Singaporeans will go to the polls on May 3, Nomination Day on April 23
The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore warned people to stay alert for cyber threats, such as phishing attempts and fake social media accounts spreading misinformation.
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‘The sky will not fall’: Can Hong Kong’s free port status cushion impacts of tariff war?
Mr Trump has slapped up to 145 per cent tariffs on imports from China, including Hong Kong, despite the city’s status as a free port, where goods are processed and pass through…
India and China discuss resuming flights, no date set
This comes as relations continue to thaw five years after a deadly border clash.
Singapore downgrades 2025 GDP forecast to 0%-2% as US-China tariff war weighs on global growth
The Ministry of Trade and Industry's new forecast announced on April 14 is a downgrade from the 1 per cent to 3 per cent range previously. Singapore’s economy grew 4.4 per cent…
Singapore social workers engage reclusive youth via digital platforms, games
This is part of a new approach the Children’s Society has been trying out since September 2023 that the charity calls “online drifting”, where its staff go on various…
Parties bank on Asian-Australian candidates at May election Down Under
More than 17 percent of the country’s population of 27 million are Asian-Australian. Currently, 12 of the 227 MPs – or 5 percent – are Asian-Australian.
In Singapore, more patients to be offered the choice to receive hospital care at home
Suitable patients are those with conditions such as dengue, cellulitis, gastroenteritis and urinary tract infections, which have established treatment plans that consist of…
Myanmar marks new year festival mourning quake losses
Two weeks on from the disaster which killed over 3,600, hundreds are still staying in tent encampments peppered among pancaked apartment blocks, razed tea shops and demolished…
Thousands arriving in Jakarta from rural areas after Hari Raya to seek jobs face urban challenges
The Jakarta provincial government has recorded a decreasing trend in arrivals for the past three years, stemming from low public awareness about self-registration, as well as a…
What Singapore’s breeding programmes mean for conservation of Southeast Asia’s biodiversity
Such breeding efforts are key in ensuring that species threatened with extinction do not disappear off the face of the earth.