LAHORE - At least 11 people were killed and two others were injured on Tuesday (Jan 28) after gas cylinders exploded at a perfume factory in the Shahdara area of Lahore, setting the entire building ablaze, confirmed officials. The fire...
SINGAPORE - Raffles Medical Group (RMG) is investigating the source of a photo that shows the identity card of a patient who was allegedly a suspected Wuhan virus case and a letter from its clinic referring him to...
NEW BRUNSWICK, United States - Johnson & Johnson chief executive Alex Gorsky on Monday (Jan 27) faced questions from plaintiffs lawyers over the timing of his sale of company stock, as he testified for the first time in a...
SINGAPORE - A woman whose then domestic helper was caught on camera in 2017 cleaning a second-storey glass awning was acquitted on Tuesday (Jan 28) of failing to provide a safe working environment for the Filipina. Following a trial, District Judge...
SINGAPORE - Allocated government quarantine facilities in Singapore - such as chalets and university hostels - can accommodate about 1,000 people, should there be a need to do so. At a press conference on Monday morning (Jan 27), Education Minister...
_SCMP.jpg "For Carousell founder Quek Siu Rui, starting up hasn't been a walk in the park")
Quek Siu Rui has not taken a holiday in nearly eight years. Since he co-founded Carousell in 2012, almost all of the 32-year-old's free time has been devoted to thinking about what is next, he said. "I have this...
_TNP.jpg "Scars left by Sars crisis remain")
When the severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars) hit Singapore in 2003, taxi drivers rejected passengers going to hospitals, companies hastily formulated plans to let staff work from home, and some people lost their jobs. The viral respiratory disease infected...
SINGAPORE - The Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed a fifth case of Wuhan coronavirus infection in Singapore. The patient is a 56-year-old female Chinese national from Wuhan who arrived in Singapore with her family on Jan 18. The case...
SINGAPORE - With the death toll from the Wuhan virus jumping, and over 2,000 people infected so far, Singapore's multi-ministry task force set up to fight the infectious disease on all fronts here is implementing new measures, from...
SINGAPORE - SPH Magazines has complied with an order by the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (Pofma) office to correct an online post in the HardwareZone Forum that falsely claimed that a man in Singapore has...
