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China investigates former economic czar Liu He’s son, Financial Times reports

The investigation, which is said to be over suspected corruption, was triggered by Mr Liu Tianran’s connection with the planned initial public offering by Ant Group that was…

  • Published: April 7, 20251:48 pm
  • Author Ann Asianews Network
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Slash duties, keep mum: How ‘tariff king’ India got off easier in Trump’s trade war

On April 2, when the tariffs were unveiled, Mr Trump even said he told Prime Minister Narendra Modi: “You’re a friend of mine, but you’re not treating us right.” In spite…

  • Published: April 7, 202510:44 am
  • Author Nirmala Ganapathy
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US reclaims spot as Southeast Asia’s preferred superpower amid concerns of China’s sway: Survey

This marks a pendulum swing back after China edged out the US for the first time in the 2024 edition of the same study.

  • Published: April 4, 202510:47 am
  • Author Lin Suling
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Abuse, death of four-year-old girl in Singapore: Mum jailed 19 years, boyfriend gets 30 years’ jail, 17 strokes

Megan was forced to wear soiled diapers over her head, eat food from the dustbin, eat her mother’s mucus – acts that were captured on video. The physical and emotional abuse…

  • Published: April 4, 202510:11 am
  • Author Selina Lum
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Oil leak from Malaysia’s Johor River stopped, clean-up operations underway off Singapore coastal areas

Drones and satellite imagery have been activated to monitor the surrounding waters for any additional oil patches, while an additional oil recovery system – the Marine Oil…

  • Published: April 4, 20259:34 am
  • Author Elaine Lee
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From Lululemon to AirPods, Southeast Asia’s role in global supply chains put at risk by Trump tariffs

A main motivation for the Trump administration targeting countries like Vietnam and Cambodia, however, is to crack down on what it says is trans-shipment and trade rerouting by…

  • Published: April 4, 20258:15 am
  • Author Philip Wen, Shannon Teoh and Stania Puspawardhani
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Singapore foreign affairs officer fined after taking nude photos of male customers in Tokyo bathhouse dismissed

Sim, 56, was fined 300,000 yen (US$2,036) for trespassing the bathhouse and violating the Tokyo government’s ordinance for public disturbances.

  • Published: April 3, 202512:44 pm
  • Author Eileen Ng
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Rangoli artist, Malay drum maker among Singapore’s stewards of intangible cultural heritage awardees

The five recipients of the National Heritage Board’s Stewards of Intangible Cultural Heritage Award received certificates from Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Edwin…

  • Published: April 3, 202511:22 am
  • Author Sheo Chiong Teng
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Singaporean teen who wanted to kill at least 100 Muslims at 5 mosques detained

The teen was inspired by the shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, in March 2019 that saw 51 Muslims murdered.

  • Published: April 3, 202510:01 am
  • Author Christine Tan and Andrew Wong
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FM Balakrishnan says he did not ‘like’ FB post offering to relocate Singaporeans to Gaza; Meta investigating

The Facebook page of Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan was found to have “liked” a Facebook post by former Nominated MP Calvin Cheng, which proposed sending a group of…

  • Published: April 3, 20259:14 am
  • Author Aqil Hamzah

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