SINGAPORE - A protracted saga that began in 2014 came to an end on Friday (Sept 30) when former China tour guide Yang Yin was jailed six years for misappropriating $1.1 million from wealthy widow Chung Khin Chun...
Breeding animals in the zoo is not as simple as putting any male and female together and expecting them to mate. Zoologists around the world work behind the scenes to find the perfect match for animals in order to ensure...
Former MP and presidential candidate Tan Cheng Bock expressed his disappointment in a Facebook post yesterday at the cancellation of a public forum on the elected presidency, which he said he had signed up to attend. Dr Tan, who ran...
There is still no sign of a baby, but vets at the River Safari believe they are becoming more versed in the art of panda love. And science too. In the last two years, they have tried to help Kai Kai...
Four months after he was given a prison sentence for making remarks that were derogatory and offensive to Christians in an online video, teenage blogger Amos Yee posted an expletive-laden video on the Internet which aimed to hurt the...
The High Court yesterday dismissed an application by the estate of Mr Lee Kuan Yew against the Government. The estate's executors, Dr Lee Wei Ling and Mr Lee Hsien Yang, had claimed that it was entitled to use and have...
SINGAPORE - The 2026 operational deadline for the Singapore-Kuala Lumpur High Speed Rail, though realistic, will not be easily met and requires political commitment for it to happen, a regional director for French rail company Alstom has said. In an...
SINGAPORE - The country's two main betting operators - Singapore Pools and Singapore Turf Club (STC) - have stressed that their move to offer online gambling will be carried out with the strictest of safeguards in place. They gave this...
To say that 2016 is a horrible year for Samsung is a gross understatement. Early Thursday morning, local news sites Channel NewsAsia and The Straits Times reported on the battered electronics giant getting hit with another blow. Samsung announced on Wednesday...
SINGAPORE - Police are seeking witnesses to an e-scooter accident that injured a young girl near Marina Bay Sands. Police said it was alerted to the incident at 11 Bayfront Avenue on Sunday (Sept 25) at 10.25pm. A four-year-old child was...
