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18/01/2025

Eligible households could buy three coupons for $1 each to exchange them for eggs, rice or oil. Read more at straitstimes.com.

18/01/2025

JERUSALEM: Israel's Cabinet approved a deal with Palestinian militant group Hamas for a ceasefire and release of hostages in the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Saturday (Jan 18), a day ahead of the agreement's scheduled start. In the early hours of Saturday after meet...

17/01/2025

16/01/2025

BEIJING: Apple was dethroned as China's biggest smartphone seller in 2024, with local rivals Vivo and Huawei overtaking the iPhone maker after its annual shipments in the country declined 17 per cent, data from research firm Canalys showed on Thursday (Jan 16). It was Apple's largest-ever annual sal...

15/01/2025

TOKYO: Record numbers of tourists flocked to Japan last year, figures showed on Wednesday (Jan 15), as the weak yen bolstered the appeal of the "bucket list" destination despite overcrowding complaints in hotspots like Kyoto. The country logged more than 36.8 million tourist arrivals in 2024, toppin...

15/01/2025

Singapore recorded 3.11 billion gross tonnes in arriving ship traffic in 2024. Read more at straitstimes.com.

15/01/2025

The hotel is Singapore’s first all-villa resort and the country's second Raffles property.

15/01/2025

SINGAPORE: A traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practitioner has been suspended for three months after needles from an acupuncture treatment were left in a patient's head and toe after the session. Chua Kah Gay did not take "sufficient steps" to ensure that all needles were removed and he did not

15/01/2025

When we turn human vulnerabilities and struggles into “content” for public consumption, there is a danger of objectifying those less fortunate than us, says lawyer William Wan.

14/01/2025

LOS ANGELES: Los Angeles firefighters braced on Tuesday (Jan 14) for intense winds that could fuel two monstrous wildfires that have already killed two dozen people, levelled entire neighbourhoods and scorched an area the size of Washington, DC. Hurricane force winds of 120kmh were possible from ear...

14/01/2025

The Chinese national came to Singapore on a business trip, and was intoxicated when he urinated on the escalator handrail. Read more at straitstimes.com.

14/01/2025

AT A GLANCE: How much rain fell on Singapore from Jan 10 to 13? A lot.
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14/01/2025

The ROM and ROMM building at Canning Rise will undergo redevelopment from 2025 to 2028.

14/01/2025

It comes days after another man was arrested for urinating at Outram Park MRT station.

14/01/2025

WASHINGTON: President-elect Donald Trump's Republican allies in the US House of Representatives are trying to build support for a Bill authorising talks for the purchase of Greenland, accordin

14/01/2025

A stealthy cloud of pollution seeping into people’s lungs will be felt for years to come, says David Fickling for Bloomberg Opinion.

11/01/2025

The boxes holding the flight data and cockpit voice recorders for the crashed flight that left 179 people dead stopped recording four minutes before the disaster.

11/01/2025

The perpetrators, who were using stolen or compromised Singpass accounts, succeeded in changing the addresses in about 75 per cent of these attempts, says the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority.