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Wings, led by popular singer and actor Awie, will be the first Southeast Asian act to grace the high-energy Zone 4 Padang stage. ( read original story ...)

Singapore hanged two drug traffickers on Friday, authorities said, bringing the number of prisoners executed in the last four months to 10, despite international calls for the city-state to abolish ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Singapore on Friday (Aug 5) reported two new cases of monkeypox, including its first local linked case - a contact of a man whose infection was confirmed earlier this week.  The 54-year-old ... ( read original story ...)

The city state has some of the world’s toughest anti-narcotics laws and insists the death penalty remains, but UN says it is not an effective deterrent. ( read original story ...)

Singapore hanged two drug traffickers on Friday, authorities said, bringing the number of prisoners executed in the last four months to 10, despite ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Singapore hanged two drug traffickers on Friday, authorities said, bringing the number of prisoners executed in the last four months to 10, despite international calls for the city-state to ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore authorities confirmed two more local cases of monkeypox infection, including the city-state's first linked case, on Friday (5 August), bringing the total connected to the outbreak to 15 here ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore raised S$2.4 billion via a 50-year green bond offering on Thursday, some S$900 million more than its minimum target. ( read original story ...)

Singaporeans going to Thailand can use DBS PayLah! and OCBC Pay Anyone to scan Thailand’s PromptPay QR to make payments. ( read original story ...)

Singapore confirmed two new executions for drug trafficking scheduled for Friday, bringing the total to 10 since March, an unprecedented rate in recent years that drew criticism from the United Nation ... ( read original story ...)

Boccia duo Aloysius Gan and Toh Sze Ning clinched Singapore's first gold in the sport at the 2022 Asean Para Games. ( read original story ...)

Singapore is reviewing a colonial-era rule that criminalizes sex between men while trying to protect a law that prevents same-sex marriages. Here’s where things stand: ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): YouTuber Darryl Ian Koshy, who committed various sexual offences, including offering cash to a boy aged below 18 for sexual services, was jailed for 32 ... ( read original story ...)

After a two-year pause due to COVID-19, the city state’s government has returned to executions this year at what seems to some like a reckless pace. Already eight people have been hanged in 2022, ... ( read original story ...)

YouTube personality and former radio deejay Dee Kosh was jailed for 32 weeks on Friday (Aug 5) for sex-related offences, including offering money to ... ( read original story ...)

Retail investors can apply to purchase Singapore's first sovereign green bond from Friday (Aug 5) until noon on Aug 10. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)