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Singapore and Taiwan have both seen a sudden and aggressive rise in cases - with Singapore logging 248 new cases just last week, and Taiwan 1,200 local infections. Both places have gone into a ... ( read original story ...)

A man who accused the police of mistreating an elderly woman has publicly apologized after the force said he got the situation all wrong. ( read original story ...)

The Delhi Chief Minister called for cancelling all air services with Singapore with immediate effect on Tuesday, saying a strain of the coronavirus found in the Southeast Asian country could reach ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore's national airline reported Wednesday its worst annual net loss of $3.2 billion in the aftermath of the "toughest year in its history" due to the coronavirus pandemic. ( read original story ...)

Singapore criticized an Indian politician on Wednesday for making unfounded claims on social media that a new COVID-19 variant in Singapore was particularly harmful to children and could cause a fresh ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore, a small Southeast Asian city-state, has been working for years to preserve its coastline from sea level rise and other environmental damage. ( read original story ...)

Experts have cast doubt on claims by a top Indian official that a new variant of the coronavirus has been detected in Singapore. Delhi's chief minister Arvind Kejriwal called on a halt to flights ... ( read original story ...)

President Joe Biden is looking to build on a denuclearization agreement Donald Trump reached with North Korea, a move likely to be welcomed by South Korea, which has seen it as a starting point for ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore is expecting to administer at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine to its entire adult population by early August, authorities said on Tuesday, after a decision to widen the gap between ... ( read original story ...)

The Singapore government is continuing to assess the use of the Sinovac Bioech COVID-19 vaccine, with its current stock having a shelf life of two years, said a Ministry of Health (MOH) official on ... ( read original story ...)

Schools in Singapore will be taking extra precautions because of the way the B1.671 variant is thought to affect children. ( read original story ...)

Singapore has approved the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for children between the ages of 12 and 15, authorities announced on Wednesday. ( read original story ...)

A number of countries in East Asia, often cited for their success in controlling the pandemic, are grappling with a spike in new infections. ( read original story ...)

Some measures are tough, but there are several more freedoms than the last year’s circuit breaker. This nuance could save the economy. ( read original story ...)

Singapore will stop most school classes this week following a spike in unlinked coronavirus cases that pose the biggest challenge since last year to the government as it works out plans to vaccinate ... ( read original story ...)

The meeting was cancelled as reports surfaced of new COVID-19 clusters forming in Singapore and a sharp rise in unlinked COVID cases. ( read original story ...)