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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 ...)

Singapore authorities will be able to order from Thursday (7 July) takedowns of content deemed to be part of hostile information campaigns by foreign parties to interfere in domestic affairs under a ... ( read original story ...)

Patrick Wee not only misled members of the group's fitness clubs about its financial situation, he also found a "scapegoat". Read for all the details. ( read original story ...)

The government-led initiative should spearhead an effort to review and renegotiate the city-state’s social compact. ( read original story ...)

A top Singapore cabinet minister has said that the country will not prosecute gay men under its colonial era anti-sodomy law. ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: More couples got married in 2021 with the easing of COVID-19 measures, compared to the dip in the previous year when marriage plans were disrupted. The number of marital dissolut ... ( read original story ...)

Of all cases, 12,248 infections were reported among the local people, and 536 among those who had arrived from abroad. Singapore has recorded 1,485,964 COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic. ( read original story ...)