Christmas is about two months away but the reindeer have already arrived on Orchard Road. Given that the spirit of Deepavali is in full swing in the run-up to the Hindu festival this Saturday, some have questioned whether it was...
Commuters taking the island's oldest MRT line, the North-South Line, will have to bear with the rush-hour squeeze a little longer. The launch of a new signalling system, originally slated for the year's end, will be delayed until the...
SINGAPORE - A young guzheng student who plays pop music on her instrument; a ukulele and vocal student who aspires to be a world-famous gamer; an aspiring ballet dancer who enjoys showing her humorous side to entertain. These are...
SINGAPORE - During a train service disruption on the North-South Line on Jan 9, in which commuters were forced to get off the train, train captain Goh Kim Han's primary concern was guiding passengers to the nearest station safely. As...
SINGAPORE - The Singapore Computer Emergency Response Team (SingCERT ) has published an advisory on Wednesday (Oct26) following the first major attack to hit Singapore's telco infrastructure on Monday (Oct 24). Besides checking for software updates regularly and installing them,...
SINGAPORE - The United States risks injuring its standing and credibility with several Asia-Pacific countries if the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal is rejected by its lawmakers, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said. It will be a "very big setback...
Myanmar has been named the most generous country in the world for the third consecutive year, according to the latest Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) World Giving Index. The annual index, which compiled an average of 1,000 responses each from 140...
SINGAPORE - The world's largest floating solar photovoltaic cell test-bed measuring 1ha and containing 10 different solar photovoltaic systems was launched on Tuesday (Oct 25) by Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Masagos Zulkifli. The $11-million test-bed - the...
The two schools in an O-level exam mix-up have admitted they could have done more to ensure their students took the correct mathematics paper. They also urged the affected students to refocus on their remaining exam papers. Still, some parents whose...
The practice of blackface, or using makeup to impersonate a dark-skinned character, has long been frowned upon as offensive due to its historical usage in caricatures and negative portrayals of black people. Yet, that's exactly what online video streaming service...
