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Billionaire Richard Branson openly condemned Singapore’s death penalty several times, recently making a case for Tangaraju Suppiah, who was sentenced to death in 2018 for smuggling more than one ...

SINGAPORE: Singapore and China will hold a joint military exercise this week, their first combined drills since 2021. The exercise will be held from Apr 28 to May 1, said Singapore's Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) on Monday (Apr 24).

For RM250 (S$80) per animal, a man agreed to smuggle 26 dogs and a cat in his lorry from Malaysia to Singapore in one trip in October 2022.

Trade between Singapore and Shanghai grew by 8 per cent in 2022 from the year before. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Tangaraju Suppiah is expected to be hanged on Wednesday for a 2017 conviction, but billionaire Richard Branson said the case against Tangaraju was circumstantial and that Singapore ‘may be about to kill an innocent man’.

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy will dispatch its frigate Yulin as well as the Chibi minesweeper for the drills, which will take place around Singapore from “end-April to early May”, the ministry said in a statement,

Singapore's rough sleeping population has shrunk by about 40 per cent, according to a survey conducted by the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) on Nov 11, 2022. The nationwide, single-night street count found 530 rough sleepers,

Smoking in Singapore, one of the priciest places in the world to light up, has gotten more expensive. The cost of cigarettes and alcoholic beverages in the city-state increased 11% from a year earlier in March,

British tycoon Richard Branson Monday urged Singapore to halt the imminent execution of a man sentenced to death over one kilogram of cannabis, saying it "may be about to kill an innocent man". He was sentenced to death in 2018 and the Court of Appeal has upheld his sentence.

China and Singapore will hold a joint military exercise as soon as this week, their first combined drills since 2021, as Beijing deepens its defence and security ties with South-East Asia, a region with strong existing US alliances.

Singer-actress Celest Chong will be returning to Singapore for good.The 43-year-old told Shin Min Daily News in an article yesterday (April 23): "Due to the pandemic, I could not return for four years,

Core inflation rose at a slower pace on the back of lower price increases in services, food, retail and other goods. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Last Thursday, anti-death penalty activists in Singapore received notification that the government is preparing to execute Tangaraju Suppiah, a 46-year-old Singaporean convicted of conspiracy to traffick marijuana,

China and Singapore will hold a joint military exercise as soon as this week, their first combined drills since 2021, as Beijing deepens its defence and security ties with Southeast Asia, a region with strong existing U.

A Czech named Vojtech Voseckybmistakenly posted on LinkedIn photos of Kuala Lumpur and labelled them as "Singapore".In his April 19 post advocating "circular economy", Mr Vosecky wrote: "How we build ...

SINGAPORE — Here is a round-up of sports events and developments in Singapore in the past week (17 to 23 April): Two new grandstands will be introduced at the Marina Bay Street Circuit for this year's Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix ...