カテゴリー: Singapore
Singapore-headquartered firm offers one-stop shopstyle service, including ride hailing, banking and food deliverySouth-east Asian “super app” Grab, which offers services from ride hailing and food delivery to online banking, is to float in the US in a …
Blogger argued he had ‘merely shared’ an article without changing content or adding commentsThe Singapore high court has ordered a blogger to pay S$133,000 (US$98,825) in damages in a defamation case to the prime minister, Lee Hsien Loong.Lee sued Leon…
Nigel Skea, 52, from Southampton, flouted coronavirus quarantine order to visit fianceeCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA British man has been sentenced to two weeks in jail and fined just over £540 for breaking a coronavirus…
Nigel Skea pleads guilty to breaking hotel quarantine to meet his now wife Agatha Maghesh EyamalaiCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA British man has pleaded guilty to flouting Singapore’s quarantine rules to visit his then fi…
A sustainable forestry project established to develop PNG’s Western Province has become mired in an international corruption scandal “There is always the stench of corruption around a deal that is too bad to be true or too good to be true,” a full-page…
The 16-year-old is the first person in the country to be detained for being ‘inspired by far-right extremist ideology’A 16-year-old who was arrested in Singapore for allegedly planning a terror attack on two mosques was inspired by the Australian who c…
Concerns over privacy as TraceTogether scheme is used by almost 80% of the nation’s population Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageSingapore has announced its police will be able to use data obtained by its coronavirus contact-t…
Guests grounded by Covid can ‘wake up to the refreshing view of the majestic HSBC Rain Vortex’ or peg a bargain in the shopsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageSingapore’s Changi airport is charging customers up to $269 per nigh…
The post-pandemic test voyage is open only to city-state residents but 2,000 passengers were confined to their cabins after one contracted the virusCoronavirus latest updatesA passenger on board a “cruise-to-nowhere” from Singapore has tested positive …
Jolovan Wham faces large fines over incident in which he briefly held a smiley face sign outside a police stationAn activist who held a sign bearing a smiley face as part of a one-man protest in Singapore has been charged with unlawful assembly.Jolovan…
New Zealand postpones general election; US coronavirus death toll passes 170,000; Italy closes nightclubs for three weeksCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageJapan’s economy has been hit by the worst economic contraction in its m…
British soldier Bill Norways was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Singapore and forced to work on the infamous Thai-Burma railway. During his time as a PoW he created sketches and artworks under appalling conditions• Families of British priso…
US considers blocking infected citizens returning; Australian outbreak trends down; Singapore economy plunges 43%Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNearly five months to the day since the World Health Organization declared a gl…
What have resurgences around the world taught us about how local clusters emerge?Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIt is not always possible to pinpoint the origin of a local spike in cases, particularly in countries like the …