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There's something a bit special about the Singapore Grand Prix, and mostly it's the night thing. Without it, the Marina Bay track would most likely be just another right-angle-dominated street circuit in an environment in which the major concern would be ... ( read original story ...)

BANGKOK — Singapore will get a new president on Wednesday, but she will not be elected. Halimah Yacob, 63, the former speaker of Parliament, will become the country’s first female president and the first in five decades to come from the Malay ethnicity ... ( read original story ...)

Formula 1 heads to its hottest race and the heat is firmly on Ferrari to deliver in Singapore, after being humbled in their home race by Mercedes last time out. The Scuderia were no match for the Silver Arrows at Monza, finishing over 36 seconds behind ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: There are no Muslim Malays in the top echelons of Singapore's army, and few among the senior ranks of its judiciary, but a member of its poorest ethnic minority will become president of the Southeast Asian city state this month. Aiming to ... ( read original story ...)

“I can only say that I promise to do the best that I can to serve the people of Singapore and that doesn’t change whether there is an election or no election,” Yacob said about the news on Monday, according to Channel News Asia. The 63-year-old ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore (CNN)Singaporeans were meant to go to the polls at the end of next week to vote for a new president, but they'll no longer have the chance, with only one candidate qualifying for the race. Former Speaker of Parliament Halimah Yacob has emerged ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore is likely to have its first female president, with only one candidate qualifying Monday for an election limited to members of the minority Malay community. The Elections Department said former Speaker of Parliament Halimah Yacob was the only one ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - There are no Muslim Malays in the top echelons of Singapore’s army, and few among the senior ranks of its judiciary, but a member of its poorest ethnic minority will become president of the Southeast Asian city state this month. ( read original story ...)

This statement was originally published on hrw.org on 7 September 2017. Singapore authorities should drop their investigation into a peaceful vigil outside Changi prison in July 2017 to support the family of Malaysian national S. Prabagaran, Human Rights ... ( read original story ...)

MELBOURNE: The grounds of Melbourne's most famous racecourse was on Saturday (Sep 9) packed with more than 6,000 Singaporeans who turned up for this year's Singapore Day. Held each year in a major city, the day-long event is organised to provide an ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore should end harassment of peaceful activists, Human Rights Watch has said, after participants at a candlelight vigil for a man being executed for drug trafficking were stopped from leaving the country. On July 13, around a ... ( read original story ...)

Explore Singapore, the Southeast Asian city-state home to an explosive tech world and a rich multicultural creative scene. We create our own identity, our own DNA. We’re not following European or Japanese or American design styles,” says Kevin He ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Police in Singapore have arrested a man suspected of planning to join Islamic State-linked fighters in the Philippines and a woman who was in contact with foreign militants, the government said in Thursday. Singapore, regarded as the ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Singapore and Indonesia have launched a commemorative stamp set to mark 50 years of bilateral ties, Singapore Post (SingPost) said in a press release on Thursday (Sep 7). "The joint issue by SingPost and Pos Indonesia features coral reefs of ... ( read original story ...)

Police in Singapore have arrested a man suspected of planning to join Islamic State-linked fighters in the Philippines and a woman who was in contact with foreign militants, the government said on Thursday. Singapore, regarded as the most stable country in ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore has the most to fear from an ageing population among Asia-Pacific nations, a new study shows. It noted yesterday that the country faces a double whammy: a shrinking workforce coupled with slower progress than its Asian neighbours in getting more ... ( read original story ...)