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SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore officials on Monday congratulated the cartoonist who swept the international comic industry's "Oscars", having withdrawn his grant two years ago for portraying the country's history in a very different way to the version ... ( read original story ...)

(CNN) — Every night at 7 p.m., Singapore's Boon Tat Street channels the spirit of the 1950s -- before the city state's skyscrapers stole the show -- and magically transforms into a street food lover's paradise. As the sun goes down, streetlights cast a glow. ( read original story ...)

ASTANA: Trade between Singapore and Kazakhstan looks set to grow with the signing of the Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT), which could take place as soon as the end of this year. Senior Minister of State Dr Koh Poh Koon told Channel NewsAsia during an ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Racial and religious conflicts abroad can affect the perceptions and attitudes of people in Singapore, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong warned on Monday (Jul 24), calling on community and religious leaders to continue their efforts in ... ( read original story ...)

A recurring challenge for bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies is how to make them work in the real world. A Singapore-based startup says the answer is its Visa card. Exclusive insights on technology around the world. TenX is pitching its debit card as an ... ( read original story ...)

Chelsea have arrived in Singapore following their six-hour flight from Beijing with Alvaro Morata set to meet his new team-mates for the first time. Winger Pedro was absent from Antonio Conte's squad after he flew back to London following concussion during ... ( read original story ...)

SAN DIEGO, Calif (Reuters) - Singaporean graphic novelist Sonny Liew dominated the comic industry's equivalent of the Oscars, scooping three Eisner Awards for "The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye" - a wry alternate history of tightly-controlled Singapore. ( read original story ...)

Travellers prepared to act quickly could find themselves at wandering around Europe for less than $340 or in Singapore for only $99. Scoot is celebrating its merger with Tigerair Singapore by putting tickets for more than 20 routes on sale starting at noon ... ( read original story ...)

Ikhsan Fandi, left, created Singapore's best chance in the first half on a tough night for the Young Lions. Singapore's hopes of making January's AFC Under-23 Championship disappeared after falling to a 7-0 defeat to their Australian counterparts in their ... ( read original story ...)

Alvaro Morata is expected to join his new Chelsea team-mates in Singapore next week. Morata flew into London on Thursday from Real Madrid's Los Angeles base and met up with wife Alice Campello who jetted in from Spain. Morata will have a medical before ... ( read original story ...)

An allergy scare involving a three-year-old toddler has prompted Singapore Airlines to review the serving of nuts on board its flights. Marcus Daley suffers from anaphylaxis, a potentially life-threatening condition which can be triggered by food including ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore has annulled a couple's marriage after the spouse's sex-reassignment surgery, the Straits Times newspaper reported on Wednesday, prompting an outcry from a group that campaigns for the rights of gay and transgender people. Same-sex marriage is ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore said Wednesday it has offered surveillance drones and urban warfare training to Philippine troops battling Islamist fighters, to prevent the militants becoming entrenched and threatening the rest of Southeast Asia. Philippine troops have been ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore has offered a military transport airplane, drone surveillance aircraft and use of combat training facilities to support the Philippines' fight against the rising threat of Islamist militancy, the defence ministry said on ... ( read original story ...)

A Singaporean artist's graphic novel has topped the list of nominations for the Eisners, the Oscars of the comic book world. Sonny Liew tells the BBC about the challenges he faced in making the book, which has been criticised by the Singaporean government ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore has voided the marriage of a couple after the husband underwent a sex change, making their partnership a same-sex union that contravened the city-state's laws, a report said Tuesday. The couple married as man and woman in 2015 but the husband ... ( read original story ...)