Homeless man scavenges for 21 years unaware of $63,000 pension sitting in his account

Climate change, extreme weather events cannot be treated as beyond govt's control, ex-minister says.

Belgian physicist Francis Halzen on Tuesday won the Nobel Prize in Physics for work on subatomic particles at the South Pole, the award jury said.

A Singaporean woman has been added to a US list of “the worst of the worst criminal aliens,” becoming the third citizen from the city state to appear on the register, after convicted sex offender Amos Yee and money launderer Lim Seok Pheng. Jing Emtage, 54, was sentenced in July last year to two years and two months in prison on seven counts of second-degree promoting prostitution across multiple Washington state massage parlours she ran with her husband, Gerald Emtage. Gerald Emtage, 49, was...

Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto is seeking to keep potential rivals in his inner circle as he faces growing political pressure by appointing influential figures from across the political establishment to a presidential advisory council, according to analysts. The council, which advises the president on the direction of government policy but has no power to set or control it, comprises allies of former presidents, political commentators and Muslim leaders. “These are figures who have...

Chen describes audit findings as 'indictment of failed governance'.

Chinese scientists have built a 250-kilowatt plant that makes hydrogen and fresh water from seawater in a single system, reusing the electrolyzer's waste heat to raise electrical efficiency by 14.4%.

UPDATED 6.06PM | The film's distributor and a cinema chain confirm it has been banned by the Film Censorship Board.

Case concerns Fadhli's social media post after Anwar mediated Thailand-Cambodia ceasefire.

Nearly 8,000 severely disabled Singaporeans from lower-income households have received almost S$50 million (US$39 million) in long-term care financial support through the government's ElderFund scheme since its launch in 2020.

Eight public service officers have been referred to Singapore police after a review of 191 officers’ property transactions, Coordinating Minister for Public Services Chan Chun Sing has told parliament. The review followed a working paper by the US-based National Bureau of Economic Research, which identified 2007 to 2011 as the period of concern. The Public Service Division (PSD) extended the scope to 2014 as a matter of prudence, Chan said on Tuesday, because many new MRT station locations...

Pusat Komas says the Mara chairperson's speech to UiTM students contradicts the provision's purpose.

A Singaporean woman convicted of promoting prostitution at a chain of massage parlors in Washington state is the third citizen of the city-state named on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's "worst of the worst criminal aliens" list.