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Rustic islanders off glitzy Singapore face uncertain future
SINGAPORE - People in wealthy Singapore have taken for granted comforts such as electricity and air-conditioning for decades, but a...
Nov 27, 20243 min read


Deadlock over climate finance is undermining Paris agreement, Singapore minister says
SINGAPORE - Efforts by the United States and others to persuade more countries to contribute to a new global climate financing initiative...
Nov 6, 20242 min read


Singapore's disgraced former transport minister jailed for 12 months in landmark case
SINGAPORE - A Singapore court on Thursday sentenced a former minister to 12 months in prison for obstructing justice and receiving more...
Oct 3, 20243 min read


First former Singapore minister on trial for graft pleads guilty
SINGAPORE - Singapore's former Transport Minister S. Iswaran has pleaded guilty to receiving gifts while in office, as proceedings began...
Sep 26, 20242 min read


Malaysia's king to visit China, eyes infrastructure support
BEIJING - Malaysia's king Sultan Ibrahim will visit China from Thursday, the first by a Malaysian monarch in a decade, where he will meet...
Sep 19, 20242 min read


Pope Francis, in Singapore, urges fair wages for migrant workers
SINGAPORE - Pope Francis on Thursday urged political leaders in Singapore, a leading global financial hub, to seek fair wages for the...
Sep 13, 20243 min read


Pope Francis arrives in Indonesia to begin ambitious Asia-Pacific tour
JAKARTA - Dozens of excited Indonesians waved on Tuesday as a motorcade carried Pope Francis through the capital as he began the first...
Sep 5, 20243 min read


Deadly typhoon Gaemi made worse by climate change, scientists say
SINGAPORE - A devastating typhoon that tore through the Philippines, Taiwan and China last month, destroying infrastructure and leaving...
Aug 29, 20242 min read


Indonesia shelves plan to revise election law as protests rage
JAKARTA - Indonesia's parliament shelved planned changes to electoral laws on Thursday after protesters in the capital set fires and...
Aug 23, 20243 min read


Vietnam's president takes top job as Communist Party chief
HANOI - Vietnamese President To Lam was named on Saturday to the nation's top position, general secretary of the ruling Communist Party...
Aug 4, 20242 min read


Indonesia presses Myanmar on peace commitments as ASEAN ministers meet
Indonesia's foreign minister at a regional meeting on Thursday called out warring camps in Myanmar over their refusal to agree to...
Jul 25, 20242 min read


Factbox-What disruptions have been reported after the global tech outage?
A global tech outage that appeared to be related to issues at cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike and Microsoft affected operations at...
Jul 20, 20245 min read
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