by short-seller...

Speech delivered by Mr Pritam Singh, Member of Parliament for Aljunied GRC from Workers’ Party and the Leader of the Opposition on 7 February 2023 for the debate on dual parliamentary motion on public housing Mr Speaker, the Workers’ Party MPs have spoken on a number of relevant areas and...

TAIPEI, TAIWAN —  The celebration of Taiwan's 34th Lantern Festival officially kicked off last Sunday (5 Feb) in Taipei, which also marked the starting of the island's tourism in 2023 after global-wide COVID-19 pandemic disruption. The Taiwan Lantern Festival was first created by the Tourism Bureau of the Transportation and...