Tag: Singapore
Pakistan’s Saniha, Twinkle clinch golds in international powerlifting competition
SINGAPORE: Pakistani female powerlifters Saniha Ghafoor and Twinkle Sohail on Saturday bagged golds in their respective categories during the Oceania Pacific Powerlifting Championship being...
Singapore severs trade ties with North Korea
SINGAPORE: Singapore has suspended trade ties with North Korea in the latest move by a country to implement UN sanctions to curb Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons...
Reports of injuries in Singapore transit train collision
SINGAPORE: A Singapore mass transit train collided early on Wednesday with another at a station, injuring 25 people, authorities said, the latest incident involving...
Prince Charles begins Asia tour in Singapore
SINGAPORE: Britain´s Prince Charles and his wife Camilla arrived in Singapore Monday to kick off an Asian tour aimed at cementing relations ahead of...
Tiny Singapore’s passport rated most powerful in world
SINGAPORE: Tiny Singapore now has the world's most powerful passport, according to a new ranking, with its citizens able to travel to the greatest...
Halimah Yacob formally elected Singapore’s first woman president
SINGAPORE: Halimah Yacob, a former speaker of parliament, was declared elected as Singapore’s first woman president on Wednesday after the returning officer announced she...
Muslim Malay woman to be Singapore president
Halimah Yacob, a former speaker of parliament, will be formally named to the mostly ceremonial post on Wednesday, media reported, after other candidates fell short of the criteria set for contesting the election.
Singapore jails American for child porn, underage sex
SINGAPORE: An American mixed martial arts instructor was jailed for four years by a Singapore court Thursday for having sex with underage girls and...
Singapore calls for vigilance after ‘rocket attack’ plot foiled
Singapore called for heightened vigilance on Saturday, a day after Indonesian police arrested a group of men they believed were plotting a rocket attack...
Singapore court jails four Bangladeshis linked to IS
Four Bangladeshi workers who allegedly planned attacks linked to the militant Islamic State (IS) group in their own country were sentenced Tuesday to jail...
Singapore becomes world’s third top financial centre
Singapore edged past Hong Kong to become the world’s third top financial centre, according to a survey by London-based research firm Z/Yen Group released...
Singapore PM feuds in public with sister
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday denied abusing his power and attempting to establish a dynasty as a family feud went public...
Singapore deports 26 Bangladeshis as suspected militants
Singapore on Wednesday said it had arrested and deported 26 Bangladeshi construction workers for forming a religious study group that spread the ideology of...
As Lee era ends, Singapore braces for change as young worry...
If Lee Kuan Yew represented the Singapore of yesteryear, his death this week raises the question of whether the generation of leaders in waiting...
Singapore cancels music festival amid drug fears
Singapore has banned a music festival scheduled to take place later this month over concerns of drug use after multiple deaths at last year's...
Singapore firm launches mobile app for halal foodies
A Singapore-based company on Wednesday launched a mobile application that enables Muslim foodies and travellers to share halal restaurant discoveries around the world.
The free...
Singapore world’s costliest city: survey
The soaring cost of cars and utilities as well as a strong currency have made Singapore the world's most expensive city, toppling Tokyo from...
