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Friday morning saw temperatures dip below 22C in Singapore. This may not seem particularly cold, but it depends what you are used to. Singapore is a little over one degree north of the equator, and every day of the year, the expected maximum temperature is ... ( read original story ...)

On Wednesday, Singapore’s parliament agreed to set up a new select committee to study what the government has characterized as “deliberate online falsehoods.” The move is just one of several steps that the Southeast Asian state has taken in its ... ( read original story ...)

police said in a news release. After "extensive investigations and probes," the Criminal Investigation Department, Police Intelligence Department and Police Coast Guard launched a series of simultaneous raids across Singapore, which led to the arrests. ( read original story ...)

The arrests, made during raids on Sunday, come after Royal Dutch Shell Plc reported the theft to Singapore authorities at its Pulau Bukom industrial site in August last year. The company said in a news release that the arrests included "a limited number of ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore police have arrested 17 men suspected of involvement in stealing oil from Shell's largest refinery in the world. Police said Tuesday that they also seized $2.3 million and an oil tanker in connection with the case. Singapore media reported that ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Eleven men were charged in a Singapore ... Royal Dutch Shell Plc, which first reported the theft to authorities in August, said in a news release that the arrests included "a limited number of Shell employees" and that it anticipated ... ( read original story ...)

THE Top End’s tourism industry has been given a much-needed boost with Singapore Airlines’ regional wing SilkAir ... addition to Darwin International Airport following recent news Air Asia, Malaysia Airlines and Philippine Airlines planned to withdraw ... ( read original story ...)

An exhibition opening this month in Singapore will feature work by some of the world's top street artists, with plans to invite some of them to create new paintings on-site. "Art from the Streets," opening Jan.13, traces 40 years of street art, tracking ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore is considering plans to set up a special ministerial committee to assess the impact of "online falsehoods" and recommend how it should respond, potentially backtracking on a previous proposal to introduce legislation. The country's Ministry of ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore is considering plans to set up a special ministerial committee to assess the impact of "online falsehoods" and recommend how it should respond, potentially backtracking on a previous proposal to introduce legislation. The country's Ministry of ... ( read original story ...)

Authorities in Singapore have banned “Radiance of Resistance,” a U.S.-made documentary about the Palestinian-Israel conflict as see through the eyes of two Palestinian girls. The film had been set to screen Thursday at the Singapore Palestinian Film ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A Vietnamese tycoon detained in Singapore has concerns for his well-being because of "internal politics" in his home country, where he says he served as a senior intelligence officer, one of his lawyers told Reuters on Wednesday ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore has banned a film festival from screening a documentary later this week that features a teenage Palestinian female activist whose arrest last month has made her a symbol of resistance to Israeli military occupation in the ... ( read original story ...)

The history of modern Singapore goes much further back than Sir Stamford Raffles’ landing on the island in 1819. This is one of the messages that the upcoming Singapore Bicentennial commemorative effort hopes to impress upon the public. Announced by ... ( read original story ...)

A Singapore bar that bills itself as the world's highest cryptocurrency club is offering a New Year's Eve package that includes a limousine pick-up and butler service -- but it'll cost you a whole bitcoin. Skyline, on the 45th floor of a skyscraper ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore’s intolerance of dissent was put into the spotlight this month when authorities briefly detained a prominent activist for organizing “illegal assemblies.” According to the police, activist Jolovan Wham committed seven offenses for ... ( read original story ...)