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Kalwant Singh, an Indian-origin Malaysian drug trafficker, is to be executed early Thursday after a Singapore court dismissed a last-minute appeal to delay his sentence, according to a Hindustan Times ... ( read original story ...)

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has hinted the city-state may soon impose more regulations on cryptocurrency. The senior minister and minister in charge of MAS, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo Paralympics double gold-medallist Yip Pin Xiu won her third Sportswoman of the Year accolade at the Singapore Disability Sports Awards ceremony. ( read original story ...)

He is not linked to the imported case of monkeypox announced by MOH on 21 June, the ministry said. The case that was classified as imported is a 42-year-old British man who works as a flight attendant ... ( read original story ...)

Even as we import most of our energy needs today, our country is also shifting towards renewable energy sources such as solar power. ( read original story ...)

The American cities where auto payments cost more than rent, and the German city of Magdeburg’s latest comeback attempt. ( read original story ...)

Singapore has defended its tough stance on drugs and retention of the death penalty, with minister K. Shanmugam saying he did not have ‘any doubts’ about the policy. ( read original story ...)

A Singapore court dismissed a last-ditch appeal by a convicted Indian origin Malaysian drug trafficker, clearing the way for him to be hanged on July 7 morning. Anti-death penalty activists in ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore will not prosecute citizens under its colonial-era law against consensual same-sex sexual relations, a local government official has claimed. During an interview on BBC’s “Hardtalk” on June ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore has confirmed its first local case of monkeypox, the health ministry said late on Wednesday. The patient is a 45-year-old male Malaysian national who resides in Singapore. His condition is ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore on Wednesday (July 6) reported its first local monkeypox infection. The patient is a 45-year-old Malaysian man who lives here, the Ministry of Health (MOH) ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore reported 9,989 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, bringing the total tally to 1,495,953. Of the new cases, 837 cases were detected through PCR (polymerase chain reaction) tests and 9,152 ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore’s government controls traffic growth with a series of quotas and taxes that can push up the on-the-road cost of a car to five times the wholesale price in the country of manufacture ... ( read original story ...)

Macau's reopening delays grab the headlines, but that obscures the importance of Las Vegas Sands' business in Singapore, one analyst says. ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE - Mongolian Prime Minister Oyun-Erdene Luvsannamsrai arrived in Singapore on Wednesday (July 6) for a four-day visit. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: The public service will need to engage Singaporeans "in good faith" during the upcoming Forward Singapore exercise, said Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on Wednesday (Jul 6). Public ... ( read original story ...)