Royal Group and Sunset Hospitality abandon plans to open Casa Mett hotel off Orchard Road

Online aggression and xenophobic vitriol expected to intensify as GE16 looms.

Philippine investigators are examining whether Thomas Markle Jnr, the half-brother of Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, was involved in alleged child sexual abuse offences as an investigation into their father widens, according to the country’s interior secretary on Thursday. Interior Secretary Juanito Victor Remulla said witnesses had alleged that underage girls were brought to the younger Markle’s home. Markle Jnr was being treated as a “person of interest”, not a suspect, Remulla told reporters...

Plaintiffs leave out govt from suit.

Takiyuddin calls for the same transparency in 2021 MOU to be applied to the latest deal.

Chinese universities continue to dominate the QS World University Rankings: Asia 2027, with Tsinghua making the largest upward movement among the continent's top 10 institutions.

The Philippines on Thursday voiced optimism that the Democratic Party’s resounding midterm election win would prompt the United States to adopt “a different approach” to President Donald Trump’s hardening immigration crackdown that has ensnared many Filipinos. Trump’s Republican Party was routed in Tuesday’s polls, with the Democrats taking control of both houses of the US Congress and gaining legislative power to check his policies. The drubbing has given hope to Jose Manuel Romualdez, Manila’s...

Singapore's Parliament on Nov. 4 debated and passed amendments to the Transboundary Haze Pollution Act, strengthening enforcement powers, increasing penalties and introducing tougher measures against companies linked to air pollution caused by forest fires.

The 2026 International Culinary Culture Festival is set to promote the unique value ​​of both Vietnamese and global cuisine. It is also an opportunity to foster cultural diplomacy, expand international cooperation and showcase the image of the capital city and Việt Nam as dynamic, open, culturally rich and integrated into the global community.

A man was sentenced to life imprisonment on Thursday for murder after being part of a group that abused his 19-year-old younger sister until she died. Huang Bocan, who joined his girlfriend and another man in starving the victim and chaining her to a toilet, was first charged in 2021 with common intention of committing murder by causing bodily injury to Huang Baoying. Huang, a 34-year-old Singaporean, was convicted on Thursday of committing murder by causing his younger sister’s death. The...

UPDATED 3.25PM | PARLIAMENT | MPs say this smacks of disrespect for the House.

RM500k allocation for 2023 and RM230.3k for specific projects will be reinstated.

PARLIAMENT | 'Focus is on methods that can be translated into actual preventive action, enforcement.'